Prototyping

Crushable Lattices: The Lightweight Structures That Will Protect an Interplanetary Payload

NASA uses laser powder bed fusion plus chemical etching to create the lattice forms engineered to keep Mars rocks safe during a crash landing on Earth.

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Ohio-Based Startup Rebrands as Vixiv

The beta version of the company’s software addresses only weight reduction applications, while future versions will address other design goals.  

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Automation

Würth Additive Group, Raise3D and Henkel Combine Technologies to Streamline Additive Manufacturing

The partnership aims to simplify the complexity of additive manufacturing by providing a user-friendly experience and controlled workflows.

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Ricoh’s All-In 3D Print Offers Comprehensive On-Site 3D Printing Solution

This managed service offering expands Ricoh’s additive manufacturing (AM) capabilities by providing a holistic, single-source way for manufacturers to harness the power of AM, enabling innovation, lowering the cost of product prototyping and bringing ideas to market faster.

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WAAM

Video: 5" Diameter Navy Artillery Rounds Made Through Robot Directed Energy Deposition (DED) Instead of Forging

Big Metal Additive conceives additive manufacturing production factory making hundreds of Navy projectile housings per day.

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Video: For 3D Printed Aircraft Structure, Machining Aids Fatigue Strength

Machining is a valuable complement to directed energy deposition, says Big Metal Additive. Topology-optimized aircraft parts illustrate the improvement in part performance from machining as the part is being built.

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Formnext

Formnext Modifies Awards Program, Now Recognizing Excellence in Six AM Categories

The awards will be presented across six different categories, including young innovative companies, sustainable business ideas and pioneering technologies. Applications are now open.

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Design

Next Generation nTop Modeling Software Enables Faster Design, Greater Precision

The nTop 5 software is said to represent a major advance in implicit modeling, and includes integrations from five new partners to advance the design-to-manufacturing workflow.

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Production

3D Systems’ PSLA 270 Creates Midsize, Production-Grade Parts Combining SLA Print Reliability

IMTS 2024: The PSLA 270 is engineered to deliver larger end-use parts more rapidly than similar platforms, bringing tremendous advantages for a breadth of industrial and health care applications.

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Robots

Video: 3D Printed Tooling Eases Cobot Integration

At NPE 2024, Universal Robots and EMI Corporation highlighted how 3D printed end effectors, fixtures and more enable adoption of collaborative robots.

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