Prototyping

Webinar: Manufacturing Context and Technology Physics

Register now for our webinar on July 30 to understand the process capabilities of 3D printing while learning about the possibility of meeting ISO 289 standards.

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Production

Why Heineken Sees Breweries in More Countries As a Likely Benefit of 3D Printing

This video describes various ways 3D printing streamlines and supports beverage production.

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Automation

Automated 3D Printing at Evco: Composites, Cobots, Email and More

Injection molder Evco has long seen the importance of industrial automation for plastics processing. Its latest automation feat? A cobot-tended cell of 3D printers for manufacturing fixtures and customer products unattended.

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Aerospace

Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing Delivers Low Buy-To-Fly Ratios

Manufacturers in the aerospace industry buy expensive raw material with one common goal: to make it fly. To reduce its buy-to-fly ratio (the ratio of material inputs to final part output), this company turned to wire arc additive manufacturing to create near-net shape parts.

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Software

Sigma Labs' Inspect 4.1 Enables 3D Structure Analysis

Sigma Labs’ PrintRite3D Inpect 4.1 software features interlayer real-time results viewing, enabling correlation between in-process quality results and post-process CT results.

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What Is Vat Photopolymerization?

Vat photopolymerization was the first AM process to be successfully commercialized. Three decades later, this technology has shown how AM is capable of scaling to volume production and making custom products on demand.

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Additive Manufacturing Users Group Installs New Board

The Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) has installed its 2019-2020 nine-member board. The board is expected to build and oversee the organization of the 2020 AMUG conference.

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FFF

Elix ABS Grades Offer Optimal Layer Adhesion

Elix Polymers adds two grades to the Ultimaker Marketplace for 3D printing equipment FDM applications.

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Metal

Directing the Future of Laser Metal Deposition (LMD)

Formalloy is proving that LMD is for more than repairs and large parts. Fast deposition rates, fine detail capabilities and multimaterial support promise to change how parts are designed and made.

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Thermwood’s Vertical Layer Printing Turns AM on Its Side

Vertical Layer Printing (VLP) 3D prints layers perpendicular to the floor, extending Z height to the length of the print bed — as long as 40 feet.

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