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Authentise Announces App for Additive Manufacturing Operators
Authentise's mobile web workflow tool and application, developed to aid additive manufacturing (AM) operators, extends the digital thread into postprocessing.
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What Is the Role for Additive Manufacturing in Aircraft Structural Components?
Spirit AeroSystems recently began installing the Boeing 787’s first titanium structural component to be made through AM. The part is not critical but also not minor. I spoke with manufacturing leaders at Spirit about the meaning of the part and the way forward for additive in aircraft structures.
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Video: 3D-Printed Brackets Are Key to Automated Coolant Delivery for Lights-Out Machining
An on-site look at the different elements of the coolant-delivery system developed by a machine shop committed to running unattended.
WatchSaratech, UC Irvine Partner to Advance 3D Printing Techniques
Saratech and the University of California Irvine’s Institute for Design and Manufacturing Innovation have partnered to advance additive manufacturing (AM) and 3D printing techniques.
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AM 101: Multi Jet Fusion (MJF)
From functional prototypes to end-use parts, HP’s Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) is capable of efficient production. Learn about MJF, including its materials, postprocessing requirements, benefits and more, in this 101 post.
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Sentry Air Systems Releases 3D Print Fume Extractor
Sentry Air Systems’ Model 300 Python fume extractor for additive manufacturing (AM) was developed to eliminate ultra-fine particles and chemical fumes emitted into the air during the 3D printing process.
Read More3Degrees Launches Trace to Address Evolving Requirements in Quality Management
3Degrees has announced the development of Trace, a software tool designed to track, warehouse and validate information about 3D-printed parts. The tool is said to be easily customized to fit specific standards for traceability and quality management in an organization as well as throughout a supplier base.
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Additive Manufacturing Is Changing How We Design
Geometric freedom is just the start. AM will also change how design happens.
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Large-Format Additive Manufacturing: Viable for Autoclave Tooling?
SABIC and the University of Dayton Research Institute explore the potential of using large-format additive manufacturing (LFAM) technology for creating autoclave tooling used in manufacturing aerospace composite parts.
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Video: In Conventional Manufacturing, 3D Printing Is a Solution for Tooling
Tooling for conventional operations doesn't have to made conventionally. Rather than being made through machining, these welding fixtures are now made via 3D printing.
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