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Machining

Hybrid Additive Manufacturing Improves Debarking Knife Tip Strength and Production Efficiency

Nicholson Manufacturing chose the Mastercam APlus specialized add-on to unlock hybrid manufacturing for making its debarker knife tips, enabling it to add durable layers to the wear surfaces of the tips to make them more resilient while also making the production process more efficient.

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DED

FormAlloy Opens Application Development Center in California

The Application Development Center significantly expands Formalloy’s capabilities, serving as a hub for research and development, and offering customers and partners access to the latest in metal 3D printing technology, expert consultation and a collaborative environment to develop and refine their applications.

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Repair

What Is the Role of Directed Energy Deposition (DED)? We Are Still Discovering It

The applications go well beyond repair. Recently posted articles find many different use cases for DED, including its expanded application for production parts.

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Robots

Video: AM for Repair of Large Shafts

Wind power shafts that might once have been scrapped are now returned to service. See the robotic directed energy deposition (DED) and shaft preheating system developed by Ikergune, Izadi and Talens.

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Energy & Power

BPMI Chooses Velo3D Metal 3D Printing System to Produce Parts for U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program

The fully integrated 3D printing solution will be operated by ATI in a newly established facility that will provide the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program with alternatives to cast parts.

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Robots

Accufacture Develops Alchemist 1 Robotic AM Cell Engineered With Meltio’s Wire-Laser Metal 3D printing Technology

This all-in-one additive manufacturing robotic work cell was engineered for seamless integration and rapid deployment for the safe and reliable manufacture and repair of metal parts.  

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Aerospace

Nikon Lasermeister Metal DED 3D Printer and Scanner Developed for Industrial Applications, Turbine Blade Repair

This technology gives manufacturers the ability to build onto existing parts with high precision and utilize a variety of materials, reducing lead times and minimizing postprocessing requirements.

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Repair

7 Important Ideas on Postprocessing in AM

Additive manufacturing is defined by 3D printing, but it is more than this step. For almost every AM production part, steps after the 3D printing operation are essential to complete the part and realize its value. Here are several thoughts.

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Metal

Hybrid Additive Manufacturing Machine Tools Continue to Make Gains (Includes Video)

The hybrid machine tool is an idea that continues to advance. Two important developments of recent years expand the possibilities for this platform.

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Metal

5 Points You Might Not Know About Hybrid CNC Machine Tools

Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies’ co-founder describes the role of hybrid additive manufacturing machines, and explores their possibilities related to heat treating, multimaterial tooling and making parts with embedding sensing.

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