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Metal

PowderCleanse Concept Delivers In Situ Powder Analysis for Metal 3D Printing

A collaborative project developed a prototype solution for measuring particle size distribution on the production floor, as part of the sieving step typical to additive manufacturing processes using metal powders. 

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Supply Chain

Endeavor 3D Joins Select List of HP Digital Manufacturing Partners

Already a member of the HP Digital Manufacturing Network, Endeavor 3D advances the relationship and joins a limited list of international contract manufacturers offering the full suite of HP Jet Fusion printing capabilities.

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Software

Nexa3D QLS 820 High-Throughput Laser Sintering Platform

This high-throughput thermoplastic production system combines ultrafast printing with open materials and cloud-based software platform to deliver production volumes much greater than other powder-bed solutions on the market.

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6 Considerations When Launching an Additive Startup

Recent additive manufacturing (AM) startup owner, JP Kinerk, shares his experience by offering helpful advice for others just starting out in the additive realm.

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Software

Hexagon Invests in Divergent’s Autonomous, Sustainable Manufacturing

The Divergent Adaptive Production System (DAPS) is a fully integrated software and hardware solution, creating a complete modular digital factory that combines AI-optimized generative design software, additive manufacturing and automated assembly to build lightweight automotive parts and frames.

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Software

Evolve Creates Production Assessment Program for Additive Manufacturing

This program enables clients to work with a team of engineering experts to analyze and validate the business case of their AM applications on Evolve’s SVP platform, powered by STEP technology.

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Artificial Intelligence and Additive Manufacturing Are Connected: AM Radio #36

Stephanie Hendrixson and Peter Zelinski discuss how AI and AM go together. There are already plenty of uses of AI in 3D printing for design, process planning and process monitoring, and the link will grow stronger as the “frictionlessness” of AI blends with that of AM.

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Metal

Nicolet Plastics Succeeds Using Mantle's Hybrid Metal 3D Printing Method for Mold Tooling

A recent webinar explores Nicolet Plastics’ success using Trueshape Technology, Mantle’s approach to print injection mold tooling. The current challenges this technology addresses and alleviates in additive manufacturing confirms this method is effectively reducing lead times and cost constraints, while producing better inserts.  

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Metal

Avia Tools' Depowdering Systems for Metal 3D Printed Parts

Aviation manufacturer only landed in the additive manufacturing segment out of necessity in order to address a client’s depowdering issue. Now it has developed a range of system sizes for any 3D printed part up to 1 metric ton and 1.5 m tall.

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Aerospace

Zeda Collaborates With AddUp for Aerospace, Medical Additive Manufacturing

The first of eight AddUp FormUp 350 powder bed fusion machines deployed has been installed at Zeda to support its growth in the aerospace and medical sectors.

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