Prototyping
Preassembled Turbojet Engine, 3D Printed in One Build: The Cool Parts Show #75
Turbojet engines typically consist of hundreds or thousands of parts, but this engine — 2023 winner of The Cool Parts Showcase for Best Proof of Concept — was 3D printed as just two pieces, with the monolithic rotor embedded inside the stationary engine shell.
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Rethinking Bearings for Pre-Assembled Turbojet Engine: The Cool Parts Show All Access
One struggle of developing the engine was maintaining a gap between the rotating and stationary components to accommodate a hydrostatic bearing. Future work will involve other types of bearings.
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Voxel Innovations Relocates to New, Expanded Facility
The pulsed electrochemical machining (PECM) provider is using this expansion to upgrade its production capabilities as well as its laboratory, testing equipment and metrology equipment.
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Hybrid Additive Manufacturing Improves Debarking Knife Tip Strength and Production Efficiency
Nicholson Manufacturing chose the Mastercam APlus specialized add-on to unlock hybrid manufacturing for making its debarker knife tips, enabling it to add durable layers to the wear surfaces of the tips to make them more resilient while also making the production process more efficient.
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Markforged Adds Metal Printing Capability to FX10 Composite System
The FX10 system can easily switch between metal and composite printing materials in as little as 15 minutes.
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Heron AM Offers Robotic LFAM for Composite Pellet Extrusion
The integrated Heron AM system opens up new opportunities for manufacturers seeking to drive new applications more efficiently and sustainably.
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Hybrid Additive Manufacturing Improves Debarking Knife Tip Strength and Production Efficiency
A Mastercam case study details how an additive manufacturing plug-in for its software enables a debarking machine maker for the lumber industry to use hybrid processes to improve knife edges for the rapid removal of bark.
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Lessons in Personalized Production From the 3D Systems Surgical Guide Process
Tailor-made manufacturing is one of AM’s richest possibilities, but the success factors inevitably draw on more than AM.
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Where to Find Me at IMTS
At the Succeeding With Powder Bed Fusion Workshop (Register) | at the 3D Printing for Job Shops Workshop | and in a free talk on the Formnext Stage about additive manufacturing adoption.
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CRP USA Creates Lighter, More Durable Paralympic Racing Gloves for Improved Performance
Paralympic champion with 20 medals, including eight golds and 24 World Major Marathon wins, looked to 3D printing service provider to create wheelchair racing gloves that can withstand the intense stress of wheelchair racing while providing the necessary precision and comfort.
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