Materials
Desktop Metal, Uniformity Labs Develop Fully Dense, Sinterable Aluminum
Uniformity 6061 aluminum will be available exclusively to Desktop Metal customers as part of its ongoing partnership with Uniformity Labs.
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Lighter, Better-Performing Brake Rotor From 3D Printing: The Cool Parts Show #27
Additive manufacturing with an aluminum/ceramic composite enables a brake rotor with one-third the weight and five times the heat transfer of a typical rotor. We talk to the inventor on this episode of The Cool Parts Show.
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Digital Metal Adds Pure Copper to Metal Binder Jetting System
Thermal and conductive properties of pure copper open new 3D printing possibilities within many industries.
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Solukon Upgrades Automated Powder Removal Units for Large Parts
Systems are now reinforced to handle larger parts and feature a joystick to improve and individualize controlling, and an optional impactor system for breaking up clogged powder bulks.
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Metal 3D Printed Part Should Be Flat, Has Bubble — AM: Why the Failure? #1
What should have been a straightforward application of laser powder bed fusion to make a simple component in 316L stainless steel turned into a printing fail. See why the failure happened.
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EOS Introduces NickelAlloy IN939 for Turbine, Energy Applications
Material offers great tensile properties, validation, reliability and crack resistance, which opens industrial 3D printing options for turbines and other energy industry applications.
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ExOne Developing Portable 3D Printing Factory for Defense Department
Company awarded contract to create a special military-edition 3D printer capable of binder jet 3D printing more than 20 metal, ceramic and other powder materials into direct final products or tooling.
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Stratasys’ Carbon Fiber Material is Stronger, Stiffer ABS
Strong, lightweight, ABS-based material is specifically formulated for applications such as manufacturing tooling, jigs and fixtures.
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Is a Gel Bath the Key to Scalable, Affordable 3D Printed Ceramics?
3D printed polymer-derived ceramics (PDCs) could find wider application through a process developed at the University of Texas at Dallas that extrudes preceramic material in a self-healing bath for support through printing and curing.
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Xuron Hand Tools Cut Filament Flat, Remove Supports
Ergonomic hand tools for fused filament fabrication-style 3D printers include micro-shear to cut filament for feeding and pliers for removing postprinting supports.
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