Prototyping
Sandvik, Mastercam Complete Acquisition of CAM Reseller Cimquest
Cimquest is now part of the Mastercam business unit and will be reported within the Sandvik Manufacturing and Machining Solutions business area.
Read MoreRenishaw and Plastometrex Collaborate to Increase Precision, Efficiency of AM Mechanical Property Analysis
Plastometrex’s PLX-Benchtop facilitates rapid, direct testing on different sections of additively manufactured parts, delivering comprehensive stress-strain curves in minutes to provide a more precise evaluation of a part’s mechanical properties.
Read MoreVariable Resistance Valve Trim Achieves Lead Time Reduction Through AM: The Cool Parts Show #69
Baker Hughes is realizing shorter lead times and simplified manufacturing through powder bed fusion to produce valve trims previously assembled from many machined metal parts.
WatchHow Manufacturing Information Becomes "Golden": The Cool Parts Show All Access
Baker Hughes saves optimized production information in its PLM system for reuse later, creating “Golden Master” manufacturing routers. Rohan Buntval, additive manufacturing design engineer, goes into greater detail about how files become golden.
Watch6 Cutting Tools for Machining Made Via 3D Printing
By making tools, additive manufacturing aids so-called “subtractive” manufacturing (better known as machining). Here are examples of how 3D printing balances performance, coolant flow and weight in small and large cutting tools.
Read MoreEvonik Develops Infinam FR 4100L 3D Printing Resin for Manufacturing Tough, Ductile, Flame-Retardant Parts
Once cured, Infinam FR 4100L features high elongation at break, good haptics and an excellent surface finish that can be further machined and polished.
Read MoreJuggerBot 3D Awarded $4 Million by Air Force to Develop Large Format Hybrid Additive System
The project focuses on advancing the ability to print a thermoset composite material that can transform the way an aircraft structure is designed, fabricated and sustained for limited-life aircraft.
Read MoreEOS Integrates 1000 Kelvin’s AMAIZE AI Co-Pilot Into Software Suite to Accelerate Productivity and Engineering Speed for Additive Manufacturing
The AMAIZE AI “co-pilot” platform is designed to harness cutting-edge AI to streamline design processes, slash engineering costs and accelerate the introduction of new additive manufacturing products.
Read MoreCumberland Additive: EBM Development and AM Community Among the Benefits at Neighborhood 91
“Digital transparency” is key, says regional director Mark Straszheim, as employees oversee resources in both Pennsylvania and Texas.
Read MoreStudy Indicates AM Users Familiar with Generative Design More Open to Pivoting Production
A paper published by Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) found that firms with generative design experience were more agile in pivoting to make pandemic-response items, regardless of whether they applied these design tools to do so.
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