Prototyping
Design Enhancements for Conformal-Cooled Insert Leverage 3D Printing Capabilities
A collaborative mold project reveals that the value of 3D printing isn’t in the process, it’s in the products.
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Staying Focused on the Promise of AM
For this company, realizing that promise is a long-term undertaking. In the short term, it involves sometimes saying no.
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Does Additive Manufacturing Make Sense in a “Subtractive” Machine Shop?
Definitely yes, says this shop—a metal 3D printed part is almost always a machined part as well, and an established machine shop is perhaps the best business to realize AM’s promise for production.
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Functional Prototypes for Electric Motorcycles Made with CLIP Technology
Alta Motors has plans to use Continuous Liquid Interface Production (CLIP) technology for production in the near future.
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Verifying Structural Integrity of Metal 3D-Printed Parts
X-ray computed tomography, or micro CT, offers insight into the inside of AM parts.
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Video: Additive Manufacturing Is a Logistics Solution
UPS discusses its use of cloud-networked 3D printers to provide part-making near the point of end use.
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From CAD File to Composite Part in 72 Hours
This Akron company focuses on large-format 3D printing for tooling, including composites layup tooling. Among the advantages are short lead times and adaptability to changes.
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Casting a New Light on Manufacturing
3D printing brings new possibilities to a functional part we might have never thought of as a functional part: the rigid cast used to heal bones.
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EOS to Support AM Implementation with New Consultancy Group
Recent steps in the company’s planned growth in North America include the re-opening of a renovated facility in Novi, Michigan, and the launch of the Additive Minds North America consultancy group.
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Additive Manufactured Fixation Plates Match Stiffness and Shape of Patient’s Jaw Bone
Research shows that NiTi fixation plates manufactured with controlled porosity using SLM can be matched to the stiffness of a patient’s lower jaw bone as well as its shape.
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