Production

Supply Chain

Metal Powder Production From Scrap Going Global

California-based MolyWorks is shipping its second small-footprint powder production unit to Singapore, bringing sustainable material production to Asia.

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Production

Additive Manufacturing Is More Than 3D Printing: The Importance of Complementary Capabilities (Video)

Vertex Manufacturing founder Greg Morris on machining, inspection and other operations that complete AM.

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Supply Chain

Blockchain-Protected Designs As the Enabler to Distributed 3D Printing

IP protection and control over batch sizes are challenges to localized manufacturing through 3D printing. An EU collaboration is working on a blockchain-based solution.

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Production

5 Scenarios Where Additive Manufacturing Should "Win" the Production Work: AM Radio #14B

In some cases, it makes sense to switch from 3D printing to some other process, but there are also cases where AM can and should win the production work. Here are 5 examples. 

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How Bridge Production Is Bringing New Possibilities: AM Radio #14A

Additive manufacturing makes bridge production a more natural factor in the production strategy overall. This has important implications for product development and even what products are possible.

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Postprocessing

For Automated Machining Business, 3D Printing’s Value-Add Keeps Adding Up

Through robot grippers, assembly aids, custom kits and coolant hardware, additive manufacturing impacts every stage of production.

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Production

Custom Canine Wheelchair From Carbon Fiber-Reinforced PP: The Cool Parts Show #44

A dog with a condition that affects her mobility gets a custom 3D printed wheelchair in this episode of The Cool Parts Show, enabled in part by a new polypropylene filament.

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Production

Desktop Metal Ships First Additive Manufacturing Production System to Stanley Black & Decker

The P-50 is designed to mass produce high-performance metal parts with the repeatability and cost required to compete with conventional manufacturing.

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Polymer

Finding the Serial Production Wins for Polymer Additive Manufacturing

Aerosport Additive is aiming to grow its serial production work by seeking out the niches where AM materials, costs and capabilities align — challenging the notion that “production” of plastic parts always means molding. 

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Materials

From BCN3D, Lithography 3D Printing With No Vat Brings Bigger Scale Plus Viscous Materials

Parts take shape in the open air. Viscous resin is rapidly carried on a laminate to build each layer. LCD screen size, not vat size, is the limit on productivity.

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