Automation
Understanding HP's Metal Jet: Beyond Part Geometry, Now It's About Modularity, Automation and Scale
Since introducing its metal binder jetting platform at IMTS in 2018, HP has made significant strides to commercialize the technology as a serial production solution. We got an early preview of the just-announced Metal Jet S100.
Read MoreNexa3D Shows Autonomous Automation for Additive Manufacturing
High-throughput selective laser sintering features automated changes of the complete build unit.
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Autonomous Cobot Automation Increases Production 3D Printer Output for Ford (Includes Video)
A mobile robot that travels to each Carbon machine to unload builds lets the automaker run an additional three to four builds per machine per day. Autonomous robots fit well with 3D printing, but their role in production will extend beyond just the additive machines.
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Optimized Castings, Fast Turnarounds with Sand 3D Printing
IMTS 2022: ExOne’s S-Max Flex pairs industrial robots with an end effector printhead design that deposits binder into a 1,900 × 1,000 × 1,000 mm (74 × 39 × 39") telescoping build box that grows as the parts are built layer by layer.
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Carbon Acquires ParaMatters
The acquisition is said to expand Carbon’s generative design software capabilities to enable increased automation and the creation of more complex, higher performance part designs in additive manufacturing.
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Mosaic Array — Automated Print Farm with Machine Tending and More
Mosaic’s Array additive manufacturing system combines multiple forms of automation, including machine tending, material management and scheduling, to enable unattended production.
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Robot Deposition Makes Giant Industrial Mixer Blade: The Cool Parts Show Bonus
Wire arc additive manufacturing produces a large component formerly made through casting, and allows for redesign of its internal cooling geometry.
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Software Automatically Identifies Suitable Parts for 3D Printing Using 2D Drawings
The software is designed to automate the complex process which is required to manually analyze a large number of parts.
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Is a Functional 3D Printer Network Possible? Automation Alley’s Project DIAMOnD and the Industry 4.0 Future
The initiative that placed 3D printers at more than 300 Michigan manufacturers is laying the groundwork for a future in manufacturing that is digital, distributed and largely additive.
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500-Pound Replacement Part 3D Printed by Robot: The Cool Parts Show #50
Our biggest metal cool part so far: Wire arc additive manufacturing delivers a replacement (and upgrade) for a critical bearing housing on a large piece of industrial machinery.
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