LFAM
Thermwood's New LSAM Model Provides Both Print and Trim Heads
Thermwood’s LSAM MT is a lower cost moving table version of its industry-leading LSAM (large scale additive system).
Read MoreThermwood LSAM MT Provides Increased Number of Parts in Required Cooling Time
RAPID 2020: Thermwood’s LSAM Moving Table (LSAM MT) offers a new configuration and significant advantages in certain applications and features a single fixed gantry mounted over a moving table.
Read MoreBigRep Expands Printing Services with 3D PARTLAB
BigRep America is opening a new headquarters featuring the new BigRep 3D PARTLAB for flexible 3D printing services with its fleet of large-format 3D printers.
Read MoreThe Hidden Complexities of Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing
Lincoln Electric Additive Solutions’ robotic metal 3D printing process is a choreographed dance between welding, robots, automation, heat management and machining. The new venture may have a distinct advantage in the field: its parent company’s 125 year-old legacy.
Read MoreThermwood’s LSAM Uses Subtractive Methods in Additive Process
Thermwood’s Large Scale Additive Manufacturing (LSAM) system performs both additive and subtractive functions on the same machine.
Read More3D Printer Parts Made with 3D Printed Tooling: ExOne Walks the Walk
Accelerated timelines, fast design changes and low volumes — in many ways, 3D printing is the right market for 3D printing. ExOne’s newest generation of machines includes parts vacuum formed on 3D printed tools developed by Catalysis Additive Tooling.
Read MoreLarge-Scale Thermoset Composite AM System Launched
The Reactive Additive Manufacturing (RAM) system is said to be the world’s first large-scale additive manufacturing system compatible with thermoset resins.
WatchAir Force Research Laboratory, Boeing and Thermwood Partner on Low Cost Responsive Tooling Program
The Air Force Research Laboratory, Boeing and Thermwood partnered to evaluate the functionality of Vertical Layer Printing (VLP) using high temperature, autoclave-capable materials on a Large Scale Additive Manufacturing (LSAM) machine.
Read MoreThe Results Are In: Autoclave Tooling and Large Format Additive Manufacturing
SABIC and the University of Dayton Research Institute studied large-format additive manufacturing (LFAM) for metal autoclave tooling. The results are promising.
Read MoreWire Arc Additive Manufacturing Delivers Low Buy-To-Fly Ratios
Manufacturers in the aerospace industry buy expensive raw material with one common goal: to make it fly. To reduce its buy-to-fly ratio (the ratio of material inputs to final part output), this company turned to wire arc additive manufacturing to create near-net shape parts.
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