Prototyping

Repair

On-Demand: Additive Manufacturing a Reverse-Engineered Part

Come see how PowerShape software fixes damaged and broken parts into clean models that can be sent to a 3D printer for additive manufacturing.

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Machining

Prototyping Is More Than Printing: The Cool Parts Show Bonus

We hear from students who carried out other steps, beyond the 3D printing, that went into evaluating a complex metal AM component.

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Software

Authentise Acquires Elements to Deliver Data-Driven Flexibility Across Manufacturing

The combination of capabilities is said to provide pragmatic flexibility for solving manufacturing supply chain challenges.

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Software

Fast Radius Opens Tech Center on Chicago’s Goose Island

Fast Radius is expanding its cloud-based software and manufacturing platform, adding technology and manufacturing jobs in Chicagoland.

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Design

3D Printing for Better Flame From a Gas Turbine Swirler: The Cool Parts Show #42

A Penn State gas turbine researcher turns to additive manufacturing graduate students to help face the challenge of swirler optimization.

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Automation

Castor, Ultimaker Integrate Technologies for Streamlining 3D Printing Process

The integration enables users to scan all of their parts at once, estimate the printability of parts with their Ultimaker printer, calculate the costs and lead time, and ultimately produce the parts directly with Ultimaker’s Digital Factory.

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Implants

Marle Group Acquires Tangible Solutions

This acquisition gives Marle Group a total of eight global production facilities which are exclusively focused on orthopedic and spine implant manufacturing for OEMs worldwide.

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Updated Definition Makes Way for AM Part Production

Additive manufacturing is finding its footing, and a new standard definition in ISO/ASTM 52900:2021 shows that AM is for more than prototyping. 

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Composites

Metal Parts Are Now Within Reach for Users of Polymer 3D Printers

An option for accessible metal 3D printing: New metal composite filament from BASF Forward AM has made it easy for Austrian company Sparox 3D to pivot its Ultimaker FFF capacity into metals, without major additional investments in skills or equipment. 

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Software

Materialise, Sigma Labs Develop Platform to Enhance Scalability of Metal AM Applications

Platform is said to deliver industry-first ability to identify and address process and quality issues in real time.

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