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Genetic Engineering for Metal: The Promise of Microstructure Control via Additive Manufacturing
“To design the alloy, design the microstructure,” says this Ohio materials science startup. Artificial intelligence is helping to realize a design tool for determining the properties of 3D printed metals.
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Custom Heels Are a Step Up for Circular Fashion, Sustainable Manufacturing
Custom shoe company Hilos demonstrates how, with additive manufacturing, relative outsiders can not only launch a product, but implement a new production mindset into an established industry. The company is bringing comfort and customization to fashion footwear with sustainable, on-demand production based on 3D printing.
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Does 3D Printing Drive Startups, or Vice-Versa? AM Radio #1
What is it about 3D printing that makes it such a common choice for startup companies? Are these businesses driving additive manufacturing forward, or are they being driven? Peter Zelinski, Stephanie Hendrixson and Julia Hider discuss.
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AM Material Certification Database Cuts Redundant Testing
UL’s Blue Card program provides a reliable, transferrable set of test results for plastic materials used in additive manufacturing — so long as the user’s printing parameters match the tested parameters.
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Ford is Saving Millions through 3D Printing (But Maybe Not How You Think)
Two longtime workers at Ford’s Sharonville Transmission Plant near Cincinnati grew tired of experiencing the delays and downtime resulting from expensive and hard-to-get replacement parts. The solution? Learn additive manufacturing and save the company time and money.
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After Years in China, 3D Printing Lets Vacuum Accessory Maker Develop U.S. Production
The costs of injection molding had Dustless Technologies making tooling and many parts offshore. Additive manufacturing promises an alternative, as in the case of the company's newest product, which is entirely U.S.-made.
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Why I Am Bullish on Additive: 3 Factors Favoring 3D Printing’s Continued Advance
The shortcomings are being overcome and the advantage is nothing less than freedom. Only the pace of the advance is uncertain.
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How A Digital Manufacturing Workflow Is Making Orthoses, Prostheses More Accessible
Digitization of the workflow needed to create limb prostheses, orthoses, helmets and more means that these devices will become more readily available. Using 3D scanning and 3D printing, EastPoint Prosthetics and Orthotics and Additive America have established a way to produce these devices that both changes lives and makes business sense.
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Photocentric Explores How 3D Printed Battery Electrodes Could Drive Electric Vehicles Forward
Precise control of battery electrode architecture through photopolymerization opens the door to new cell geometries and lighter battery packs for EVs and more, Photocentric says.
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Material Innovation Is a Powerful Freedom of AM: Here Are Examples
Possibilities that were speculative a few years ago are coming true today. Applications of metal matrix composite provide an example. Recent articles explore the ongoing advance of 3D printed materials.
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