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This 3D Printed Part Makes IndyCar Racing Safer: The Cool Parts Show #67
The top frame is a newer addition to Indycar vehicles, but one that has dramatically improved the safety of the sport. We look at the original component and its next generation in this episode of The Cool Parts Show.
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IndyCar's 3D Printed Top Frame Increases Driver Safety
The IndyCar titanium top frame is a safety device standard to all the series' cars. The 3D printed titanium component holds the aeroscreen and protects drivers on the track.
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Ci-Esse Joins Velo3D’s Contract Manufacturer Network in Italy
Italian contract manufacturer Ci-Esse acquires Velo3D sapphire printer to enhance its additive manufacturing capabilities with the fully integrated solution being used to support Ci-Esse’s aerospace, defense and motorsports customers by providing mission-critical metal parts.
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Farsoon Develops Ultra Temperature UT252P Plastic LPBF system
The UT252P is based on Farsoon’s 252P laser powder bed fusion system and was developed to offer an even higher chamber temperature capacity for processing materials with high melting points over 340°C.
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America Makes Awards $3.2M for Delta Qual Project Winners
The project call winners are tasked with creating qualified additive manufacturing (AM) processes that offer rapid and affordable flexibility in crucial processes, postprocessing and material feedstock variables, while efficiently validating a qualified AM material through statistical analysis.
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3D Printed Lattice for Mars Sample Return Crash Landing: The Cool Parts Show Bonus
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory employs laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing plus chemical etching to create strong, lightweight lattice structures optimized to protect rock samples from Mars during their violent arrival on earth.
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What We Found at Formnext 2023
New metal processes, new possibilities for existing processes, the next step for copper and more. Here is a summary drawing on all our reporting from November’s event.
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Renishaw RenAM 500Q Ultra AM System Features Productivity-Boosting Tempus Technology
The Tempus technology incorporates scanning algorithms that enable the laser to fire while the recoater is moving, saving up to nine seconds per build layer.
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Top 10 Additive Manufacturing Stories of 2023
Laser powder bed fusion, proprietary AM processes, machining and more made our list of top 10 articles and videos by pageviews this year.
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Farsoon FS350M-4 Metal AM System Offers Optimal Build Efficiency, Uniform Part Performance
The system is equipped with an advanced multilaser scanning strategy and calibration algorithms which can enable optimal build efficiency and uniformed part performance throughout the build area.
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