Prototyping
Bridge Production Is Real Production
Not prototyping — it is something far more than this. The chance to launch the product into the world using additive manufacturing as the initial process delivers important new possibilities, and even keeps on delivering advantages far into the product’s life.
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Are the Seven Families Still Valid for Describing 3D Printing Processes? AM Radio #21B
A conversation about the additive manufacturing processes that do not easily fit the accepted categories, and whether this mismatch means it is time for the categories to change.
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Admaflex300 Ceramic, Metal 3D Printer Offers 12 million Pixels Per Single Layer
It is said the printer can greatly increase the accuracy, throughput and efficiency in high-performance technical ceramic and metal 3D printing.
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Consortium Sets Up Cost-Effective AM Production Lines for Automotive Parts
Automotive parts can now be mass produced using additive manufacturing technology’s laser powder bed fusion for the standard production of cars at two BMW Group sites.
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Thinking “Inside Out” and “Outside In”
The mindset for additive flips subtractive thinking inside out.
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Markforged Acquires Digital Metal
Acquisition accelerates Markforged’s expansion into mass production of end-use metal parts through Digital Metal’s reliable, production-grade binder jetting solution.
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New Electric Dirt Bike Is Designed for Molding, but Produced Through 3D Printing (Includes Video)
Cobra Moto’s new all-electric youth motocross bike could not wait for mold tooling. Parts have been designed so they can be molded eventually, but to get the bike to market, the production method now is additive manufacturing.
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Markforged Expands Offerings with Larger 3D Printer
The FX20, Markforged’s largest and fastest 3D printer, is appearing at IMTS for the first time.
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Stratasys Showcases Four Years of New Technology
Stratasys has added several new 3D printing technologies and machines since 2018, many of which are making their IMTS debut.
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Unusual Forms of 3D Printing, and How to Categorize This Technology: AM Radio #21A
In this episode of AM Radio, Stephanie Hendrixson and Peter Zelinski quiz each other on six 3D printing processes — some common, some novel. Test your own knowledge and stick around for a discussion about how to categorize (or maybe re-categorize) AM technologies.
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