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Metal

ExOne Opens Metal 3D Printing Adoption Center in Germany

The new 270-square-meter center offers manufacturers end-to-end engineering services for direct metal 3D printing, including benchmarks and design support as well as materials, process and work cell development.

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Defense

Thermwood, Boeing, Navy Collaborate on Large-Scale Composite Tooling Research

Thermwood’s large-scale additive manufacturing (LSAM) machine was selected as the large-format additive manufacturing (LFAM) machine to conduct the technology development.

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Construction

More Examples of How 3D Printed Tooling Is Transforming Part Production

Illustrations of successes with tooling made through additive manufacturing in applications involving composite parts, robots, metal coating, die casting and construction.

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Metal and Composite AM Grant US Army Significant Savings

Markforged’s printers and proprietary Eiger software have enabled the U.S. Army to save over $9,000 per part for some critical training components.

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Composites

FX20 3D Printer Produces High-Temperature, Reinforced Thermoplastics

The company says the Markforged printer enables the robust production of lightweight, advanced composite parts.

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Metal

Vertex Manufacturing Selects Velo3D for 3D Printing Production-Ready Metal Parts

System to give Vertex customers more design freedom to engineer complex geometries.

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Basics

Ford is Saving Millions through 3D Printing (But Maybe Not How You Think)

Two longtime workers at Ford’s Sharonville Transmission Plant near Cincinnati grew tired of experiencing the delays and downtime resulting from expensive and hard-to-get replacement parts. The solution? Learn additive manufacturing and save the company time and money.

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Medical & Dental

Advanced Laser Materials’ PA 650 Earns Biocompatibility Certification

The nylon-based material is approved for use in applications that come into contact with human skin as well as food, such as trays, assembly lines and end-of-arm tooling.

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Software

SLM Solutions’ Free Float Software Reduces 3D Printing Support Structures

Software is said to give users the ability to design bolder, freer and with fewer limitations to work faster and more productively.

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Energy & Power

Oil Collector Upgrade for Legacy Helicopters Is a 3D Printed Pathfinder Part

The lightweight part was delivered faster and made more easily via electron beam melting (EBM) than a conventionally manufactured alternative could be produced, while also illuminating a way forward for upgrading other existing systems.

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