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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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Metal

Mazak MegaStir Will Be Exclusive Tooling Supplier for Meld Solid Deposition Technology

Mazak MegaStir will provide its hard metal expertise along with tooling specifically developed for the Meld process that also incorporates the use of friction as part of its solid deposition process.

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Metal

AddUp AISI 420 Steel Enables More Complex, Efficient Injection Tooling Molds

This stainless steel is commonly used to manufacture molds for plastic injection molding, as it has both high mechanical strength and good corrosion resistance.

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Materials

MC Machinery’s Wire-Laser Metal 3D Printer for Efficient, Versatile Processing

The printer applications include rapid prototyping, mold and die, one-offs, short runs, mass manufacturing, maintenance, repair, tooling and more.

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Tooling

Nexa3D Acquires Addifab

The maker of polymer 3D printers and the creator of technology for injection-molding-ready printed tooling are fully joined after announcing a collaboration last year.

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Metal

Mantle’s High-Precision Shaping for Automating Precision Toolmaking

The High-Precision Shaping feature expands the capabilities of Mantle’s hybrid metal 3D printing technology, enabling finer feature creation and dramatically expanding the geometries compatible with its TrueShape process.

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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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Tooling

How AM Enables Cobot Automation for Thyssenkrupp Bilstein (Includes Video)

The shock absorber maker has responded to its staffing shortages through extensive use of collaborative robots. In-house 3D printing makes this possible by providing the related hardware needed to complete the cobot-automated cells.

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Aerospace

8 Social Media Posts About Additive Manufacturing: AM Radio #34

Cost savings, modifications, large-format AM and more. In this episode of AM Radio, we discuss what people are saying about additive manufacturing on social media. 

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Materials

3D Printed Mold Tooling Advances in Performance With Proprietary Resin

Material improvements offer turnkey production and cost trimming with 3D printed mold tooling. A new, proprietary resin addresses the current limitations associated with 3D printing in polymer. 

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