Prototyping

OEMs

Faster Iteration, Flexible Production: How This Inflation System OEM Wins With 3D Printing

Haltec Corp., a manufacturer of tire valves and inflation systems, finds utility in 3D printing for rapid prototyping and production of components for its modular and customizable products.

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Mold Tooling

KraussMaffei’s PowerPrint 3D Printer Offers Large-Scale Printing

Companies can purchase KraussMaffei’s large-scale powerPrint 3D printer for in-house production or utilize the company’s print-on-demand service.

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Production

Dyndrite, MIMO Technik, Astro Collaborate on Machine, Material Qualification for 3D Metal Printing

The companies chose to collaborate on the development of the Mastro process in order to streamline and automate a closed-loop source for additive production and qualification.

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Tooling

Mantle: 3D Printed Molds Address Plastics Industry Lead Time and Skills Shortage

Company now shipping production systems. Steel mold tooling from its TrueShape process can be printed, shaped and sintered in days, and with fewer steps, compared to weeks of lead time for molds made conventionally.

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Metal

3D Printing Molds With Metal Paste: The Mantle Process Explained (Video)

Metal paste is the starting point for a process using 3D printing, CNC shaping and sintering to deliver precise H13 or P20 steel tooling for plastics injection molding. Peter Zelinski talks through the steps of the process in this video filmed with Mantle equipment.

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Metal

Additive Manufacturing in Space: Failing Upward

Not all 3D printed parts destined for space need to adhere to the standards of human space flight. Yet all parts made for space programs require some type of qualification and certification. NASA and The Barnes Global Advisors explore Q&C for these parts.

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Polymer

Chromatic’s RX-Flow 2500 Features Compact Workspace

The RX-Flow 2500 printer has a more compact workspace of 348 × 543 × 194 mm (13.7 × 21.4 × 7.63"), while maintaining the cost efficiency, speed and quality output of the larger RX-Flow models.

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Sustainability

Essentium Research Highlights Positive Impact of 3D Printing on Reducing Carbon Emissions

The “Trends in 3D Printing at Scale” white paper summarizes the results of a third-party industry report that surveyed 170 managers and executives working at manufacturing companies with responsibility for 3D printing.

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Composites

3D Printed Preforms Improve Strength of Composite Brackets: The Cool Parts Show Bonus

On this episode, we look at a pin bracket for the overhead bin of an airplane made in two composite versions: one with continuous fiber 3D printed reinforcements plus chopped fiber material, and one molded from chopped fiber alone.

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Space

Collins Aerospace Opens Additive Manufacturing Center Expansion in Iowa

The expansion gives the company space to house several new state-of-the-art 3D metal printers and significantly increase the center’s AM capabilities.

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