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Materials

CRP Technology’s Windform TPU Rubber-Like Material for SLS Process

Windform TPU is a versatile thermoplastic polyurethane which is extremely elastic, flexible and soft because its elongation at break value is less than 400%.

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Materials

3D Systems’ Accura AMX Resin Withstands Harsh Thermal Environments

Formnext 2023: The resin material is well suited for the testing of high-temperature components in applications such as HVAC, consumer appliances, motor enclosures, fixtures, mounts, stators, molding/tooling and more.

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Consumer Goods

3D Printed Ductile Spikes for Better Sound Quality: The Cool Parts Show Bonus

Work on 3D printing flexible metal bellows has led to other applications, including the development of ductile spikes that sit between a speaker and the surface below to help limit vibration and isolate the audio equipment. 

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Automation

DOE Awards Nearly $3 Million to Develop Additive Manufacturing of Modular Wind Blades

The industry partners received the award to develop automation in additive manufacturing of tooling for large-scale wind blades that can accommodate continuous changes in blade geometry and scale.  

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Rivelin’s NetShape Robotics Automate Support Removal in AM Postprocessing

Formnext 2023: Rivelin’s NetShape Robots can automate a variety of postprocessing solutions to improve productivity and reliable turnaround times for every part manufactured.

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LFAM

AES, CEAD Collaborate on Large-Format Robotic Additive Manufacturing

Additive Engineering Solutions (AES) will receive one of CEAD’s Flexbot Robotic additive manufacturing systems to help CEAD with customer development projects and give feedback to help drive further development and innovation of the systems.

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Wayland Additive’s Calibur3 Features NeuBeam PBF Process

Formnext 2023: The company’s fully neutralized NeuBeam process for the Calibur3 metal additive manufacturing system solves the charging issues that have previously restricted electron beam melting processes.

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Foam

EOS Launches Digital Foam Architects Network

EOS created the collaborative additive manufacturing alliance to accelerate time-to-market for 3D printed foam applications.

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Metal

ValCUN’s Minerva Printer Offers Easy-to-Use, Sustainable Metal Additive Manufacturing

Formnext 2023: ValCUN’s Minerva Printer for metal additive manufacturing enables metal to be deposited in a single-step process, using off-the-shelf metal as feedstock.

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Polymer

Farsoon Flight 403P Dual-Laser Platform Offers High-Temp Plastic LPBF

Formnext 2023: Farsoon’s 403P Series offers a versatile, powerful platform for plastic laser sintering that can achieve two full industrial-scale builds (cylinder size 400 × 400 × 540 mm) within 24 hours.

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