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DE Editors · August 27, 2014 · …of rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing to its Altair Parter Alliance. This partnership means that 3-matic STL is available to HyperWorks users.The 3-matic STL platform allows for editing STL files as well as scanned and CAD data to ensure optimized 3D printing. Users can work directly on STL…
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John Newman · August 27, 2014 · …business, Rudenko looked at additive manufacturing (AM) and wondered just how hard it would be to construct houses using the technology. So, like many other Maker-type hobbyist researchers, he began by basing his design on the ubiquitous RepRap model. The big difference between Rudenko’s project and a cobbled-together…
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John Newman · August 26, 2014 · …response teams that leverage additive manufacturing (AM) to affect repairs in the field, even under the most difficult of circumstances. As part of the training, engineers will be using 3DS’ AM and scanning technology during the USMC Expeditionary Logistics Wargame VIII (ExLog). 3DS technology assists USMC engineers with…
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Anthony J. Lockwood · August 25, 2014 · …the market for an additive manufacturing system, it’s beneficial to have a deeper understanding of the differences between the two technologies to select the 3D printer with the right set of capabilities for your business.After all, each technology builds parts its own way and each provides a variety…
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John Newman · August 25, 2014 · …have begun to accept additive manufacturing (AM) as a viable and powerful new form of manufacturing, the medical industry has truly embraced the technology. Ever since hearing aid companies saw the value in using AM systems to provide a better product for their customers, the medical field has…
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Brian Albright · August 22, 2014 · …create printed circuit boards using additive manufacturing concepts, along with conductive ink and glue.Squink was created by BotFactory, a Brooklyn-based company at the NYU Poly DUMBO Incubator that is in the process of raising $100,000 through a crowdfunding effort on Kickstarter to launch the product.The desktop unit can…
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John Newman · August 21, 2014 · …building a brand new additive manufacturing (AM) factory it continues to push forward with new ways to leverage the power of AM.This week, the breakthrough comes from a GE Aviation branch in Italy, Avio Aero. Researchers have developed a more powerful method of electron beam melting to build…
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Brian Albright · August 21, 2014 · …of the high-speed sintering additive manufacturing process. Image courtesy of Loughborough University.We’re always happy to hear about innovations that make 3D printing faster, cheaper or better. Engineers at the University of Sheffield announced earlier this month that they’d come up with a way to accomplish all three of…
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Anthony J. Lockwood · August 20, 2014 · …(computational fluid dynamics) analyses, additive and rapid manufacturing and CAM (computer-aided manufacturing). 3-maticSTL also allows users to create scale models, wind tunnel models, concept models and similar models by making adjustments directly on a mesh. The 2D UV feature in 3-maticSTL 9.0 provides controls for positioning and rescaling…
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Anthony J. Lockwood · August 20, 2014 · …software and services for additive manufacturing. Its Magics software, which I’ve seen described as a kind of Photoshop for 3D printing, is probably its best-known applications suite. But Materialise has a lot of other nifty software, and it recently introduced the 9.0 edition of what may be its…
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Brian Albright · August 20, 2014 · For me, one of the most exciting things about 3D printing is the potential to create copies or new replacement parts for old, discontinued items. You could print copies of unique buttons for a vintage shirt, parts for an old car, or replacement pieces for a broken toy.…
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Pamela Waterman · August 19, 2014 · …machines, advanced materials and additive manufacturing:Open – multi-CAD, multi-CAE, with no charge for every translation. For example, its composite tool works with Dassault Systèmes SIMULIA’s AbaqusIntegrated – more multi-physics capabilities will be supported, plus all Autodesk tools work with each other, with PLM tools and with visualization toolsPurpose-built…
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John Newman · August 19, 2014 · …decided to work with additive manufacturing (AM) to construct a number of test telescopes, with the goal of eventually printing out all the pieces required to build a new telescope. An exploded view of the CubeSat-class telescope manufactured with 3D printed parts. Courtesy of NASA.While he might be…
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John Newman · August 18, 2014 · …the real stories behind additive manufacturing (AM) are stories about people. It wouldn’t be possible to discuss Mcor Technologies without talking about the brothers that co-founded the company in 2004. Conor MacCormack, co-founder and CEO; and Fintan MacCormack, co-founder and CTO.Both brothers hold engineering degrees and were successful…
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John Newman · August 15, 2014 · The additive manufacturing (AM) market is rapidly evolving and increasing in diversity. For a long while, customers essentially had two tiers of 3D printers to choose from. The best systems were huge and expensive, while many desktop systems were rather rinky-dink, but moderately affordable. The quality of desktop…
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DE Editors · August 14, 2014 · …overheads in designing and manufacturing molds, dies and discrete parts.For CAM, CimatronE 12 now has a new NC (numerical control) setup that lets users define materials, machines and part set up for streamlined process management. There is also a machine preview feature that enables optimization of multi-axis machine…
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John Newman · August 14, 2014 · …different areas connected with additive manufacturing (AM), including the current state of affairs in the various levels (or strata, if you like) of the AM manufacturing and production world. One area that is simultaneously fascinating and incredibly tedious to cover is the current hotness in AM Kickstarter projects.The…
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John Newman · August 13, 2014 · Additive manufacturing (AM) is making an impact in lives around the world through its use in medical technology. While it seems obvious in retrospect that AM would be used to build inexpensive prosthetics, a less obvious use for the technology is its role in battling cancer.Rapid Ready recently…
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Anthony J. Lockwood · August 12, 2014 · …during the upcoming International Manufacturing Technology Show 2014 in Chicago less than a month from now. You’ll find Autodesk demonstrating its CAM products and participating in the events at the IMTS Education Summit as well as in the Advanced Manufacturing Center. Here’s a quick look at what Autodesk…
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Brian Albright · August 12, 2014 · Thanks to the efforts of scientists in the UK, it may now be possible to perform “hot” chemistry in sealed reactors made from 3D-printed polypropylene.The plastic reactors can be used to perform hydrothermal chemical syntheses. University of Glasgow chemistry researchers Lee Cronin and Ross Forgan developed a process…
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