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Video: For 3D Printed Aircraft Structure, Machining Aids Fatigue Strength
Machining is a valuable complement to directed energy deposition, says Big Metal Additive. Topology-optimized aircraft parts illustrate the improvement in part performance from machining as the part is being built.
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Hybrid Machine Tools Continue to Make Gains
Supply chain challenges plus improved ease of use bring increased attention to hybrids. Plus: A playlist of hybrid video.
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How 3D Printing Aids Sustainability for Semiconductor Equipment: The Cool Parts Show Bonus
Hittech worked with its customer to replace fully machined semiconductor trays with trays made via DED by Norsk Titanium. The result is dramatic savings in tool consumption and material waste.
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3D Printing for Job Shops: Part of Elevate Job Shops Series at IMTS
A half-day workshop at the International Manufacturing Technology Show helps job shops explore the many potential ways 3D printing technologies support and enhance machining.
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Eaton Evaluates Foundry Lab Process as Die Cast Alternative: Aids Prototyping and Supply Chain
Foundry Lab’s digital casting is an additive-enabled process that delivers cast parts. Eaton AM manager describes how near to die casting the process comes, and what promise he sees.
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3D Printed Seal for Geothermal Power: The Cool Parts Show #73
Plugging a hole is a complex challenge when it’s a well for geothermal power. Additive manufacturing produces a shape-changing stainless steel seal for high-temperature applications deep underground.
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AM Workshop at IMTS: Succeeding With Powder Bed Fusion
A half-day event at the International Manufacturing Technology Show focuses on tactics for success for machine shops and other manufacturers preparing to embrace production 3D printing via powder bed fusion.
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Video: How Multimaterial Laser Powder Bed Fusion Works
Penn State University’s CIMP-3D is exploring applications of the Schaeffler Aerosint system for multimaterial 3D printing. During a recent visit, I got an introduction to this system.
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6 Ways Additive Affects Machining
Machining is part of additive manufacturing, but the problems, pacing and possibilities of machining are all affected by their interaction with AM. Here are some of the ways machining changes when metal 3D printing is one of its drivers.
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Machine Tool Drawbar Made With Additive Manufacturing Saves DMG MORI 90% Lead Time and 67% CO2 Emission
A new production process for the multimetal drawbar replaces an outsourced plating step with directed energy deposition, performing this DED along with roughing, finishing and grinding on a single machine.
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Is Automation More Effective Than Size for Serial Production 3D Printing?
Micro Factory has developed an mSLA system that incorporates cleaning, curing and part ejection, not to mention 100 empty build plates, into the frame of a desktop machine. The result is a small unit for large-scale production.
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3D Printed Titanium Replaces Aluminum for Unmanned Aircraft Wing Splice: The Cool Parts Show #72
Rapid Plasma Deposition produces the near-net-shape preform for a newly designed wing splice for remotely piloted aircraft from General Atomics. The Cool Parts Show visits Norsk Titanium, where this part is made.
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