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Medical Molder Relies on 3D Printing to Speed Development of Inspection Fixtures

Medical molder Medbio uses FFF and SLA 3D printers in designing (and sometimes producing) its inspection fixtures.

7 Takeaways on 3D Printing As a Pathway to Polymer’s Future

The Cleveland section of SPE hosted “Additive Manufacturing: Printing the Path for the Future” on October 17, 2024. Speakers signaled where AM is and where it is headed with session topics ranging from pellet-based 3D printing to qualification and commercialization of additively manufactured products.

Forerunner 3D Supports Automation with 3D Printed EOAT

The custom 3D printing company uses 3D printing in combination with other technologies to deliver end of arm tooling for part handling.

New Equipment, Additive Manufacturing for Casting Replacement and AM's Next Phase at IMTS 2024: AM Radio #54

Additive manufacturing’s presence at IMTS – The International Manufacturing Technology Show revealed trends in technology as well as how 3D printing is being applied today and where it will be tomorrow. Peter Zelinski and I share observations from the show on this episode of AM Radio.

Stratasys' Origin Two DLP Printer Offers High Precision for Short Production Runs

The Origin Two 3D Printer with the Origin Cure postprocessing system is designed for exceptional accuracy, repeatability and surface finish comparable to injection molding.

Evolve Additive Solutions Names Jeff Blank New CEO

This appointment follows a successful two-year term served by former CEO and industry veteran Joe Allison, who transitions to become chairman of the company’s board of directors.

At General Atomics, Do Unmanned Aerial Systems Reveal the Future of Aircraft Manufacturing?

The maker of the Predator and SkyGuardian remote aircraft can implement additive manufacturing more rapidly and widely than the makers of other types of planes. The role of 3D printing in current and future UAS components hints at how far AM can go to save cost and time in aircraft production and design.

Stratasys Partners With NOCTI for First-Ever FDM Process Certification

The recognition from NOCTI marks a significant step toward strengthening education and building competent workforces in the field of additive manufacturing.

Stratasys F3300 FDM 3D Printer Boosts Productivity, Print Reliability, Part Yield

The F3300 FDM 3D printer is built for performance-oriented manufacturers, expanding the range of production capabilities with improved accuracy, uptime and twice the output.

Additive Manufacturing's Evolving Role at Fathom Now Emphasizing Bridge Production

Bridge production is currently the biggest opportunity for additive manufacturing, says Fathom Manufacturing co-founder Rich Stump. How this service provider leverages AM while finding balance with other production capabilities.

Stratasys Terminates Merger Agreement With Desktop Metal

Stratasys is now exploring strategic alternatives to maximize shareholder value, while its board of directors is adopting a limited extension of the shareholder rights plan.

Grabcad Print Pro Software Helps Improve Part Accuracy, Workflow

The software features new plug-in partners AlphaSTAR and Castor, providing options for real-time part analysis and streamline integrated workflow.

A Tour of The Stratasys Direct Manufacturing Facility

The company's Belton manufacturing site in Texas is growing to support its various 3D printing applications for mass production in industries such as automotive and aerospace.

Stratasys, CollPlant Unite Technologies for Industrial-Scale Bioprinting of Tissues, Organs

The joint development and commercialization agreement will initially focus on development of a bioprinting solution for CollPlant’s regenerative breast implants, addressing $2.6 billion market opportunity.

How Acquisition and Investment Activity Affects AM Users and Adopters: AM Radio #40

Stephanie Hendrixson and Peter Zelinski discuss how the corporate and financial developments in additive manufacturing play out for current and prospective users of AM technology, and where this activity is likely to lead.

Stratasys and Desktop Metal to Combine in Approximately $1.8 Billion All-Stock Transaction

Merger looks to deliver industrial polymer, metal, sand and ceramic solutions from design to mass production.

Stratasys Partners With Ricoh for Print-On-Demand Medical Models

This offering gives clinicians and patients increased access to patient-specific, 3D printed models for preoperative surgical planning, diagnostic use and surgical education to improve clinical outcomes and drive significant savings through improved productivity.

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.

3D Printed Camera Components Capture "Avatar: The Way of Water" Film

SNL Creative provided an additive manufacturing solution for the stereoscopic camera rigs used by the production team during the creation of the new Avatar film. The custom-designed camera components met the rigorous requirements for filming and offered a modernized alternative for future film usage.

Hexagon, Stratasys Unlock 3D Printed PEKK’s Lightweighting for Aerospace

The companies say the rigorously validated multiscale models of these high-performance, aerospace-approved materials have been added to Hexagon’s Digimat materials exchange ecosystem with associated print process parameters from Stratasys’ aerospace-ready 3D printers.

3D Printed Replacement Clamp for an F-16 Aircraft: The Cool Parts Show #54

3D printing is a valuable addition to sustainment programs, but only if printed parts can be qualified as fast and flexibly as they can be made. In this episode of The Cool Parts Show, we look at the clamp that won the Air Force’s Approval Sprint Challenge designed to address this need.

10 Important Developments in Additive Manufacturing Seen at Formnext 2022 (Includes Video)

The leading trade show dedicated to the advance of industrial 3D printing returned to the scale and energy not seen since before the pandemic. More ceramics, fewer supports structures and finding opportunities in wavelengths — these are just some of the AM advances notable at the show this year.

Saving Time and Money on the Shop Floor with AM

Some of the most popular ways AM is presented miss some of the most practical and valuable ways AM can be used.

How Aggressive EV Timelines Point to AM

Electric vehicle sales are expected to grow significantly in the next decade. Additive manufacturing can help automakers fill their production needs.

Undaunted by Challenges, MMX 2022 Looks to AM’s Future

America Makes’ Members Meeting & Exchange addressed additive manufacturing’s ongoing needs and how industry, government and academia can act together to solve them.

Covestro Sells Additive Manufacturing Business to Stratasys

The sale includes R&D facilities as well as offices and employees in Europe, U.S. and China.

Composites-Ready 3D Printers Produce High-Strength Parts

IMTS 2022: Stratasys’ new printers are said to offer high stiffness and strength materials in a hardened machine ready for composite material printing.

Stratasys Showcases Four Years of New Technology

Stratasys has added several new 3D printing technologies and machines since 2018, many of which are making their IMTS debut.

3D Printing as a New Product Launchpad

With 3D printing, Minnesota manufacturer Resolution Medical offers a fast, affordable route for individuals and small to medium-sized businesses to get new medical devices and other products off the ground and into the marketplace.

RAPID + TCT 2022 Report: Advancing into the Next Season of Additive Manufacturing: AM Radio #18

Editors Stephanie Hendrixson, Peter Zelinski and Julia Hider share observations, insights and photos from the latest RAPID + TCT trade show.

Kimya Supplying Materials for Stratasys’ FDM Systems

Stratasys will offer customers two new materials from Kimya — EN45545–2 certified polycarbon filament (Kimya PC-FR) and a polyetherketone filament made from Arkema’s Kepstan (Kimya PEKK-SC).

MakerBot, Ultimaker Announce Merger

By combining teams and leveraging additional funding, the merged company aims to accelerate the development of advanced solutions to provide customers with a broad portfolio of hardware and software solutions to serve a wide spectrum of customers and applications.

Stratasys Expands GrabCAD Software Partner Program for Additive Manufacturing

The new partners integrate with the GrabCAD additive manufacturing platform, adding manufacturing operating system and new product introduction 3D workflow software options for Stratasys customers.

Does Manufacturing Need Additive?

If a subtractive manufacturing operation is going smoothly, AM need not replace it. So what is AM good for, and why do we need it in the first place?

The First Choice Was Right: How RP+M Succeeded With Production FDM

This additive manufacturing company narrowed its focus onto the 3D printing capability it knew best and the industry sector best able to benefit from FDM production parts. Characterizing and controlling the process was the breakthrough that has led to production work from Boeing and others.

A Conversation on Formnext: Trends in 2021, and Formnext USA: AM Radio #8

The Frankfurt, Germany, trade show resumed in-person in 2021 and laid the groundwork for future events in North America. AM Radio hosts Stephanie Hendrixson and Peter Zelinski discuss both in this episode, which includes a guest appearance by Gardner Business Media president Rick Kline.

10 Trends from Formnext 2021

The largest trade show for additive manufacturing technology returned with an in-person format this November. Editors Peter Zelinski and Stephanie Hendrixson share sights and trends from the event.

Stratasys, ECCO Partner to Innovate Footwear Manufacturing Using 3D Printing Technology

Stratasys Origin One 3D printers and custom materials from Henkel Loctite are said to lower costs and shorten mold fabrication time.

AMGTA Grows with Six New Member Companies

New AMGTA members include Divergent Technologies, the Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing (ACAM), Kurtz Ersa, Nexa3D, Tekna Advanced Materials and Trane Technologies.

Platform Solution Supports 3D Printing's Pivot into Additive Manufacturing Production

The GrabCAD Additive Manufacturing Platform introduced by Stratasys integrates design, print preparation, order management and third-party software to help bring about AM for production.

Stratasys Direct Manufacturing Expands Health Care Print Services

Company is collaborating with health care and medical device companies to deliver visual and functional anatomical models to improve patient care and outcomes.

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.

Stratasys Acquires Outstanding Stake In Xaar 3D

3D printers powered by Xaar 3D’s Selective Absorption Fusion (SAF) technology are said to provide faster, more versatile and economical alternatives to traditional manufacturing methods.

Stratasys’ Data Security Platform Supports U.S. Government Implementations of 3D Printing

ProtectAM with Red Hat Enterprise Linux helps safeguard sensitive information across DOD-networked 3D printers for distributed additive manufacturing.

Stratasys Expands Material Options for New Manufacturing Systems

RAPID 2021: New materials offer solutions for advancing additive manufacturing at production scale.

AMGTA Continues Growth With New Members

The Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association is a global trade organization created to promote the environmental benefits of additive manufacturing.

Stratasys H350 3D Printer Delivers Production-Grade End-Use Parts

The Stratasys H350 3D printer is powered by Selective Absorption Fusion (SAF) technology to deliver production-level throughput for end-use parts.

Stratasys, nTopology’s Fixture Software Simplifies AM Modeling, Design

FDM Assembly Fixture Generator automates design of jigs and fixtures, enabling engineers to quickly turn a part file into a ready-to-print fixture with a simple drag-and-drop function.

Additive Manufacturing with Sheet Lamination

No longer limited to paper, Sheet Lamination bonds sheets of material together to form an object. Companies are now expanding to different materials for sheet lamination, exploring the growing possibilities of a process that started with gluing and stacking hundreds of colored sheets of paper together.

What Is Material Jetting 3D Printing?

Recent advances in materials processing capabilities have renewed interest in material jetting, the additive process that allows 3D objects to be built by placing different combinations of material drop-by-drop.

The Race to Faster, Cheaper and Better AM for Aviation

An aviation industry partner called NIAR may be the largest institute you've never heard of. But through a new materials and process database for additive, it’s promising to help aviation manufacturers produce AM parts faster, cheaper and more reliably than ever before.

What Is Material Extrusion 3D Printing?

Material extrusion extrudes material through a nozzle and selectively deposits it layer-by-layer to form an object. After three decades of material advancements and a diverse array of start-ups and applications, the use cases for this technology are still going strong.

Video: 3D-Printed Brackets Are Key to Automated Coolant Delivery for Lights-Out Machining

An on-site look at the different elements of the coolant-delivery system developed by a machine shop committed to running unattended.

Stratasys Expands Global Manufacturing Network

Stratasys expands the Global Manufacturing Network to Italy, Korea, Mexico and the United States.

Stratasys Announces Layered Powder Metallurgy (LPM) for Metal Parts

Layered powder metallurgy (LPM) technology from Stratasys is aimed at delivering production-grade metal parts for low-to-mid volumes.

5 Impressions of Additive Manufacturing at IMTS 2018

An emphasis on production, shifting target markets and more colored additive manufacturing’s presence at this year’s International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS).

Stratasys Reflects on Where 3D Printing Is in 2018

Two years ago, Stratasys was looking forward to where 3D printing might be going. Now, it’s worth evaluating the current state of additive manufacturing with polymers.

Stratasys Offers PEKK-Based Antero 800NA for High Performance

The filament is suitable for applications in aerospace and high-performance vehicles, among others.

Orion Gets a Lift from Electro-Static Dissipative (ESD) Material

NASA’s Orion spacecraft will include parts 3D-printed from electro-static dissipative Antero 800NA from Stratasys. Developing this material was an exercise in working within constraints.

Eight-Axis Robotic System Prints Composite Parts

This concept machine leverages robotics to 3D print in eight axes.

7 Important Implications of the New Stratasys Production Demonstrators

One working machine concept expands the build size and speed for FDM. Another performs robotic 3D printing in composite material. Here is what these two concepts suggest about the advance of additive manufacturing into industrial production.

Stratasys Partners with Machine Tool Distributor Gosiger to Bring AM to the Shop Floor

Stratasys gains manufacturing relationships and expertise through its new supplier relationship with Gosiger.

3D Printing Impacts Production Mold Design

3D-printed cavities and cores serve as a testing ground to quickly prove out production mold design options.

Additive Manufacturing Is the New Normal

A company founded on the principle of individualized manufacturing puts AM to work right out front, in its retail lobby.

Material Strength Affects Part Weight in Additive Manufacturing

Material properties will have even more significance in additive manufacturing than in previous part-making processes. Taking advantage of the strength of one material over another can permit an internal redesign that reduces the weight and cost of the part.

Where Do 3D-Printed Molds Make Sense?

Stratasys describes the capabilities and limitations of 3D “digital ABS” molds for making plastic parts through injection molding or blow molding.

3DRV Road Tour Visits ITAMCO

Although we have written about ITAMCO several times, it’s good to see this precision machining company getting positive mention in a recent article posted online by Forbes. The author, TJ McCue, visited ITAMCO as part of his eight-month, cross country tour to investigate the impact of 3D digital technology and advanced manufacturing.

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