Prototyping
Lightweight Components: A Paradox When Machining
Today’s computer software can just as easily generate lightweight shapes for subtractive processes as it can for additive ones, but it increases cost and waste to make them.
Read MorePrintFoam Develops 3D Printer for High-Throughput Foam Applications
PrintFoam says its 3D printing technology creates closed-cell foam parts that are faster, lighter and less expensive to produce than other photopolymer technologies.
Read MoreTrumpf Qualifies Equispheres’ Powders for 3D Printing Systems
It is said the characteristics of Equispheres’ powders will enable Trumpf’s customers to achieve better quality parts at higher build rates.
Read MoreCreating Designs That 3D Printing Experts Love
3D printing can create virtually any shape imaginable, but that doesn’t mean it will be easy to print. How to design parts that are printable as well as functional.
Read MoreMorf3D, 6K Additive Qualifying Metal Powders for Aerospace Customers
6K Additive’s sustainably produced powders will be qualified for full industrialization and high-volume production.
Read MoreJEOL E-Beam Metal AM 3D Printer for Improved Productivity
This electron beam melting powder bed fusion machine is said to achieve high productivity, reproducibility and accuracy due to its automatic correction of focus and spot shape.
Read MoreAM Solutions’ C1 System for Automated Support Structure Removal
The system is said to feature innovative postprocessing of 3D printed components made from photopolymer resin, providing consistent and efficient removal of support structures utilizing an automated process.
Read MoreIntro to DLP: Learn the Basics of Digital Light Processing Technology
Digital light processing (DLP) is quickly emerging as a key technology to move the 3D printing of plastics from prototyping to mass production, delivering the material properties and part characteristics without the costs and delays of tooling. Learn the basics and how new innovations to DLP enable mass production.
Read MoreRAPID + TCT 2022 Report: Advancing into the Next Season of Additive Manufacturing: AM Radio #18
Editors Stephanie Hendrixson, Peter Zelinski and Julia Hider share observations, insights and photos from the latest RAPID + TCT trade show.
ListenHow Additive Manufacturing is Filling Electric Vehicle Production Needs
Electric vehicles are reshaping transportation, but they are also changing vehicle production. Electrification brings a blank slate to the manufacturing process, providing inroads for additive manufacturing to potentially fill production needs.
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