Postprocessing

Postprocessing

Lubrizol Purchases Avid Product Development

The acquisition expands Lubrizol’s 3D printing design, prototyping, printing and postprocessing capabilities.

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Tooling

3D Printed Tool for CNC Machining: The Cool Parts Show #17

Guhring uses additive manufacturing to make an end mill with optimized internal channels. We visit a machine shop to test the tool on this episode of The Cool Parts Show.

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Production

A New Partnership Offers Large-Scale 3D Printing and Five-Axis Machining

The side-by-side product offering from Cincinnati Inc. and Multiax America aims to provide high-throughput AM production for large parts under one roof.

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Machining

CNC Machining as a Business Strategy for Additive Manufacturing

As 3rd Dimension Industrial 3D Printing ramps up for production — including a fleet of new 3D printers in a custom-designed building — it's the company's traditional machining capabilities that provide a unique competitive advantage.

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Metal

Inert Gases: Easing the Challenges of Metal AM Operations

Inert Gases aid metal additive manufacturing processes but the usefulness for each process is dependent upon the gas used. Dive into three inert gases to learn more about how to use them in an additive capacity.

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Postprocessing

Hirtenberger H600 Simultaneously Finishes Parts with Two Different Materials

RAPID 2020: Hirtenberger’s compact finishing module H6000 is built for the postprocessing of 3D printed metal parts.

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DED

The Hidden Complexities of Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing

Lincoln Electric Additive Solutions’ robotic metal 3D printing process is a choreographed dance between welding, robots, automation, heat management and machining. The new venture may have a distinct advantage in the field: its parent company’s 125 year-old legacy.

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Fitz Frames Brings Mass Customization to Eyewear with Affordable 3D Printed Glasses Frames

Glasses don’t need to be ill-fitting and frustrating to buy. Fitz Frames offers a different kind of shopping experience (using augmented reality and 3D measurement) to produce custom glasses with 3D printed frames that are affordable, durable, comfortable and stylish. 

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Machining

AM Is Advancing into Tools for Machining: Examples from EMO

The design freedom of additive manufacturing delivers increased performance to tools used in subtractive processes. At the world’s leading exposition for machine tools, I saw various examples of this.

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FFF

Sabic's Breakaway Support Filament Boosts Printing Productivity

Formnext 2019: Sabic’s AMS31F filament is a breakaway support material for fused deposition modeling that maintains rigidity and adhesion during printing, while also providing pliability for separation during postprocessing.

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