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AM Helping AM: 3D Printed Build Plate Detects Build Failures
Ultrasonic additive manufacturing produces a build plate with embedded sensing, allowing for real-time measurement of the condition of the build. If a failure occurs during selective laser melting, this plate will reveal it immediately.
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3D Printing and Coronavirus Check-In - Week of 3/23/2020
Editors Peter Zelinski and Stephanie Hendrixson discuss 3D printing issues related to ventilators, personal protective equipment (PPE) such as masks and face shields, and how business conditions have been affected by coronavirus.
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Massachusetts Hospital Seeks 3D Printed Masks for Coronavirus Response
A mask design is available online via freely available STL file. Hospital offers email address for 3D printing users able to help.
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Ventilator Manufacturing: Challenges and Likely Response During Coronavirus Crisis
Can we achieve something like a wartime transition to ventilator production, or will the response need to look different from this?
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The Foot Measurement System That Allows for Mass Customized Insoles
Aetrex’s Albert scanner is an example of how advances in measurement technology aid 3D printing in realizing its promise.
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Additive Manufacturing and Measurement Interconnect — Each Enables the Other to Advance
Measurement aids AM and AM aids measurement. Recently posted articles describe how sensing and measurement make AM more capable, while AM delivers devices that are smarter because of sensing.
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3D Printing Changes a Drone Engine: The Cool Parts Show #9
Cobra Aero made the engine cylinder of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) both more powerful and easier to manufacture. Learn what additive manufacturing is doing for drones in this episode of The Cool Parts Show.
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3D Printing for Production at Ford: The Cool Parts Show #7
The parking brake bracket on the Mustang Shelby GT500 is now 3D printed instead of stamped. Learn how Ford is thinking about additive manufacturing in this episode of The Cool Parts Show.
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How Additive Manufacturing Is Expanding the Possibilities for Plastics
In terms of lead time, part size, quantity and inventory needs, the limitations on plastics are being overcome. We will see plastics doing more — the theme of several recent articles we’ve posted.
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Production 3D Printing With Roots in Materials Development: The Origin Story
Production-oriented polymer AM machine uses the same platform with the same range of controls originally conceived for material development.
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What A Former Moldmaker Has Learned About AM: Leverage Simplicity and Let It Scale
The once-again independent Linear AMS is now more focused on additive manufacturing than ever before.
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Is Solid-State Additive Manufacturing an Enabler to the Internet of Things?
Startup Tri-D Dynamics sees precision cold spray 3D printing providing IoT-enabled parts with electronics built in. The promise is sensing in environments where the sensing might be needed most.
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