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Alquist 3D Looks Toward a Carbon-Sequestering Future with 3D Printed Infrastructure

The Colorado startup aims to reduce the carbon footprint of new buildings, homes and city infrastructure with robotic 3D printing and a specialized geopolymer material.

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Supply Chain

Hitachi Rail Uses Roboze Technology to Produce Spare Parts

Using Roboze’s ARGO 500 3D printer enables Hitachi Rail to implement industrial 3D printing technology, using materials such as Ultem 9085 and Carbon PEEK for the production of spare parts for its trains.

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Production

3D Printed Capo for Banjo Made With Binder Jetting not MIM: The Cool Parts Show #74

New market, no mold tooling needed: Additive manufacturing via binder jetting enables a maker of guitar capos to expand to serve banjo players as well.

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Automation

Massive Dimension Becomes Authorized Integrator for FANUC Robots

Massive Dimension can now integrate FANUC’s robotics technology to enhance its additive manufacturing offerings, enabling more customized solutions tailored to specific customer requirements — from prototyping to full-scale production.

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Defense

Big Metal Additive: The Difference Between a Shape and a Part Is Quality

Preparing to scale directed energy deposition to ongoing full production is not a technological challenge: DED is ready. But it is an organizational challenge, says the company founder. Here is what it means to implement a quality system.

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Production

Fizik Utilizes Carbon DLS Technology for One-to-One Program, Creating Customized Bike Saddles

Fizik’s customized bike seat program uses Carbon’s Digital Light Synthesis technology and personalized rider data to create a line of truly custom saddles, giving bike riders the best bike seat for their posterior — only made possible through additive manufacturing.

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Video: 5" Diameter Navy Artillery Rounds Made Through Robot Directed Energy Deposition (DED) Instead of Forging

Big Metal Additive conceives additive manufacturing production factory making hundreds of Navy projectile housings per day.

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Polymer

3D Systems’ PSLA 270 Creates Midsize, Production-Grade Parts Combining SLA Print Reliability

IMTS 2024: The PSLA 270 is engineered to deliver larger end-use parts more rapidly than similar platforms, bringing tremendous advantages for a breadth of industrial and health care applications.

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Automation

Vision Miner Completes Acquisition of AddWise

The acquisition combines Vision Miner’s experience in printing high-temperature performance materials with AddWise’s advanced manufacturing capabilities.

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Machining

How 3D Printing Aids Sustainability for Semiconductor Equipment: The Cool Parts Show Bonus

Hittech worked with its customer to replace fully machined semiconductor trays with trays made via DED by Norsk Titanium. The result is dramatic savings in tool consumption and material waste.

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