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Video: HP on Additive Manufacturing for Production
HP’s Timothy Weber discusses VW’s plans for making metal parts via AM and the way forward to implementing additive as a production process.
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Video: Industrializing Additive Manufacturing for Automotive
A number of components for the Bugatti Chiron sports car spoiler were reimagined for additive manufacturing, unleashing several performance improvements.
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How to Calculate the Full Cost of Additive Manufacturing Versus Injection Molding
A true evaluation of additive includes a look at materials, speed, quality, scalability and cost. Bruce Bradshaw of Evolve Additive Solutions explains how to evaluate AM in an injection molding environment in terms of these 5 factors.
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Additive Technology Delivers Small Satellites to Space
Researchers at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have developed a reusable rocket engine specifically for the launch of small satellites. The complex injector heads are 3D printed which unlocks additional performance, reduces the parts count, speeds up production time, and reduces weight and costs.
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Video: What is Selective Laser Sintering?
SLS is a powder-bed process for building polymer parts. How does it work and what can it do? AM talks SLS with Farsoon.
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Ford in Production with On-Demand AM Polymer Parts
Ford and Carbon presented the first digitally manufactured polymer parts in production for the Ford Motor Company, created with Carbon’s digital light synthesis technology.
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Metal 3D Printing in a Machine Shop? Ask the Marines
A hybrid system combining metal 3D printing with machining gives the Marine Corps perhaps its most effective resource yet for obtaining needed hardware in the field. It also offers an extreme version of the experience a machine shop might have in adding metal AM to its capabilities.
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Collaboration Develops Image-Based Workflow for 3D-Printed Part Validation
A team from Synopsys, North Star Imaging and ANSYS developed a process using 3D imaging, processing and CAE to examine the performance of as-manufactured components.
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Carnegie Mellon University and Argonne National Laboratory Seek to Understand Gas-Driven Micro Defects in Metal AM Parts
Better understanding of "keyhole" formations resulting from boiling metal will lead to better control over laser powder-bed fusion.
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Video: Selective Laser Sintering for Production of Large Parts
SLS offers a production option enabling large, precise plastic parts to be made cost-effectively in quantities generally too low for injection molding.
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Three Cool Uses for Directed Energy Deposition
Most machining professionals don’t like to admit that they ever make mistakes, but every now and then wouldn’t it be nice to have an “eraser” to go back and repair a gouge or fix a nicked edge? Or maybe you took off a bit too much material on that last machining pass and you’d like to add it back? Well, directed energy deposition (DED) enables you to do that and more.
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Video Collection: Additive Manufacturing Workshop for Automotive
If you missed the debut of the Additive Manufacturing Workshop at the North American International Auto Show, you can now watch video of all the presentations, including the Q&A session taking live questions from the audience.
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