Prototyping
Incus Project to Test 3D Printing Spare Parts in Space
Project goal is to assess the feasibility of processing scrap metals available on the moon’s surface to produce a high-quality final product via a zero-waste process.
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American Precision Museum Launches Interactive Digital Exhibit
Support and inspire the future of manufacturing by honoring a manufacturing innovator, advocate or educator in new exhibit.
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Arburg Freeformer Prints Implants Made from Medically Approved PEEK
Formnext 2021: Arburg’s Freeformer 300-3X processes medically approved PEEK for the first time, using Evonik’s original Vestakeep i2 G plastic to create customized skull implants, including support material.
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Hexagon, Stratasys Collaborate on Validation Tool for 3D Printed Plastic Components
Partnership develops software solution to help compress design and testing phases, improve understanding of plastic behavior and speed up innovation across the sector.
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Sculpman’s Variable Nozzle Technology for Polymer Extrusion 3D Printing
Formnext 2021: The continuously variable nozzle technology is designed to enable users to create strong, full-sized and detailed objects in a matter of minutes instead of hours or even days.
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Video: What Is Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF)?
Laser powder bed fusion is likely the most widely used metal additive manufacturing process. Here is how it works, including benefits, issues to consider and applications for this 3D printing technology.
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What Are the Unexplored Frontiers of AM Lattice Fabrication?
A recent literature review discovered that most research into AM lattices is limited to PBF in metal and extrusion in polymer — and that experiments could be underestimating in-service lattice mechanical behavior.
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Stratasys Acquires Outstanding Stake In Xaar 3D
3D printers powered by Xaar 3D’s Selective Absorption Fusion (SAF) technology are said to provide faster, more versatile and economical alternatives to traditional manufacturing methods.
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At-Risk Youth Benefit from Protolabs’ 2021 Cool Idea Award
Cool Idea Award winner John Weiss is founder of The Boom, a nonprofit empowering youth to develop engineering and entrepreneurial skills with hands-on experience in economically challenged community.
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Zeiss, ORNL Developing X-Ray CT-Based Characterization for AM Parts
The new methodology is designed to rapidly qualify new alloys, powder materials and processes for printed parts and enable rapid certification and qualification of AM components.
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