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Brian Albright · March 20, 2015 · Chinese manufacturer CTC Electronic rang in the Chinese New Year by launching a new touchscreen, dual-nozzle 3D printer.The CTC Bizer III includes a touchscreen LED panel (available with a Chinese or English interface). Other enhancements over the CTC Bizer II include updated upper slicing software, which the company…
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Admin · May 22, 2017 · …Engineering has released Simufact Additive 2, a new version of its simulation solution for metal-based additive manufacturing. The software’s capabilities cover powder bed fusion processes for additive manufacturing of quality parts, the company reports.New capabilities include:Calibrating with cantilevers: an optimization algorithm calibrates the inherent strain values. These strain…
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John Newman · April 2, 2012 · …it’s nice to see additive manufacturing starting to get some industry props. Each year, Aviation Week hands out awards in the aerospace and defense industries. This year the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT has won the 2012 Innovation Challenge in the category of Power and Propulsion.The award…
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John Newman · July 7, 2014 · …have both seized upon additive manufacturing (AM) as a way to improve race car performance. Each second shaved off a lap is another victory for the research team and can lead to actual victories on the track.F1 design teams use AM for the rapid prototyping of new parts…
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DE Editors · May 5, 2009 · …developments and trends in additive manufacturing (AM) worldwide. AM systems build parts layer by layer. They are used for a range of applications, including design review and validation, fit and function prototyping, pattern making, and tooling. Increasingly, AM is being used for custom and replacement part manufacturing, limited-edition…
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DE Editors · September 24, 2015 · …software solutions for industrial additive design and manufacturing. According to a company press release, Autodesk will also invest in FIT Group, netfabb’s parent company.This partnership with FIT Group will also usher collaboration on industrial additive manufacturing technology adoption and development.“Autodesk has always been impressed by FIT’s track record…
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Kenneth Wong · February 23, 2023 · Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence (Hexagon MI) is releasing Nexus, described as an open cloud platform to connect Hexagon and third-party tools to enable real-time collaboration. “If companies are to reap the benefit of smart manufacturing, we need to change the way we work,” said Parth Joshi, Chief Product and…
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DE Editors · November 21, 2022 · Nexa3D's resin-based additive solutions have been adopted by the global on-demand manufacturing service provider, Quickparts, to enable turn times for 3D printing services. Launching first in the United States with Europe following in early 2023, Quickparts Express Service delivers custom parts printed on the NXE 400Pro and XiP…
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DE Editors · June 8, 2020 · …AMpolar i2 to print additive manufacturing parts on an industrial scale, the companies report. Based in Germany, dp polar designs, develops and delivers industrial 3D printing systems for the automotive, aerospace, mechanical engineering and consumer industries. The AMpolar i2’s Additive Manufacturing process uses an array of Xaar 1003…
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DE Editors · January 6, 2026 · …the development of an additive manufactured fuel tank. The fuel tank is scheduled to perform flight testing aboard Momentus’s Vigoride-7 Orbital Service Vehicle. The tank was produced in collaboration with Velo3D. Innovation in Spacecraft Manufacturing The fuel tank was designed by Momentus and manufactured using Velo3D’s advanced metal…
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John Newman · September 17, 2013 · …within objects built with additive manufacturing (AM). The system is called InfraStructs, and is the brainchild of Karl Willis, from Carnegie Mellon University, and Andrew Wilson, from Microsoft. The basic premise of InfraStructs is to use the capability of AM to build complex internal geometries to self-embed three…
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Brian Albright · May 27, 2015 · …report in Bloomberg.Growth for manufacturing in the region was positive for the first time since 2007, and exports have risen by 3.5%. Italian research firm Prometeia says that the use of 3D printing and other technologies could boost revenue for these small Italian manufacturers by as much as…
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DE Editors · November 14, 2019 · …the traction our enabling technology is garnering in the additive manufacturing industry,” says John Rice, chairman and chief executive officer of Sigma Labs. Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.
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DE Editors · April 30, 2024 · …and use cases for manufacturing end markets. Stratasys’ HighDef Printing capabilities are designed to enable more exact, high-definition printing with detailed resolution, according to the company. This gives manufacturers ability to scale their additive manufacturing through repeatability, while creating more intricate parts and expanding design capabilities. “High-definition printing…
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Brian Albright · November 28, 2016 · …announced they have used additive manufacturing to 3D print powerful magnets, pointing the way to faster and less wasteful magnetic production.Magnets are usually fabricated using injection molding. The Oak Ridge team fabricated isotropic, near-net-shape, neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) bonded magnets (the strongest type of permanent magnet available) at the Department…
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Brian Albright · October 15, 2015 · …leverage 3D printing and additive manufacturing (AM) techniques in their manufacturing operations, AM equipment and material suppliers will reap the rewards. According to SmarTech Markets Publishing’s report, “Opportunities for Additive Manufacturing in Commercial and General Aviation,” revenues from additive manufacturing hardware, software, materials and services in non-defense commercial…
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John Newman · September 7, 2012 · …generally focus on what additive manufacturing (AM) is capable of doing, without really relaying people’s negative (or at best, neutral) reactions to the technology. I read and hear a lot of people claiming that no one will need a personal 3D printer, or that the technology is too…
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DE Editors · September 9, 2022 · …price and performance for additive manufacturing.” The XM300G family is a single-, dual-, or quad- independent laser system with 100% overlapping print zones that introduces industrial speed and performance at an affordable price, allowing small-to-medium companies to benefit from metal laser powder-bed fusion technology. A large 300x300x350 mm…
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John Newman · December 13, 2012 · …new ways of adapting additive manufacturing (AM) to improve not only the design process, but the production process as well. In the aerospace industry, Airbus and Aerosud are developing large scale AM facilities to produce major components of aircraft (such as entire wings). Now the automotive industry has…
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John Newman · June 24, 2013 · …“democratization” as applied to additive manufacturing (AM) is based on the idea that people can design and manufacture unique products that wouldn’t otherwise exist. Of course, designing your own unique product requires you understand the basics of CAD design. It could be possible that interest in AM is…
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