Contract Manufacturers
Big Metal Additive: The Difference Between a Shape and a Part Is Quality
Preparing to scale directed energy deposition to ongoing full production is not a technological challenge: DED is ready. But it is an organizational challenge, says the company founder. Here is what it means to implement a quality system.
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Robot Vs. Gantry for Large-Format Additive Manufacturing (Includes Video)
Additive Engineering Solutions, specialist at 3D printing very large parts and tools on gantry machines, now also uses a robot for large-format AM. Here is how the robot compares.
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Ohio-Based Startup Rebrands as Vixiv
The beta version of the company’s software addresses only weight reduction applications, while future versions will address other design goals.
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Ricoh’s All-In 3D Print Offers Comprehensive On-Site 3D Printing Solution
This managed service offering expands Ricoh’s additive manufacturing (AM) capabilities by providing a holistic, single-source way for manufacturers to harness the power of AM, enabling innovation, lowering the cost of product prototyping and bringing ideas to market faster.
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Video: 5" Diameter Navy Artillery Rounds Made Through Robot Directed Energy Deposition (DED) Instead of Forging
Big Metal Additive conceives additive manufacturing production factory making hundreds of Navy projectile housings per day.
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How 3D Printing Aids Sustainability for Semiconductor Equipment: The Cool Parts Show Bonus
Hittech worked with its customer to replace fully machined semiconductor trays with trays made via DED by Norsk Titanium. The result is dramatic savings in tool consumption and material waste.
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Merit3D Protoduction 4.0 Offers Three Pathways to Help Customers Achieve Mass Production Through Additive Manufacturing
The company’s manufacturing program is designed to customize the ‘product development to production’ process for customers who are at different stages in the mass production process.
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3D Printed Titanium Replaces Aluminum for Unmanned Aircraft Wing Splice: The Cool Parts Show #72
Rapid Plasma Deposition produces the near-net-shape preform for a newly designed wing splice for remotely piloted aircraft from General Atomics. The Cool Parts Show visits Norsk Titanium, where this part is made.
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Quadrus: Powder Management Tactics for Tungsten Rhenium and Other AM Alloys
The expert in additive manufacturing of high-value parts for the Defense Department often must change from one exotic material to another in its powder bed machines. Cleaning is a core competency. Here are lessons of this company’s system for working with an ever-changing mix of 3D printed alloys.
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3 Attributes of the “Second Wave” of AM Part Producers
Successful contact manufacturers in additive look more and more like successful contract manufacturers in general.
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