Tooling
Ice 3D Printing of Sacrificial Structures as Small as Blood Vessels
Using water for sacrificial tooling, Carnegie Mellon researchers have created a microscale method for 3D printing intricate structures small enough to create vasculature in artificial tissue. The biomedical research potentially has implications for other microscale and microfluidics applications.
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Markforged Adds Simulation Feature to Additive Manufacturing Software
The software’s virtual testing can validate the strength of advanced composite parts and automatically optimize print parameters to lower cost and speed production.
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BigRep Additive Manufacturing Technology for Faster Iterations, Production
Formnext 2022: BigRep’s printers are open-material systems, offering users more flexibility with filament options.
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Massivit 3D Expands Systems, Materials Portfolio to Automate, Speed Up Composite Production
Formnext 2022: These additive manufacturing systems utilize the company’s Cast In Motion technology, which is said to enable direct printing of complex molds using high-performance casting materials.
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Additive Brings Changes, Even if the Wrench Stays the Same
The argument that begins with what additive cannot do is probably right, and misses a great deal.
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5 Can't-Miss Conversations on Additive Manufacturing
The top 5 most-downloaded episodes of the AM Radio podcast reveal some of the most relevant conversations in AM today, including opportunities for bridge production, new possibilities in plastics, and when to embrace 3D printing for manufacturing at scale.
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Saint-Gobain 3D Prints Tooling for Elevated Efficiency
BCN3D is assisting Saint-Gobain production with its 3D printers manufacturing tooling in-house.
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Taking the Leap into Additive Manufacturing
SolidCAM’s partnership with Desktop Metal, and its in-depth experience in combined metal 3D printing and CNC finishing, is aimed at making additive manufacturing accessible and profitable for job shops and other manufacturers.
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How to Build 10,000+ Shot Molds in Hours
Rapid tooling isn’t so rapid when it takes days to 3D print a metal mold, and then you still must machine it to reach the necessary tolerances. With Nexa3D’s polymer process you can print a mold in hours that is prototype or production ready and can last for more than 10,000 shots.
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Establishes Additive Design, Manufacturing Center
The center focuses on additive manufacturing applications, R&D, large-scale tooling and next-generation flight hardware to streamline the manufacturing of unmanned aircraft systems.
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