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Renishaw, Canada Makes Join Forces to Advance AM in Canada

Renishaw and Canada Makes will focus on applying AM technology to a broader range of sectors while scaling up production, helping advance the transition from prototyping to mass manufacture.

Renishaw Joins Additive Manufacturing Coalition to Support Advocacy for US Policymakers

As a member, Renishaw will help educate policy leaders across the federal government to emphasize the benefits of additive manufacturing for national security, health, information security, manufacturing and more.

Profilometry-Based Indentation Plastometry (PIP) as an Alternative to Standard Tensile Testing

UK-based Plastometrex offers a benchtop testing device utilizing PIP to quickly and easily analyze the yield strength, tensile strength and uniform elongation of samples and even printed parts. The solution is particularly useful for additive manufacturing.

Materialise and Renishaw Integrate Systems to Improve Efficiency of Metal 3D Printing

Renishaw system users can now benefit from Materialise’s build processor software as well as its Magics data and build preparation software.

How Machining Makes AM Successful for Innovative 3D Manufacturing

Connections between metal 3D printing and CNC machining serve the Indiana manufacturer in many ways. One connection is customer conversations that resemble a machining job shop. Here is a look at a small company that has advanced quickly to become a thriving additive manufacturing part producer.

Southern Indiana’s Thriving AM Part Producer — What I Saw at Innovative 3D Manufacturing: AM Radio #49

Recorded just after the visit to the laser powder bed fusion contract manufacturer, here is a conversation exploring observations and impressions of this company and its metal 3D printing work.

Renishaw and Plastometrex Collaborate to Increase Precision, Efficiency of AM Mechanical Property Analysis

Plastometrex’s PLX-Benchtop facilitates rapid, direct testing on different sections of additively manufactured parts, delivering comprehensive stress-strain curves in minutes to provide a more precise evaluation of a part’s mechanical properties.

Formnext 2023 Represents Full Breadth of AM Ecosystem

Formnext is the international destination for AM technology.

What We Found at Formnext 2023

New metal processes, new possibilities for existing processes, the next step for copper and more. Here is a summary drawing on all our reporting from November’s event.

Renishaw RenAM 500Q Ultra AM System Features Productivity-Boosting Tempus Technology

The Tempus technology incorporates scanning algorithms that enable the laser to fire while the recoater is moving, saving up to nine seconds per build layer.

Dyndrite’s LPBF Pro Software Enhances Precision, Traceability, Repeatability for 3D Metal Printing

The software for laser powder bed fusion streamlines processes by enabling the development of innovative parameter strategies and optimization routines, while eliminating manual build preparation hassles.

Renishaw Tempus Technology Reduces Metal Additive Manufacturing Build Times

A new scanning algorithm for Renishaw’s RenAM 500 series of metal additive manufacturing systems enables the laser to fire while the recoater is moving, which over the build cycle can reduce total build time by up to 50% with no reduction in part quality.

10 Video Reports From Formnext 2023

Our Formnext video playlist: Stephanie Hendrixson and Peter Zelinski report on various technologies seen at Formnext 2023 in brief videos they filmed at the show.

Daimler, OMIC Evaluate Wire-Fed DED for Moldmaking

3D printing a core and cavity on machine from Gefertec, followed by machining, allowed for a complete mold tool to be produced in three days.

America Awards Research Funding to Colorado School of Mines

The project team will investigate cross-platform consistency in laser powder bed fusion technologies.

Additive Wins on Cost, Plus Process Monitoring and More from RAPID + TCT 2023: AM Radio #38

Additive manufacturing is finding success as a cost-effective manufacturing method. New options for process monitoring are now available. DED is getting more precise. 3D printed chairs! What we learned and observed at RAPID + TCT 2023.

Why AM Leads to Internal Production for Collins Aerospace (Includes Video)

A new Charlotte-area center will provide additive manufacturing expertise and production capacity for Collins business units based across the country, allowing the company to guard proprietary design and process details that are often part of AM.

Drones Take Flight with Metal and Polymer 3D Printed Parts: The Cool Parts Show Bonus

Drones produced by Cobra Aero now incorporate many 3D printed parts made through laser powder bed fusion and Multi Jet Fusion processes.

New Electric Dirt Bike Is Designed for Molding, but Produced Through 3D Printing (Includes Video)

Cobra Moto’s new all-electric youth motocross bike could not wait for mold tooling. Parts have been designed so they can be molded eventually, but to get the bike to market, the production method now is additive manufacturing.

Renishaw Appoints Director of Additive Manufacturing

Callanan has been with the company for 25 years and is returning to the research and development environment where she started her career.

3D Printing Rotors for Electric Motors (Video)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory describes research into applying additive manufacturing to replace windings in DC motors.

Renishaw, CCAT Partner to Accelerate Technology Adoption

Renishaw has provided industrial metrology and additive manufacturing equipment to the Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology Inc. (CCAT), as well as sales and applications liaisons for product demonstrations, webinars, training and support.

Renishaw Metal AM Enables Domin to Create CO2-Reducing Valve

By using Renishaw’s RenAM 500Q AM system, Domin has created a servo valve that saves one ton of CO2 per year compared to competing products.

Workflow Is Key to Delivering Custom 3D Printed Implants for Animals

A veterinary study on the use of 3D printed titanium cranial plates for dogs has established a workflow for creating these custom devices in less than 3 weeks.

Your Metal AM Process Development Tool? A Spreadsheet (Includes Video)

Spreadsheet integration with Renishaw software allows for fast programming of metal additive manufacturing test builds. Watch video for demonstration of defining many laser parameter combinations for use in a single test.

Drone Engine Replaces 13 Parts With 1: The Cool Parts Show #14

Cobra Aero discovered an opportunity for redesign it might never have found without the COVID-19 interruption providing time for product development via 3D printing. The Cool Parts Show explores how additive manufacturing is advancing during the coronavirus crisis.

New Opportunities for Quantum Physics: The Cool Parts Show #11

What does 3D printing have to do with quantum physics? We'll look at how the technology is enabling quantum physics research in this episode of The Cool Parts Show.

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.

Simulation Supports Custom 3D-Printed Knife

Build simulation revealed that distortion was likely to occur in this custom chef’s knife. Thermal shrouding and an unusual support structure were used to counter it.

Recap: The Additive Manufacturing Workshop for Automotive

The inaugural AM Workshop for Automotive at the North American International Auto Show brought together the world’s top automotive and additive manufacturing technology experts on one stage. Here’s what they had to say.

QuantAM Dental Software from Renishaw Reduces Build Preparation Time

The build preparation software is said to reduce preparation time for dental frameworks down to about 30 minutes.

Renishaw and Altair Collaborate to Bring Metal 3D Printing to Industrial End Users

The two companies will offer joint seminars, workshops and training events centered on metal additive manufacturing for production.

Renishaw RenAM 500Q's Four Lasers Increase Productivity

Rapid 2018: Renishaw’s RenAM 500Q additive manufacturing system is designed to improve productivity and reduce cost per part to bring AM to new industries.

Meeting the Machining Challenges of Additive Manufacturing

You can 3D print the part, but can you finish it? Here is how to overcome the challenge of part deflection in the machining of lightweight, complex AM parts.

Can Additive Manufacturing Increase Milling Feed Rates?

With PCD tooling, yes it can. The diamond cutting edges demand a large number of flutes to realize their full effectiveness. Traditional methods for making cutter bodies limit the number of flutes, but 3D printing is delivering tools with higher flute density and other enhancements as well.

The Power of AM Is in Product and Process

Additive manufacturing will advance where DFAM improves product performance and is supported by the process chain.

IMTS 2016 Product Preview

Preview some of the AM technologies to be exhibited at the International Manufacturing Technology Show.

Experiment Tests the Reusability of Titanium Powder

Renishaw ran the same batch of powder through build after build, evaluating it each time. The results support the viability of AM for ongoing production.

Lowering Barriers, Part Two: An Update on Renishaw’s Solutions Centers

Currently in progress, Renishaw’s Solutions Center Network is intended to help manufacturers learn to use additive manufacturing effectively.

Lowering Barriers to AM Integration

Renishaw's Solutions Center Network will offer "incubator cells" to help manufacturers learn about AM technology.

Growing Interest in Additive Manufacturing at EMO 2015

Modern Machine Shop Editor-in-Chief Mark Albert captured these examples of additive manufacturing at EMO 2015.

The Changing Shape of Manufacturing

Topology optimization and additive manufacturing go together. The complex, organic form that might be the most material-efficient choice for a part generally cannot be produced conventionally. However, additive manufacturing puts optimal forms within reach.

Renishaw to Introduce Additive Manufacturing System Aimed at Production

The first machine developed in-house by the company features a high-power laser and automation for industrial production via additive manufacturing.

Practicality & Possibility

Some of the technologies and applications on display at Euromold 2013 illustrated the possibilities for using additive manufacturing to manufacture functional parts.

Landspeed Record with Laser Melting

The very first object to break the landspeed barrier of 1,000 mph is likely to be a part produced through additive manufacturing.

Obstacles to the Adoption of Additive Manufacturing

Renishaw was a user of additive manufacturing before it became an OEM supplying additive manufacturing technology—specifically, laser melting systems for producing metal parts. For a metrology company to diversify into additive manufacturing machinery in this way indicates the long-term promise the company sees for this method of manufacturing.

What if Metal Follows the Same Path as Plastic?

It will, says Directed Manufacturing. This company sees metal additive manufacturing becoming as much of an established technology for final part production as plastic additive manufacturing is now. It expects to buy more metal additive machines in anticipation of the work that’s coming.

Addressing the Design Issues of Rapid Manufacturing

This white paper from a manufacturer that added an in-house rapid manufacturing center describes how additive technologies both complement and differ from manufacturing processes relying on CNC machining.

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