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Medical Benefits
Part examples from an established manufacturer of medical implants and instruments illustrate the expanded engineering possibilities that additive manufacturing is making possible.
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Rapid Show Reveals Interest in Additive Manufacturing for Production
Interest in additive manufacturing was evident at last week’s Rapid show in Pittsburgh.
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Baklund: Lessons About Additive
Make extras. Make the part before even winning the job. Additive manufacturing encourages atypical strategies such as these.
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Additive Manufacturing in the Job Shop
This small shop invested in production 3D printing in part because its owner expects other manufacturers to make the same move. He wanted a head start.
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Youngstown Rep. on the Skills Gap and Additive Manufacturing
Rep. Tim Ryan describes the challenge of attracting manufacturing’s next generation, as well as the promise of the technology that this generation is likely to put to use.
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Additive Manufacturing’s Benefits Are Real
Ed Morris, director of the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, spoke at last week’s Additive Manufacturing Users Group Conference in Jacksonville, Florida. His presentation identified benefits of additive manufacturing that are important to the Department of Defense.
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How Additive Manufacturing Is Like (and Different from) CNC Machining
A leading machining business applies the skill of a toolmaker to using additive manufacturing effectively. The manufacturer shares application examples, as well as thoughts on the challenge and promise of this technology.
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Optimizing Mass and Material
Most machined parts have more material than necessary. This is true even after all of the cutting is finished.
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How 3D Printing Methods Differ
It was about a year ago that 3D printer makers Stratasys and Objet announced their plan to merge. This video from the now-united company shows a 3D-printed part made with both of the machine lines.
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Quick Replacement Parts (Including Precious Ones)
Shops that have additive manufacturing capability in-house can sometimes use this 3D printing to quickly make replacement components for critical equipment.
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Accepted Terminology for Additive Manufacturing
Additive manufacturing can be challenging to understand because of how many processes the term includes. Here is a list of officially recognized terms recognized by two major standards organizations.
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3D Printing’s Expanding Role
By providing solid prototypes of proposed part designs, one company has saved enough money in avoided rework to pay for its new 3D printer several times over.
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