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Material Extrusion: Now with Metal
Challenging our thinking about materials in metal additive manufacturing and the possibilities with material extrusion technology.
Read MoreKeselowski Advanced Manufacturing Partners with Elementum 3D
Keselowski Advanced Manufacturing (KAM) and Elementum 3D have partnered to collaborate on materials in additive manufacturing.
Read MoreAPWorks, Additive Industries Advance to Series Production of Certified Parts
APWorks and Additive Industries are furthering their collaboration and pushing series production of certified parts and, according to the companies, the next phase of industrialization.
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Video: The STL File Can Produce Surface Defects in 3D-Printed Parts
Timothy Simpson of Penn State University discusses the influence of model definition in additive manufacturing and what to do about its effects.
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Volume Graphics' Version 3.3 Enables High-Quality Volume Meshing
Volume Graphics’ version 3.3 of VGStudio Max, VGStudio, VGMetrology and VGinLine for industrial computed tomography (CT) is said to cover all requirements related to metrology, defect detection and assessment, material properties, and simulation.
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Video: Support Structures Are Misnamed! How to Understand Anchors in Additive Manufacturing
Supports or anchors can account for a significant share of both the engineering investment and material use in metal additive manufacturing. Michael Hansen of SLM Solutions discusses the role and importance of support structures.
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Protect and Ensure: Graduate Course Teaches Preparedness in Additive Manufacturing Legal Issues
A Graduate course at Penn State University aims to prepare students to be thought leaders and technical experts by exploring intellectual property implications in additive manufacturing.
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Webinar: Using Simulation Software to Design and Prove-Out AM Processes
Join our webinar on August 20 to learn from CGTech how AM software can help solve many challenges faced by manufacturing engineers including production of designs, machine purchasing decisions and verification of NC programs.
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The Results Are In: Autoclave Tooling and Large Format Additive Manufacturing
SABIC and the University of Dayton Research Institute studied large-format additive manufacturing (LFAM) for metal autoclave tooling. The results are promising.
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Video: Metal AM Affects Plastics Production via Conformal Cooling
Additive manufacturing allows cooling channels within mold tooling inserts to follow the form of the tool rather than being straight drilled holes. Here’s why this matters.
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