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Desktop Metal Ships First Additive Manufacturing Production System to Stanley Black & Decker

The P-50 is designed to mass produce high-performance metal parts with the repeatability and cost required to compete with conventional manufacturing.

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Supply Chain

Siemens Energy Invests in Digital Platform for On-Demand Additive Manufacturing

The MakerVerse digital platform is designed to enable extended use of on-demand additive manufacturing for prototypes as well as spare parts supply.

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Production

Finding the Serial Production Wins for Polymer Additive Manufacturing

Aerosport Additive is aiming to grow its serial production work by seeking out the niches where AM materials, costs and capabilities align — challenging the notion that “production” of plastic parts always means molding. 

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Binder Jet

Additive Manufacturing: March 2022

The March edition of Additive Manufacturing is now available! This month's edition covers binder jetting, 3D printed baseball mitts, AM material challenges and more.

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Polymer

Protolabs’ Vapor Smoothing Produces 3D Printed Parts With Enhanced Surface Finish

Process gives users all the advantages of additive manufacturing for parts while still achieving a surface finish that is comparable to injection molding.

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Materials

Formlabs’ ESD Safe Resin Enables Manufacturers to Scale With 3D Printing

This resin is said to open up new 3D printing applications in electronics manufacturing, automotive and aerospace industries with a tough, high-quality, ESD-safe material.

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3D Printed Heat Exchanger Uses Gyroids for Better Cooling | The Cool Parts Show #43

Replacement heat exchanger for a helicopter is half the size and delivers 4× the cooling, thanks to a geometry that could only be made via additive manufacturing.

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Materials

From BCN3D, Lithography 3D Printing With No Vat Brings Bigger Scale Plus Viscous Materials

Parts take shape in the open air. Viscous resin is rapidly carried on a laminate to build each layer. LCD screen size, not vat size, is the limit on productivity.

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Basics

Powder Comparison: Standards for DED Material Substitutes

What powder properties lead to performance similar to a DED powder? Basic flowability energy, particle density and particle morphology are key candidates.

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Polymer

3D Systems Acquiring Titan Robotics

Company says acquisition adds Titan’s extrusion technology to complement 3D Systems’ polymer technology portfolio, opening new market opportunities.

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