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The Race to Faster, Cheaper and Better AM for Aviation
An aviation industry partner called NIAR may be the largest institute you've never heard of. But through a new materials and process database for additive, it’s promising to help aviation manufacturers produce AM parts faster, cheaper and more reliably than ever before.
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Video: Can 3D Printed Parts Hold Self-Tapping Screws?
Automotive light maker Varroc Lighting Systems will soon begin using additive manufacturing for plastic production parts fastened into assemblies. Here are the results of its tests with self-tapping screws.
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A Total Plastic 3D Printing Process Designed for Production
Fast, predictable and precise, HP’s Multi Jet Fusion additive manufacturing process is ideal for production applications. Now there’s a new addition to the family of printers designed for even higher volume environments, taking HP’s portfolio of digital manufacturing solutions to a new level.
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How 3D Printing Enables Sustainability in a High-Turnover Consumer Market
Pengraff UK built its business initially providing mounting solutions for routers and telecommunications equipment, hardware with built-in obsolescence. 3D printing and sustainable materials enable the company to live its values while manufacturing products with a limited lifespan.
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What Is Vat Photopolymerization?
Vat photopolymerization was the first AM process to be successfully commercialized. Three decades later, this technology has shown how AM is capable of scaling to volume production and making custom products on demand.
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How a Prototyping 3D Printer Became a Production 3D Printer
Boyce Technologies was already a leader in manufacturing communications devices, but 3D printing and a partnership with BigRep have helped it remain competitive—first through prototyping, and now in production.
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Video: Periscope Case Shows 3D Printing for Niche Manufacturing
Manufacturing without mold tooling allows the production quantity to be tailored to the market size.
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HP Opens Barcelona 3D Printing and Digital Manufacturing Center of Excellence
HP has opened the doors of its 3D Printing and Digital Manufacturing Center of Excellence in Barcelona, Spain, expected to accelerate transformation of industries with R&D, engineering, co-development and sustainable innovation.
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5 Ways HP’s Center of Excellence Advances 3D Printing — and Manufacturing
The company’s 3D Printing and Digital Manufacturing Center of Excellence in Barcelona, Spain, will help advance Multi Jet Fusion and Metal Jet technology, in the interest of a digital manufacturing future.
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Jabil’s Additive Materials Innovation Center: First Look
Additive Manufacturing Media was the first press to tour the Chaska, Minnesota, facility originally intended to be a clandestine additive manufacturing (AM) materials lab. What this capacity means for Jabil and 3D printing users.
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