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3D Printing Enables a Larger "Sweet Spot" Relative to This Golf Club's Size: The Cool Parts Show #77

Cobra Puma Golf's Limit3D iron uses 3D printed stainless lattices to remove weight from the interior so that it can be reintroduced with tungsten inserts that lower the center of gravity. The combination offers a smaller, sleeker club head with the forgiveness of a larger one. 

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Solukon’s SFM-AT1500-S Depowdering System Handles Heavy-Duty Requirements and Dimensions

Formnext 2024: The Solukon SFM-AT1500-S metal powder removal system can accommodate parts that weight more than 2 tons.

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Tooling

Custom Molder Applies Polymer, Metal 3D Printing for Productivity Gains

Custom injection molder Westec Plastics Corp. uses 3D printed end-of-arm tooling for automation as well as inserts printed in metal.

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Mold Tooling

Video: Hybrid Manufacturing Without Melting: Hermle’s Metal Powder Application (MPA) Process

The Metal Powder Application (MPA) process uses cold spray to apply metal to an existing workpiece. Because the material deforms rather than melts, MPA opens new possibilities for functional grading and other multimaterial applications. 

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Wayland Additive’s NeuBeam Technology Offers Hot, Stable Process for Producing Fully Dense Parts

Formnext 2024: The Caliber3’s NeuBeam PBF process gives users flexibility to choose the temperature and melt strategy that best suits the part, material selection and application, rather than being confined by the process itself.

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Metal

This Year I Have Seen a Lot of AM for the Military — What Is Going On?

Audience members have similar questions. What is the Department of Defense’s interest in making hardware via 3D printing over conventional methods? Here are three manufacturing concerns that are particular to the military.

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Sustainability

Partners Developing In Situ Optical Monitoring System to Enhance 3D Printing Process for Brass

The partners are working to optimize the 3D printing process for brass by detecting real-time defects during the selective laser melting process to enhance the quality and repeatability of produced components.

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Phillips Corp. and Laserline Combine Technologies for Hybrid Laser Powder System

The system features diode lasers, which are well suited for precise and energy-efficient material processing.

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LPBF

Video: Laser Powder Bed Fusion Platform Designed for Safety, Ease of Use

One Click Metal’s compact metal 3D printing platform offers powder handling features to make this affordable system accessible and safe for many types of facilities. See one application in this video, filmed at IMTS 2024. 

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BOFA Rebrands as Donaldson BOFA

The rebranding is to closer align with its parent company and reflect its global reach.

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