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Open Vector Format Reduces Manufacturing Data Volume for LBPF

The OVF is said to significantly reduce data volume and efficiently transport component metadata to the production plant.

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Polymer

3D Systems’ VSP Bolus Optimizes Radiotherapy Targeting

The system is designed to enable the creation of a more personalized bolus made from a soft material that contours to the patient’s anatomy, enabling a more efficacious treatment and a more comfortable experience.

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Energy & Power

Gas Turbine Swirlers: Co-Optimizing Despite the Complexity

Power generation and additive manufacturing researchers at Penn State University have joined forces to explore what impact the design of a swirler can have on gas turbine performance.

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Is Additive Freeing Designers or Aiding Manufacturers?

How can we embrace additive manufacturing within an enterprise? Timothy Simpson says we need to change our mindset.

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Metal

Morf3D, Siemens Advanta Collaborate on Applied Digital Manufacturing Center

Digital planning for Long Beach, California, factory will evolve into an ongoing technology development partnership between the two companies.

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Automotive

Ingersoll Supports Alfa Romeo F1 Team

The partnership includes the creation of a joint development lab involving the Camozzi Research Center (CRC) in Milan, Italy, and the Sauber Technologies headquarters in Hinwil, Switzerland.

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Production

6 Reasons Space Exploration Will Need Additive Manufacturing

There are at least half a dozen ways 3D printing will contribute to space travel, research and habitation — and in some cases it already is. Insights from seminar focused on manufacturing challenges for the space sector.

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Software

Araqev’s QC Software Helps Limit Design Iterations

The company says the software’s machine-learning models enable it to derive modifications to the nominal designs, so when the modified designs are printed, they will exhibit fewer shape deviations compared to when original designs are printed.

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Metal

AM Will Change Power Generation, But Needs To Prove Itself First

In gas turbines and in nuclear power, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is working with major manufacturers to validate metal 3D printing for conventional parts as a prelude to developing the unconventional ones.

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Metal

Ultimaker 5.0 Cura Enables Finer, Faster Prints

The software’s enhanced slicing engine is said to enable thinner walls and finer details in additive manufacturing.

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