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3D Printed Baseball Mitt Inserts Are Ready for the Big Leagues
Fast Radius was able to use Carbon’s DLS system for both prototyping and production of 3D printed, fatigue-resistant inserts for Rawlings’ REV1X baseball glove.
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Inside a Large-Scale Metal Additive Manufacturing Facility: AM Radio #7
This large medical manufacturer added metal 3D printing to its wide range of machining processes, and has since grown its AM division to include 30 printers. On this episode of AM Radio, we discuss how metal AM operates at such a large scale.
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Rounding Out the Circular Economy With Material Take-Back Programs: AM Radio #6A
One of the most difficult steps in the circular economy is going from product back to new material. On this episode of AM Radio, Julia Hider and Stephanie Hendrixson discuss how material take-back programs can help solve this challenge.
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AM for Production: Where Conventional Lessons Do and Do Not Apply
As RMS has grown its additive manufacturing division, it has discovered which principles of subtractive manufacturing apply to additive, and which do not.
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What Should We Call Additive Manufacturing Businesses? AM Radio #3
Machining is done in a shop, injection molding is done at a molder and casting is done at a foundry. But what do we call businesses that do additive manufacturing? Peter Zelinski and Julia Hider discuss why it’s difficult to name these businesses (and suggest a few options) on this episode of AM Radio.
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Expanding Materials, Applications for Inkjet 3D Printing
Traditionally, the materials available for inkjet 3D printing have prevented the process from being used in production of end-use parts. But machine vision systems and AI are broadening the materials and applications for inkjet 3D printing.
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How Is Additive Manufacturing Sustainable? AM Radio #2B
Additive manufacturing is often closely associated with sustainability, but why? And how can companies use AM to develop sustainable processes? Stephanie Hendrixson and Julia Hider discuss in this episode of AM Radio.
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AI to Aid Consistency in Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing
Machine vision and algorithms have helped EBAM users address problems as they occur in deposition, but AI could be able to predict problems before they happen.
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Improving Metal 3D Printing Processes by Reducing Support Structures
SLM Solutions’ Free Float program reduces the need for support structures, decreasing build time and powder usage, improving part quality, opening up space for more parts and giving users more design freedom.
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Establishing a Process for 3D Printing Carbide
Using its experience making pressed and sintered carbide parts, Hyperion Materials & Technologies developed a new material, printing processes and sintering cycles for 3D printed carbide.
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Improving AM’s Efficiency with Generative Design
By engineering parts as opposed to designing them, MSC Apex Generative Design improves the efficiency of not only the final parts, but of the design and manufacturing processes as well.
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Job Shop’s AM Journey Takes It from Production to Tooling
Despite the fact that RPG was prepared to start with production metal additive manufacturing, the job shop couldn’t ignore the benefits of 3D-printed tooling.
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