Automation
NPE 2024: Additive Manufacturing Assisting, Advancing the Plastics Industry
Exhibitors and presenters at the plastics show emphasized 3D printing as a complement and aid to more traditional production processes.
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Farsoon FS721M CAMS Large Format Metal 3D Printer Offers Continuous Manufacturing Capability
The system features Farsoon’s continuous additive manufacturing solution (CAMS) multilaser platform, which includes eight lasers to enable true additive manufacturing series production with increased automation workflow.
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Robotics Integrator Leverages 3D Printing for Faster Automation Deployment
Rapid Robotics helps manufacturers get up and running with automation quickly, by providing robots that arrive pretrained and already equipped with tooling which is often 3D printed.
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The Softer Side of Robots: Automating Additive Manufacturing
Robotic applications are expanding in additive manufacturing thanks to rubber and silicone-based systems that can easily adapt to parts of varying sizes and shapes without reprogramming.
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UltiMaker Targets Light Industrial Applications With 3D Printer Designed for the Factory Floor
The company’s Factor 4 3D printer introduced this week is designed to complement conventional manufacturing equipment including CNC machining and automation.
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Chuck Jaws Achieve 77% Weight Reduction Through 3D Printing
Alpha Precision Group (APG) has developed an innovative workholding design for faster spindle speeds through sinter-based additive manufacturing.
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1000 Kelvin’s AMAIZE AI Co-Pilot for Additive Manufacturing Now Available for Autodesk Fusion
The AMAIZE software is an “AI co-pilot” for engineers, predicting print issues upfront, performing corrections and generating industrial-grade, ready-to-use print files specific to a machine.
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Materialise Software Module Optimizes Data and Build Preparation for Metal LPBF
The e-Stage for Metal+ software uses physics-based modeling to improve automated support structure generation for laser powder bed fusion.
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7 Important Ideas on Postprocessing in AM
Additive manufacturing is defined by 3D printing, but it is more than this step. For almost every AM production part, steps after the 3D printing operation are essential to complete the part and realize its value. Here are several thoughts.
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Hawk Ridge Systems and DyeMansion Forge Partnership to Integrate Software and Hardware in Additive Manufacturing Workflow
Collaboration creates a one-stop-shop for all the tools and software needed to create precision products that look, feel and function properly. Now, Hawk Ridge Systems’ integrated solution portfolio will include a complete print-to-product workflow with DyeMansion’s Powershot C, Powershot S, DM60 and Powerfuse S postprocessing solutions.
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