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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.

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Renishaw 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.

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LPBF

Variable 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. 

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How 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.

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Machining

6 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.

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Polymer

Evonik 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.

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LFAM

JuggerBot 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.

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Software

EOS 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.

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Metal

Cumberland 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.

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Design

Study 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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