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Research Partners 3D Print MIM Tool With Near-Contour Cooling

Compared to a conventional approach in machining, the use of an additive manufacturing process to produce a MIM tool reduces the total production time from around 8 weeks to approximately 5 days.

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Software

Data: The Dark (and Light) Side of Additive Manufacturing: AM Radio #41

Additive manufacturing relies on and creates large amounts of data. On AM Radio, Stephanie Hendrixson and Dr. Tim Simpson discuss concerns around protecting AM data, plus how data security can bring greater opportunities for this technology. 

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Velo3D Founder on the 3 Biggest Challenges of 3D Printing Metal Parts

Velo3D CEO and founder Benny Buller offers this perspective on cost, qualification and ease of development as they apply to the progress of AM adoption in the future.

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Sustainability

Formnext 2023 Partners With Nordic Region Partners

The Nordic contingent will be based at the Nordic pavilion, where a special showcase of exhibits of successful AM applications is planned. Companies from the partner region will be presenting inspiring AM use cases, and the Danish AM Hub will be hosting a panel on sustainability.

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Aerospace

Incus Successfully Tests Lithography-Based Metal Manufacturing for Lunar Environment

The project aim was to develop a sustainable process that uses lunar resources and recycled scrap metals (eventually contaminated by lunar dust) to produce spare parts on-site which could help and enhance human settlement on the moon.

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Production

The Arrival of the AM Factory: How Proprietary Processes Deliver Production 3D Printing

Various recent articles report on companies using internally developed technology to equip factories and deliver on the promise of AM for production.

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Software

Nikon Acquires Avonix Imaging

Nikon aims to strengthen its X-ray digital inspection solutions by combining its rotating target X-ray sources and proven software with Axonix Imaging’s expertise in the design of configurable systems, controls and product handling.

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Supply Chain

America Makes Announces Open Project Call Worth $6.4M in Funding

The six topical areas for the Open Project Call 2023 were initiated at AM Technology Roadmap workshops in 2021 and 2022, and focused on needs prioritized for the five topics: Design, Materials, Process, Value Chain and AM Genome.

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Materials

User-Friendly Mass Spectrometry Tool to Enable AM

The Massbox is a technology designed to simplify mass spectrometry by bypassing the need to send samples to the lab for characterization and testing purposes. Exum Instruments’ debut tool is suitable for AM as it can assist with quality assurance, material characterization and failure analysis.

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The DOE-Funded Institute Working to Make Manufacturing More Secure

National research institute CyManII is working to protect U.S. manufacturing competitiveness, with efforts that touch on training, energy efficiency and cybersecurity. 

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