Metal
Building an Additive Manufacturing Business for Production
What does it look like to build a business based on AM production from the ground up? An Ohio medical device contractor is finding out.
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Design Guidelines for Conformal Cooling Water Lines
Additive manufacturing enables complex geometries and nonround cross-sections for conformal cooling lines, but some design lessons from conventionally drilled lines are still relevant.
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SLM Titanium Expands Options for Hearing Aid Wearers
Titanium plus selective laser melting (SLM) enables hearing aids that perform better for a wider range of individuals.
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Metal AM: Is Welding the Way In?
Optomec’s machine tool for metal 3D printing is also an accessible system for automated welding. The embrace of one use of this machine might lead to increasing exploration of the other.
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DMG MORI to Introduce Its SLM System to North America in November
The company now offers both powder-bed and direct-deposition AM. Its president anticipates widespread use of metal AM within 10 years.
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Understanding AM Parts Design Will Lead to Mass Adoption of AM Technologies
Adoption of additive manufacturing technologies will pick up rapidly as companies begin to understand how to design parts according to the capability of additive machines.
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Optimizing Metal Powders for Additive Manufacturing
What makes a good metal powder for additive manufacturing? Case study data highlights the value of particle size and shape, powder flowability, and bulk density.
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Impressions of Rapid + TCT 2017
Low-cost metal machines were the prominent new introduction to a show that has perhaps completed its transformation into an industrial manufacturing event
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The Promise of Lower-Cost Metal 3D Printing: 3 Views
Representatives of companies using the new Desktop Metal system—Caterpillar, Jabil and Lowes—describe their expected applications for this capability.
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Six Additional Advantages of the Desktop Metal Systems
Beyond the accessibility and simplicity, the new metal 3D printing technology delivers other significant benefits as well. One example: Remove support structures by hand rather than machining them.
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