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Medical & Dental

Partners Creating End-To-End Solution for Medical Device Additive Manufacturing

New alliance gives medical device OEMs a complete range of services to efficiently commercialize new, additively manufactured products to market.

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Polymer

More Affordable Suture Anchors 3D Printed from PEKK: The Cool Parts Show #60

Selective laser sintering (SLS) of polyether ketone ketone (PEKK) is being used to produce medical implants that are more cost effective and perform better than their conventional counterparts. We highlight fasteners known as suture anchors in this episode of The Cool Parts Show. 

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Materials

Uniformity Labs Qualifies Stainless Steel Powder for Binder Jetting System

The stainless steel powder is qualified on Desktop Metal’s Production System to deliver double the green strength of existing stainless steel powders over the entire build envelope.

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Metal

Seurat: Speed Is How AM Competes Against Machining, Casting, Forging

“We don’t ask for DFAM first,” says CEO. A new Boston-area additive manufacturing factory will deliver high-volume metal part production at unit costs beating conventional processes.

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Production

UltiMaker’s Method XL 3D Printer for Engineering Applications

The printer features a temperature-controlled heated build chamber and heated build plate, enabling users to print large production parts with manufacturing-grade ABS.

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3D Printing for Supply Chain Resiliency: AM Radio #39

Additive manufacturing can speed, strengthen and simplify industrial supply chains. How close are we to realizing this promise? Dr. Tim Simpson and Peter Zelinski discuss lead time, logistics and other factors on AM Radio.

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Sustainability

IperionX to Provide 100% Recycled Titanium Metal Powders to SLM Customers

It is said IperionX’s titanium technologies enable the production of high-quality titanium powders from 100% recycled titanium feedstocks to significantly reduce the carbon footprint and environmental impact of titanium.

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Supply Chain

Dyndrite, UPM Work to Bring Data Intelligence to Metal 3D Printing Build Plates

The collaboration aims to reduce print failures and enable reliable supply chain for additive manufacturing production.

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VulcanForms Is Forging a New Model for Large-Scale Production (and It's More Than 3D Printing)

The MIT spinout leverages proprietary high-power laser powder bed fusion alongside machining in the context of digitized, cost-effective and “maniacally focused” production.

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Basics

A Framework for Qualifying Additively Manufactured Parts

A framework developed by The Barnes Global Advisors illustrates considerations and steps for qualifying additively manufactured parts, using an example familiar to those in AM: the 3D printed bottle opener. 

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