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Materialise Adopts New Materials to Expand its Manufacturing Service Offerings
By expanding its manufacturing service offerings with PA 11, PA 12S and PA-CF materials, Materialise aims to meet the evolving needs of its customers.
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Xenia Develops 3DP Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites for FDM Printing, LSAM Production
Xenia’s 3DP materials are reinforced thermoplastic composites functionalized for use in any type of fused deposition modeling printer, pellet-based, for large-scale additive manufacturing production and high-precision production.
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Machine Tool Drawbar Made With Additive Manufacturing Saves DMG MORI 90% Lead Time and 67% CO2 Emission
A new production process for the multimetal drawbar replaces an outsourced plating step with directed energy deposition, performing this DED along with roughing, finishing and grinding on a single machine.
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Is Automation More Effective Than Size for Serial Production 3D Printing?
Micro Factory has developed an mSLA system that incorporates cleaning, curing and part ejection, not to mention 100 empty build plates, into the frame of a desktop machine. The result is a small unit for large-scale production.
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Digital Manufacturer Partners With Maritime, Offshore Specialist for MENA Regional Expansion
Immensa will serve as the exclusive distributor within the maritime and offshore sectors for Pelagus 3D’s products in the Middle East and North Africa region, and act as the exclusive service provider for projects initiated through Pelagus 3D’s platform in the territory.
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Nidec Machine Tool’s LAMDA5000 Enables Very Large-Scale DED Metal Additive Manufacturing
The company says this large-format 3D printer expands the capabilities of laser powder DED 3D printing.
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Xact Metal Collaborates With Join3d in Spain and Portugal
The companies are working together to bring affordable metal 3D printing to Spain and Portugal.
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3D Printed Titanium Replaces Aluminum for Unmanned Aircraft Wing Splice: The Cool Parts Show #72
Rapid Plasma Deposition produces the near-net-shape preform for a newly designed wing splice for remotely piloted aircraft from General Atomics. The Cool Parts Show visits Norsk Titanium, where this part is made.
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Titanium Cheaper Than Aluminum? The Cool Parts Show All Access
General Atomics’ Steve Fournier describes how directed energy deposition makes titanium economical for aircraft structural components.
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BMW Expands Use of Additive Manufacturing to Foster Production Innovations
The BMW Group is manufacturing many work aids and tools for its own production system using various 3D printing processes, with items such as tailor-made orthoses for employees, teaching and production aids, and large, weight-optimized robot grippers, which are used for such things as carbon fiber-reinforced polymer roofs and entire floor assemblies.
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