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Metal

Largest ExOne Metal Binder Jetting System Yet Provides 160-Liter Build Volume

The design of this machine anticipates scale production, with compaction technology for repeatable part density and Industry 4.0 connectivity for lightly staffed AM factories.

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LPBF

Want More 3D Printed Parts? What's Next for The Cool Parts Show

Season 1 of The Cool Parts Show highlights topology optimized spine implants, custom shoe insoles, a 3D printed build plate for powder bed fusion...and there’s more to come!

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Composites

Large-Scale Thermoset Composite AM System Launched

The Reactive Additive Manufacturing (RAM) system is said to be the world’s first large-scale additive manufacturing system compatible with thermoset resins. 

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Production

Pittsburgh International Airport Develops Additive Manufacturing End-to-End Ecosystem, First Tenant Signs Agreement

Neighborhood 91, developed with the University of Pittsburgh, is expected to be the first-ever cluster strategy with a production focus of 3D printing and will house a complete end-to-end ecosystem for additive manufacturing.

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Basics

Additive Manufacturing with Sheet Lamination

No longer limited to paper, Sheet Lamination bonds sheets of material together to form an object. Companies are now expanding to different materials for sheet lamination, exploring the growing possibilities of a process that started with gluing and stacking hundreds of colored sheets of paper together.

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Metal

Mazak, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Partner on Wire Additive R&D

Mazak Corporation and Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s manufacturing demonstration center in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, have entered into a cooperative research and development agreement.

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LPBF

Can 3D Printing Make a Better AM Build Plate?: The Cool Parts Show #5

Ultrasonic metal additive manufacturing was used to create a build plate aimed at making powder bed fusion more effective. This episode of The Cool Parts Show looks at a part by AM, for AM.

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Basics

6 Things I Learned about Metal 3D Printing at the AMIST

I sat in on one and a half days of a five-day class offered at the Additive Manufacturing Institute of Science and Technology (AMIST) in Louisville. Here’s just some of what I learned.

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University of Maine Composites Center's 3D Printer Named World's Largest

The university now holds world records for the largest prototype polymer 3D printer, largest solid 3D-printed object and largest 3D-printed boat.

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Materials

GKN Powder Metallurgy Acquires Forecast 3D, Expands Additive Manufacturing Capabilities to Include Plastics

GKN Powder Metallurgy has acquired Forecast 3D, joining to deliver industrial 3D printing capabilities across a larger global footprint and further push 3D printing solutions in metal and plastic.

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