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Desktop Metal Qualifies 316L for Mass Production on Shop System
Shop System binder jetting is said to enable cost-effective batch production of high-quality 316L stainless steel parts via additive manufacturing.
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Essentium Launches PEKK High-Performance Material
RAPID 2021: PEKK shares most of the performance attributes of PEEK, but has a lower crystallization rate and is less affected by the cooling process once the part is 3D printed, thereby minimizing warping.
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Incus Project to Test 3D Printing Spare Parts in Space
Project goal is to assess the feasibility of processing scrap metals available on the moon’s surface to produce a high-quality final product via a zero-waste process.
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American Precision Museum Launches Interactive Digital Exhibit
Support and inspire the future of manufacturing by honoring a manufacturing innovator, advocate or educator in new exhibit.
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Arburg Freeformer Prints Implants Made from Medically Approved PEEK
Formnext 2021: Arburg’s Freeformer 300-3X processes medically approved PEEK for the first time, using Evonik’s original Vestakeep i2 G plastic to create customized skull implants, including support material.
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Hexagon, Stratasys Collaborate on Validation Tool for 3D Printed Plastic Components
Partnership develops software solution to help compress design and testing phases, improve understanding of plastic behavior and speed up innovation across the sector.
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Sculpman’s Variable Nozzle Technology for Polymer Extrusion 3D Printing
Formnext 2021: The continuously variable nozzle technology is designed to enable users to create strong, full-sized and detailed objects in a matter of minutes instead of hours or even days.
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At-Risk Youth Benefit from Protolabs’ 2021 Cool Idea Award
Cool Idea Award winner John Weiss is founder of The Boom, a nonprofit empowering youth to develop engineering and entrepreneurial skills with hands-on experience in economically challenged community.
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Desktop Health Launches Metal Binder Jetting for Dental Labs
The Shop System is designed to offer dental labs a high-speed, turnkey metal binder jetting solution to deliver faster and more cost-effective chrome cobalt production capabilities for bridges, crowns, partial dentures and more.
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Zeiss, ORNL Developing X-Ray CT-Based Characterization for AM Parts
The new methodology is designed to rapidly qualify new alloys, powder materials and processes for printed parts and enable rapid certification and qualification of AM components.
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