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Additive Manufacturing Versus COVID-19: The Race for PPE
Reporting from the front lines of the fight against Coronavirus – still deep in the trenches.
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Building The Future Workforce of Additive Manufacturing
As additive manufacturing (AM) processes for metals evolve each day, educators and specialists are racing to standardize best practices across the industry. Tim Simpson—one of the leading experts in the field—has partnered with ASME to create a new framework in his Designing for AM With Metals course.
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FDA Grants Formlabs Emergency Use Authorization for 3D Printed Ventilator Component
Formlabs has the capacity to produce up to 3,000 3D printed adapters a day and is now shipping the adapters to hospitals for critically ill COVID-19 patients.
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The Cool Parts Show Returns With Special Quarantine-Edition Episodes
Companies we’ve seen on the show are doing amazing work during the coronavirus crisis, plus the COVID-19 response includes a major AM production application. From 6 feet apart, we will tell these stories!
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ExOne Using Metal 3D Printing with Controlled Porosity for Reusable Filters in Response to Coronavirus Crisis
Collaboration with University of Pittsburgh applies binder jet to produce an alternative to disposable masks that are in short supply.
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What the Coronavirus Crisis Will Mean for Additive Manufacturing
In the response to COVID-19, 3D printing demonstrated some of its strengths, but not all of them. However, the full effect of this crisis for AM is still to come.
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Reinforced Polymer 3D Printing, Adjustable on the Fly
With Continuous Kinetic Mixing (CKM), 3DFortify sees expanded possibilities for printing polymer composites reinforced with fibers, ceramics and even metal flake in any concentration needed.
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Working From Home? Have AM Magazine Sent to You There
You can change the mailing address where we send your copy of the magazine. Just update your address via our web form.
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Does Asia's Low-Cost Manufacturing Option Still Make Sense?
As U.S.-based companies try to stay ahead of COVID-19, global supply chains are under renewed scrutiny. Are uncertainties and delays caused by global crises worth the short-term cost savings?
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A Hospital's Perspective: TriHealth Receives PPE with 3D Printed Components
A face shield solution developed by GE Additive is now in use at Cincinnati-area hospitals. A combination of 3D printed adapters and off-the-shelf shields and hard hats makes this PPE fully reusable.
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3D Printing and Coronavirus Check-In - Week of 4/13/2020
In this week's update we discuss how additive manufacturing is supporting injection molding for masks, and ramping up to production quantities of face shields and testing swabs.
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Inert Gases: Easing the Challenges of Metal AM Operations
Inert Gases aid metal additive manufacturing processes but the usefulness for each process is dependent upon the gas used. Dive into three inert gases to learn more about how to use them in an additive capacity.
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