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One-Piece Robot Gripper Actuated by Shop Air
The pneumatic gripper 3D-printed as a complete working unit has demonstrated its effectiveness for continuous operation over time. It is one illustration of the role additive is liable to play in making robotic automation easier.
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Video: Advice to Manufacturers Getting Ready to Start in Additive
“It can be daunting,” says GE’s Greg Morris. “You have to make some tough decisions while things are not going well.” And yet, as he looks to the future of additive manufacturing, he says, “There is probably going to be a shortage of supply, not demand.”
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How One Device Inspects Both Parts and Powder in Metal AM
A scanning electron microscope analyzes the shape and composition of grains of powder as well as inclusions and voids in the part’s surface.
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Transformative Tooling Reaches Applications Including Concrete and PVD Coating
Our reporting from tooling’s frontier finds custom tooling succeeding in applications not usually associated with 3D printing.
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Video: “I Think You Ignore Additive Manufacturing at Your Peril”
I check in with Greg Morris of GE Additive, hearing his views on AM’s continuing promise and importance. Representatives of John Deere, Smith & Nephew, B&J Specialty and Tangible Solutions share their views on the same question.
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Custom Tooling Unmasks Process Costs in Metal Coating
The tooling that had long been accepted was contributing to unnecessary manual labor for this PVD coater. Now, the company has improved its process with custom tools that are 3D-printed in production quantities.
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Impressions of Rapid + TCT 2018
Exhibitors offering additive technologies to challenge conventional production was a striking development this year, though some of those technologies are not yet obtainable.
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Applying Material Like Toner Promises AM at Speeds Like Injection Molding
The Stratasys-founded company Evolve debuts its STEP technology for production-scale additive processing.
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Video: Is There a Personnel Challenge in Additive Manufacturing?
Adam Clark of Tangible Solutions sees the personnel advancing. The discipline of conventional manufacturing is coming to additive.
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Will Control Over Part Data Expand and Simplify AM Supply Chains?
Digital rights management for manufactured part files will enable OEMs to enforce manufacturing requirements at a distance, potentially providing an alternative to closely held relationships with suppliers of critical AM parts.
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Printing Solid, Simple Metal Parts in Minutes, Spee3D Process Is Competition for Casting
Kinetic energy additive process bonds metal not through melting, but with the use of compressed shop air.
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Linear Comes Full Circle
The relaunched company will focus on metal 3D printing of mold inserts with conformal cooling. The timing is great, because some high-volume molders have just finished proving that this solution works.
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