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Tom Kevan · June 1, 2018 · Ohio-based manufacturing technology company Fabrisonic has developed a hybrid production process that promises to help equipment makers build sensors directly into 3D-printed metal parts. In one of the first applications of the technique, which combines ultrasonic additive manufacturing (UAM) with a computer numerical control (CNC) framework, the company…
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Beth Stackpole · September 19, 2022 · …promise of digitally empowering manufacturing and product design, enabling companies to develop better products, operate with greater efficiencies, and be agile enough to outpace the competition. New technologies and design methods, from design for manufacturing (DfM) practices to AI/ML-driven generative design tools, will be the springboard for companies…
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Beth Stackpole · May 1, 2017 · …in the world of additive manufacturing (AM). Despite the ease-of-use promises from a recent spate of office-style 3D printers, design teams that have spent years muscling through trial and error AM practices know there’s a ton of upfront model preparation and hands-on pre- and post-processing work required to…
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DE Editors · December 1, 2012 · …terms 3D printing and additive manufacturing (AM) interchangeably. Many from the scientific and technical communities prefer AM, especially for industrial systems. About everyone else, including bloggers, the investment community and the mainstream press, prefer 3D printing. There’s no going back to the old definition of 3D printing, which…
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DE Guest · June 1, 2022 · …for these transformations is additive manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing. The technology has evolved with the incorporation of many technologies (e.g., photopolymers, powder bed fusion and direct metal printing) as well as a range of materials, and a much simpler interface for easier adoption. While 3D printing is…
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Anthony J. Lockwood · October 29, 2008 · …Reader:A recent survey of additive fabrication (AF) service bureaus by Wohlers Associates asked the question "If you were going to add new AF technology, which would you most likely acquire?" Of the 19 technologies listed, the most popular response was PolyJet from Objet Geometries. Here’s a chart showing…
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DE Editors · April 11, 2022 · …in 3D printing and additive manufacturing. With the Premium level of the 4.0 release, STL files can now be compared back to the CAD file that they approximate. K-Compare Validate will alert users if the STL file deviates from the original within a user defined precision and record…
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DE Editors · November 24, 2025 · …aerospace, defense, and advanced manufacturing customers, this means the ability to move from prototype to certified production faster, maintaining traceability and process stability. “This partnership represents a major step forward in industrializing metal additive manufacturing,” says Sam O’Leary, CEO of Nikon SLM Solutions. “By integrating Materialise’s software expertise…
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Beth Stackpole · January 30, 2024 · …the holy grail of additive manufacturing. Markforged has now come up with a way to deliver next-level strength analysis without knowing the use case and without requiring expertise in simulation tools. The new Performance Advisor capability, now integrated into Markforged’s Eiger software, provides a novel way of analyzing…
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Anthony J. Lockwood · February 21, 2018 · …machines as well as additive manufacturing systems. Screen capture courtesy of MachineWorks Ltd. MachineWorks v8.0 sees new tools and functionalities in multiple areas. Improved performance and ease of use are the overriding theme of this release. For example, new modeling functionality provides surface and feature detection capabilities that…
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Brian Albright · September 19, 2022 · …new product designs and manufacturing processes. In the session “Using Sustainability to Gauge Your Operational Efficiency,” Israr Kabir, senior manager for emerging technologies at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) will discuss how digital engineering, model-based engineering, and digital twins can boost lean practices and enhance organizational…
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DE Editors · June 2, 2021 · …Laboratory (AFRL), Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Manufacturing and Industrial Base Technology Division. The OPC goal is to accelerate the development and deployment of innovative, cost-effective and energy-efficient additive manufacturing (AM) technologies to meet defense and/or commercial needs. Specifically, the OPC aims to support key swimlanes—Design, Material, Process, AM…
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DE Editors · April 10, 2018 · …compartments.An advantage with the additive process is it allows manufacturers to produce PEKK parts on-demand and eliminate inventory that might sit on a shelf for years before being needed.Besides space, aerospace and automotive, target industries include high-end industrial manufacturing as well as oil-and-gas applications.Antero 800NA’s advantages are said…
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DE Editors · August 1, 2014 · …of its tools using additive manufacturing (AM) on Stratasys’ Fortus Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) machine. FDM technology is an AM process that builds plastic parts layer by layer, using data from CAD files. A typical FDM layup tool takes only about $400 and 24 hours to produce. The…
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DE Editors · October 27, 2020 · …design flexibility provided by additive manufacturing. These optimizations resulted in organic structures with optimal material distribution at maximum stiffness. “We are delighted to welcome Altair as an official supplier,” says Alessandro Franceschetti, head of structural engineering of the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli team. “Altair provides one of the…
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Brian Albright · July 7, 2020 · …at events for the Additive Manufacturing Users Group), and often works with traditional manufacturers to share ideas to improve productivity. “3D printing allows us to speed up different parts of the process, and then we can put our artists on other tasks,” Scott says. “I don’t want to…
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Beth Stackpole · August 4, 2022 · …manufacturers donating products and manufacturing resources for producing much-needed PPE during the height of the pandemic. In an entirely different example, a collaboration between 3D printer maker Nexa3D, polymers developer Henkel and WeMed, resulted in the SKOP connected stethoscope, which leverages biomimicry concepts and cochlear technologies to enable…
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Brian Albright · July 1, 2016 · …3D point cloud.In emerging additive manufacturing markets, CT scanning is the only way to confirm the quality of internal structures without breaking a completed part.“With highly complex plastic parts you can do analysis and inspection of a higher quality than you could ever dream of using conventional methods,”…
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John Newman · December 9, 2015 · Necessity is the mother of invention, and, regardless of the current glut of oil, eventually mankind will be forced to turn to alternative forms of energy to power the machinery of civilization. Solar, wind, geothermic and other forms of natural power will eventually be tapped to provide heat…
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Anthony J. Lockwood · October 2, 2013 · …of 3D printing to manufacturing technologies. Solidscape recently announced a new 3D printer, the 3Z MAX, that illustrates this point.In a nutshell, the 3Z MAX is a 3D printer for lost-wax casting/investment casting and mold-making applications. That is, the 3Z MAX creates high-precision wax patterns to be cast…
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