Design
Video: The Additive Nozzle’s Origin Story
The LEAP engine fuel nozzle is likely additive’s greatest success in part production so far, but it wasn’t always clear that the nozzle could be made this way. This video from GE Aviation tells the story.
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10 Valuable Lessons from an Additive Metal Part
If you’re going to use AM for production, the subtractive steps deserve as much consideration as the additive cycle.
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Additive Manufacturing: Front and Center at SPE’s ACCE
Ford discusses Carbon3D's layerless 3D printing technology.
Read MoreSoftware Optimizes Part Design for Additive
Optimization software Autodesk Within is now commercially available, enabling users to design parts better suited to additive manufacturing.
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A Layered Approach to Boosting Business and the Industry
Faustson Tool uses its pioneering spirit to carefully take on metals additive manufacturing one step at a time, and today the company is committed to educating and supporting industry and its academic partners with this technology.
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Material Improvement
In addition to the geometric freedom, additive manufacturing also provides the freedom to use metals that would be difficult to apply another way. Deka Research & Development is exploring both freedoms as it seeks to create a power source that could improve the lives of people around the world.
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Panel Discusses Promise and Challenges of Both Additive and Hybrid Machines
Manufacturers ranging from orbital to underground shared their thoughts on additive manufacturing at the recent Innovation Days event.
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6 Things You Might Not Know about Making Metal Parts through Additive Manufacturing
Like any other manufacturing process, additive manufacturing has process considerations all its own.
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The Changing Shape of Manufacturing
Topology optimization and additive manufacturing go together. The complex, organic form that might be the most material-efficient choice for a part generally cannot be produced conventionally. However, additive manufacturing puts optimal forms within reach.
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Additive’s Idiosyncrasies
Additive manufacturing is not as easy as just hitting “print.” Like any manufacturing process, it demands attention to considerations that are characteristic of this process alone.
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