Materials

Materials

From BCN3D, Lithography 3D Printing With No Vat Brings Bigger Scale Plus Viscous Materials

Parts take shape in the open air. Viscous resin is rapidly carried on a laminate to build each layer. LCD screen size, not vat size, is the limit on productivity.

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DED

Powder Comparison: Standards for DED Material Substitutes

What powder properties lead to performance similar to a DED powder? Basic flowability energy, particle density and particle morphology are key candidates.

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Software

Senvol ML Enables New Approach for Material Allowables Development

Senvol demonstrates use of machine learning software to enable path for rapid development of material property allowables for additive manufacturing.

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Postprocessing

A Conversation on Finishing's Role in Additive Manufacturing: AM Radio #12

Conventional finishing techniques like electroplating and powder coating have a role to play in AM. Stephanie Hendrixson and Scott Francis discuss how additive will go farther with finishing on the latest episode of AM Radio.

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Metal

Metal Parts Are Now Within Reach for Users of Polymer 3D Printers

An option for accessible metal 3D printing: New metal composite filament from BASF Forward AM has made it easy for Austrian company Sparox 3D to pivot its Ultimaker FFF capacity into metals, without major additional investments in skills or equipment. 

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6 Ways Additive Manufacturing Will Change in the Next Decade: AM Radio #11B

Where will additive manufacturing go in the next 10 years? Stephanie Hendrixson and Pete Zelinski offer six ideas in the latest episode of the AM Radio podcast.

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Sustainability

HP Inc. Acquires Choose Packaging

Choose’s technology provides an alternative to plastic bottles and can hold a variety of liquid products. 

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Production

Can Additive Manufacturing Materials Challenges Be Solved with Design?

TPU manufacturer Lubrizol says yes: Production-ready materials are here, and 3D printing-enabled design has only begun to realize their capabilities.

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Formlabs Launches SLA Printers, ESD Resin for Optimizing 3D Printing Workflow

The Form 3+ and Form 3B+ were designed to provide speed, quality and workflow efficiency.

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Mold Tooling

Mold Shop Evaluates Mantle Process for 3D Printing Steel Injection Molds

According to tests performed by Westminster Tool, Mantle’s 3D printing materials behave similarly to traditional steels and hold up well during molding, making them easy to incorporate into existing moldmaking processes.  

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