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Microturbine Relies on 3D Printed Housing to Preheat Fuel
The aluminum housing designed with nTopology and made on a Velo3D laser powder bed fusion system helps realize what its creators say will be the highest-power-density small turbine yet produced.
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Binder Jetting Follows in Footsteps of Metal Injection Molding
For Smith Metal Products, additive manufacturing helps MIM customers finalize the design, but production opportunities are waiting.
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Additive Manufacturing Is More Than 3D Printing: The Importance of Complementary Capabilities (Video)
Vertex Manufacturing founder Greg Morris on machining, inspection and other operations that complete AM.
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How Bridge Production Is Bringing New Possibilities: AM Radio #14A
Additive manufacturing makes bridge production a more natural factor in the production strategy overall. This has important implications for product development and even what products are possible.
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This Company Is Developing Software to Make Any Industrial Robot Into a 3D Printer
Do robots offer additive manufacturing capacity just waiting to be unboxed?
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Faster FFF Build Rate Using Rectangular, Variable-Orifice Nozzle (Includes Video)
A new nozzle design plus sophisticated slicer software offer control over layer width in polymer 3D printing while the layer height stays constant.
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Why Inventors and Additive Manufacturing Go Together: AM Radio #13
The ease of beginning to produce at small scales using 3D printing opens the way to a new class of manufacturer: the inventor making their own product.
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3D Printed Heat Exchanger Uses Gyroids for Better Cooling | The Cool Parts Show #43
Replacement heat exchanger for a helicopter is half the size and delivers 4× the cooling, thanks to a geometry that could only be made via additive manufacturing.
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From BCN3D, Lithography 3D Printing With No Vat Brings Bigger Scale Plus Viscous Materials
Parts take shape in the open air. Viscous resin is rapidly carried on a laminate to build each layer. LCD screen size, not vat size, is the limit on productivity.
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Robots Combine for Faster DED Build Rate (Video)
The Medusa system merges multiple robots into a single system for efficient additive manufacturing of large metal parts.
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Cutting Tool Maker Succeeding With 3D Printed Carbide for Oil/Gas and Other Applications
Powders, parts and products are different ways the company is advancing with AM. Carbide and tools are separate areas of success.
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Prototyping Is More Than Printing: The Cool Parts Show Bonus
We hear from students who carried out other steps, beyond the 3D printing, that went into evaluating a complex metal AM component.
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