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Aerospace

Nidec Machine Tool’s LAMDA5000 Enables Very Large-Scale DED Metal Additive Manufacturing

The company says this large-format 3D printer expands the capabilities of laser powder DED 3D printing.

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FFF

Xact Metal Collaborates With Join3d in Spain and Portugal

The companies are working together to bring affordable metal 3D printing to Spain and Portugal.

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DED

3D Printed Titanium Replaces Aluminum for Unmanned Aircraft Wing Splice: The Cool Parts Show #72

Rapid Plasma Deposition produces the near-net-shape preform for a newly designed wing splice for remotely piloted aircraft from General Atomics. The Cool Parts Show visits Norsk Titanium, where this part is made.

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Materials

Titanium Cheaper Than Aluminum? The Cool Parts Show All Access

General Atomics’ Steve Fournier describes how directed energy deposition makes titanium economical for aircraft structural components.

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Machining

Ceratizit 3D Prints Indexable Insert Milling System for Machining Heat-Resistant Materials

Despite the complexity of the coolant holes inside the tool body, the MaxiMill – 211-DC is compatible with standard adapters with through-coolant supply without requiring any standard coolant on the chipbreaker.

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Robots

BMW Expands Use of Additive Manufacturing to Foster Production Innovations

The BMW Group is manufacturing many work aids and tools for its own production system using various 3D printing processes, with items such as tailor-made orthoses for employees, teaching and production aids, and large, weight-optimized robot grippers, which are used for such things as carbon fiber-reinforced polymer roofs and entire floor assemblies.

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Automation

Volkmann vHub 250 Metal Powder Storage System Automates Buffering, Intermediate Storage

The vHub 250 metal powder storage system can operate as a stand-alone unit or within a closed loop system in both normal air environments and under inert conditions as an option.

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Software

U.S. Army Selects 3YourMind Software to Identify Parts Suited for Additive Manufacturing

As part of the initial effort, 3YourMind software will analyze up to 10,000 selected parts and evaluate them based on technical feasibility, lead time and cost. That will give the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicle Systems Center greater insight as to which spare parts are strong use cases for additive manufacturing.

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Polymer

Q&A With Align EVP: Why the Invisalign Manufacturer Acquired Cubicure, and the Future of Personalized Orthodontics

Align Technology produces nearly 1 million unique aligner parts per day. Its acquisition of technology supplier Cubicure in January supports demand for 3D printed tooling and direct printed orthodontic devices at mass scale.

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Aerospace

Will the Successes of NASA’s RAMFIRE Project Lead to an Operational Aerospike Engine?

NASA’s RAMFIRE project has additively manufactured a 36-inch diameter aerospike nozzle with complex integral coolant channels for a more efficient way to propel rockets to outer space. NASA engineers will use this as a proof of concept to inform future component designs.

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