Design
3D Printed Ceramic Mug: The Cool Parts Show #48
MadeXBinary applies additive manufacturing to clay. The company achieves automated production of aesthetically pleasing kitchenware through digital pottery.
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Altair Acquires Gen3D
Acquisition expands Altair’s design technology for additive manufacturing.
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8 Cool Parts From RAPID+TCT 2022: The Cool Parts Show #46
AM parts for applications from automotive to aircraft to furniture, in materials including ceramic, foam, metal and copper-coated polymer.
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Creating Designs That 3D Printing Experts Love
3D printing can create virtually any shape imaginable, but that doesn’t mean it will be easy to print. How to design parts that are printable as well as functional.
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EOS, Hyperganic Collaborate on Design, Performance of Space Propulsion Components
By creating a truly digital workflow, the companies aim to utilize additive manufacturing’s design freedom to create part structures and applications that were impossible to manufacture using traditional production processes.
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Will AM Help Bring a New CNC Programming Paradigm?
Complex workpieces such as AM parts present demanding toolpath challenges in machining. The precision is there to meet the challenges — we just need the measurements and methods to use it.
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3D Printed Bobsled Helmet Improves Safety, Lowers Weight
Additive manufacturing enabled researchers to develop custom-fit bobsled helmets with lattice linings that increased impact resistance and lowered weight.
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Why Inventors and Additive Manufacturing Go Together: AM Radio #13
The ease of beginning to produce at small scales using 3D printing opens the way to a new class of manufacturer: the inventor making their own product.
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3D Printed Heat Exchanger Uses Gyroids for Better Cooling | The Cool Parts Show #43
Replacement heat exchanger for a helicopter is half the size and delivers 4× the cooling, thanks to a geometry that could only be made via additive manufacturing.
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3D Printing for Better Flame From a Gas Turbine Swirler: The Cool Parts Show #42
A Penn State gas turbine researcher turns to additive manufacturing graduate students to help face the challenge of swirler optimization.
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