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BMF Receives FDA Clearance for UltraThineer Dental Veneer Material
The zirconia materials are now qualified for use in the production of the world’s thinnest cosmetic veneers, which require significantly less tooth preparation or grinding, thereby preserving more of the patient’s natural enamel.
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Cryogenic Tanks for Space Refueling: The Cool Parts Show All Access
NASA's Paul Gradl describes an important application of AM beyond the spacecraft itself: refueling the spacecraft. Directed energy deposition offers the most practical way to produce aluminum tanks to keep fuel supercool.
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BPMI Chooses Velo3D Metal 3D Printing System to Produce Parts for U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program
The fully integrated 3D printing solution will be operated by ATI in a newly established facility that will provide the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program with alternatives to cast parts.
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Robotics Integrator Leverages 3D Printing for Faster Automation Deployment
Rapid Robotics helps manufacturers get up and running with automation quickly, by providing robots that arrive pretrained and already equipped with tooling which is often 3D printed.
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UMaine’s FoF 1.0 Large-Scale 3D Printer Shatters Former Guinness World Record for Additive Manufacturing
The large-scale thermoplastic polymer printer offers new opportunities for eco-friendly and cost-effective manufacturing for numerous industries, including national security, affordable housing, bridge construction, ocean and wind energy technologies, and maritime vessel fabrication.
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Additive Manufacturing Versus Cavitation
The design freedom possible with laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) metal 3D printing is making it faster and easier to produce complex anticavitation devices for valves.
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How to Rapidly Calibrate 4-Laser Production LPBF Machines
Multi-laser machines introduce an additional source of variation; the separate lasers have to synch with one another. At this Indiana additive manufacturer, one-third of the laser powder bed fusion machines are multi-laser. Here is is the AM calibration tool this company uses.
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CMS, Caracol Collaboration Targets Large-Format 3D Printing Market
Global development of LFAM technologies and applications will support end-user’s adoption of 3D printing for composites.
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Formlabs’ Form 4 3D Printer Offers New Levels of Reliability and Speed for Stereolithography
The Form 4 is designed to deliver most parts in less than two hours, offering users a powerful, affordable tool to bring ideas to life at fast speeds with excellent reliability, print quality and ease of use.
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ArcomedLab Utilizes Biomedical 3D Printing for 700 Successful Craniomaxilofacial Implants in Latin America
The company specializes in biomedical 3D printing with a focus on patient-centric solutions.
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