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Autonomous Cobot Automation Increases Production 3D Printer Output for Ford (Includes Video)
A mobile robot that travels to each Carbon machine to unload builds lets the automaker run an additional three to four builds per machine per day. Autonomous robots fit well with 3D printing, but their role in production will extend beyond just the additive machines.
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In Additive Manufacturing, Is There a Case for Separating Design From Production? AM Radio #25A
Design and 3D printing must inform each other, but keeping them under separate ownership can benefit the designer, the producer and the consumer. More in this podcast episode.
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3D Partners Network Connects Additive Suppliers, Resellers
The network will connect interested suppliers and resellers based on certain preferences evaluated by computer-based algorithms.
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Metal Powder Works Joining Additive Manufacturing Production Campus
The 10,000-square-foot space at Neighborhood 91 will function as MPW’s main production facility, enabling it to grow production capacity by a factor of eight times.
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4D Printing Helps Adidas Redefine Running Shoes’ Forward Motion
The company says its 4DFWD running shoe features an industry-first, bowtie-shaped lattice midsole which transforms vertical pressure into a horizontal force, designed to move runners forward.
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Optimized Castings, Fast Turnarounds with Sand 3D Printing
IMTS 2022: ExOne’s S-Max Flex pairs industrial robots with an end effector printhead design that deposits binder into a 1,900 × 1,000 × 1,000 mm (74 × 39 × 39") telescoping build box that grows as the parts are built layer by layer.
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GE Sells Generator Technology for Stake in EV Startup
The company says the Karno generator is expected to be 20%+ more efficient than today’s leading generators — achieved by 3D printing of thermal components and innovative fuel-to-electricity conversion.
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Carbon Acquires ParaMatters
The acquisition is said to expand Carbon’s generative design software capabilities to enable increased automation and the creation of more complex, higher performance part designs in additive manufacturing.
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DOD Drives Transformation with New AM Policy
The U.S. Department of Defense published DODI 5000.93, a comprehensive plan for implementing additive manufacturing among military services.
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Casting With Complexity: How Casting Plus 3D Printing Combine the Strengths of Both
Aristo Cast is advancing a mode of part production in which casting makes the part, but 3D printing enables the geometry.
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