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When Advocacy Leads to Adoption: How Pella Applies (and Manages) AM Capacity

The window and door maker offers a picture of successful, widespread 3D printing adoption across the different needs of a manufacturing organization. The outreach and education effort worked. Now, here is the next phase.

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Tooling

Video: 3D Printed Hand Tools in Action on Pella Corporation Factory Tour

Examples include an invention for quickly installing window and door weather stripping, a fitting for giving the proper angle to a nail gun, and a clip for which the color is an important feature.

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Sustainability

Xenia Creates Lightweight, High-Performing, Sustainable 3DF Filament Materials for Fused Filament Fabrication 3D Printing

Formnext 2024: The filaments’ properties include exceptional strength, lightweight design, chemical resistance and sustainability.

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Polymer

Ulendo and Rev1 Technologies Collaborate on Software Upgrade That Increases Speed of Industrial Extrusion-Based Printers

Formnext 2024: For the CreatBot F430, Rev1 is offering the Ulendo VC vibration compensation software upgrade which is said to quintuple the speed of FFF 3D printers while maintaining part quality, all without changing the machine’s hardware.

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Medical Molder Relies on 3D Printing to Speed Development of Inspection Fixtures

Medical molder Medbio uses FFF and SLA 3D printers in designing (and sometimes producing) its inspection fixtures.

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FFF

7 Takeaways on 3D Printing As a Pathway to Polymer’s Future

The Cleveland section of SPE hosted “Additive Manufacturing: Printing the Path for the Future” on October 17, 2024. Speakers signaled where AM is and where it is headed with session topics ranging from pellet-based 3D printing to qualification and commercialization of additively manufactured products.

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Composites

Combining Multifunctional Thermoplastic Composites, Additive Manufacturing for Next-Gen Airframe Structures

The DOMMINIO project combines AFP with 3D printed gyroid cores, embedded SHM sensors and smart materials for induction-driven disassembly of parts at end of life.

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For Coast Guard, AM Adoption Begins With “MacGyver-ish” Crew Members Who Are Using 3D Printing Already

AM suits the Coast Guard’s culture of shipboard problem-solving, says Surface Fleet AM lead. Here is how 3D printers on ships promise to deliver not just substantial cost savings but also an aid to crew capabilities and morale.

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Polymer

3D Systems’ EXT 800 Titan Pellet Offers Compact Format for High-Speed Pellet Extrusion

The production platform features a refined design and open material architecture to cost-effectively address a breadth of industrial applications.

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Polymer

Raise3D’s Hyper Core Filament Line Offers Increased Heat Conductivity for Rapid Melting and Cooling

Raise3D has also launched its Pro3 HS Series which enables higher speed printing with composite materials to meet demanding engineering and manufacturing needs. The series includes the Pro3 HS, Pro3 HS Plus, Pro3 + HUK3 and Pro3 Plus + HUK3.

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