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Video: Additive Manufacturing for Aircraft Blade Repair
Optomec machines use directed energy deposition guided by optical measurement and automatic programming to repair aircraft engine blades. Here is a look at the 3D printing repair operation.
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Acrotec, AddUp Partner for the Future of the Medtech Sector
Acrotec and AddUp are combining expertise to enable the development of additive and industrial solutions dedicated to the medical sector, which is constantly evolving and looking for more innovative tools.
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Chiron’s High-Speed Additive Manufacturing Coating for Brake Discs
The process offers advantages over thermal coating with high-velocity flame spraying — the brake discs don’t need to be pretreated and the process is significantly faster.
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Chromatic RX-Flow 3D Printers for Reactive Extrusion Additive
RX-Flow printers are a low-cost option for manufacturers interested in testing and implementing industrial 3D printing with more durable, flexible materials than are available with FDM, SLA and other 3D printing technologies.
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Formnext 2022: Ceramics, Robots and Other Perspectives From Near and Far: AM Radio #30
The 2022 edition of Formnext revealed more options and applications for 3D printed ceramics, anticipation of coming automation, established companies entering AM and more. Two editors — one present at the show, and one observing from a distance — compare notes in this episode of AM Radio.
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PC-Based Automation Supports Solid-State Metal 3D Printing
Meld Manufacturing’s 3D printing equipment based on friction stir welding is supported and enabled by flexible automation, motion control and EtherCAT technologies from Beckhoff.
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Carbon Expands Resin Materials Portfolio
The three resin materials — Carbon EPU 43 and EPU 45, and Henkel Loctite IND147 — offer impact protection, highly breathable lattice geometries and a low-cost, fast alternative for producing low-pressure moldings, baking fixtures and small components with complicated geometries.
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Dyndrite End-User Software Expands Development for LPBF Machines
System supports multioptic build strategy operations and laser parameter control limited only by vendor openness.
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10 Important Developments in Additive Manufacturing Seen at Formnext 2022 (Includes Video)
The leading trade show dedicated to the advance of industrial 3D printing returned to the scale and energy not seen since before the pandemic. More ceramics, fewer supports structures and finding opportunities in wavelengths — these are just some of the AM advances notable at the show this year.
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9T Labs, Purdue Partner to Advance Composite Use in Structural Aerospace Applications
The collaboration is working to define a new composite manufacturing standard that enables users to produce structural composite parts as easily as metal parts.
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