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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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CompositesWorld to Host Additive Composites Event at CAMX
The first ever Additive Manufacturing Workshop for Composites, hosted by CompositesWorld and co-located with CAMX, will explore the connection between additive manufacturing and continuous fiber reinforcement.
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DSM 3D Printing Acceleration Program Accepting Applications
The I AM Tomorrow Challenge is a ten-week program designed to help startup companies launch or mature their additive manufacturing innovations.
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Video: The Impact of Part Orientation on Cost and Build Time in AM
A different build orientation might mean fewer layers and less support structure, though the part might need to be redesigned to take advantage of this different orientation.
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Aeromet's A20X Passes 500 MPa UTS Mark
A20X, the aluminium alloy developed and patented by UK foundry specialist Aeromet International, has passed the 500 MPa Ultimate Tensile Strength (UTS) mark.
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Webinar: Replacing Machined Jigs With 3D Printed Parts
Join our webinar, hosted by Formlabs, on August 15 to learn how companies are leveraging 3D printed jigs and fixtures to shorten supply chains, the step-by-step process for 3D printing a jig and strategies you can use to make 3D printed parts go further.
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