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John Newman · November 5, 2013 · Among all the industries additive manufacturing (AM) has made an impact in, the medical field may be the most important. Whether an AM device is saving a baby’s life or developing synthetic human tissue, the technology has the potential to improve lives in a very direct manner. Scientists…
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John Newman · November 4, 2013 · …last few years, since additive manufacturing (AM) systems have come down in price enough to democratize use, a number of different teams have, independently of each other, been working with the technology to build increasingly sophisticated prosthetic hands. Even better, the prosthetics continue to be less and less…
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DE Editors · November 4, 2013 · …file preparation software for additive manufacturing. The new release includes enhanced tools and modules.Magics applications include repairing and optimizing 3D models; analyzing parts; making process-related design changes on STL files; designing fixtures; documenting projects, and planning production.New features in Magics18 include new and improved cutting tools; expanded measurement…
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John Newman · November 1, 2013 · …also happens to use additive manufacturing (AM), specifically ABS plastic, for its body. For the second iteration of the vehicle, the Urbee 2, KOR EcoLogic and GrabCAD have initiated an insignia design challenge open to anyone with a talent for design.From the KOR EcoLogic website:URBEE 2 will look…
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Pamela Waterman · November 1, 2013 · …name now do end-part manufacturing; more sources exist for metal powders, and a major service bureau has been bought up by no less than GE Aviation. Metal additive manufacturing (AM) is truly a mainstream process.Systems and ProcessesTime was you could count metal-capable AM systems on one hand. Terry…
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Jamie Gooch · October 31, 2013 · …week, Stratasys hosted the Manufacturing the Future Summit at its headquarters in Eden Prairie, MN. About a dozen journalists were on hand, and more dialed in, to hear Stratasys executives and their customers explain how 3D printing is not only saving them time and money, but enabling entirely…
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John Newman · October 31, 2013 · The additive manufacturing (AM) market continues to grow by leaps and bounds as more and more industries find ways of leveraging the technology. Wohlers Report 2013 saw a 28.6% increase in products and services in 2012, and estimates a total market value of nearly $6 billion by 2017.…
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John Newman · October 31, 2013 · Hexagon Metrology announced the commercial availability of ROMER measuring arm packages equipped with PC-DMIS Touch Portable, a new measurement software. Utilizing high-resolution multi-touch display technology on a tablet PC, users physically interact with the software’s guided measurement sequences and report templates.With PC-DMIS Touch, one-time dimensions are executed through…
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John Newman · October 30, 2013 · …and more open source additive manufacturing (AM) systems keep popping up out of the woodwork. At this point the technology is well enough understood that all a new startup requires to get going is someone with a bit of mechanical engineering knowledge, a social media representative, and some…
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Jamie Gooch · October 30, 2013 · …part of the 3D printing/additive manufacturing conversation in the media as it has been in practice. Its Manufacturing the Future Summit began with dinner at a restaurant, in which reporters from the Wall Street Journal, Forbes and Popular Mechanics joined my colleagues and I in the trade press.As…
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John Newman · October 28, 2013 · …build houses, the large-scale additive manufacturing process has since been put to other uses. Along with the reef project outside Bahrain, it won a contract to reinforce pilings along the New York City waterfront, and the ESA is investigating its use in building facilities on the moon.Below you’ll…
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John Newman · October 25, 2013 · …of the potential of additive manufacturing (AM) lies with materials. Beyond prototyping, plastic parts only have so many applications. The development of metal AM brought the technology to the attention of companies such as GE and Ford, and governmental entities the likes of the US Navy.New AM materials…
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John Newman · October 24, 2013 · …the rapid growth of additive manufacturing (AM) it’s easy to forget the market is still relatively small when compared to big business. Even the largest AM manufacturers, 3D Systems and Stratasys, aren’t large when compared to giants of industry like Apple or GE. Industry analysts have long pondered…
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John Newman · October 23, 2013 · …one of the oldest additive manufacturing (AM) processes, having initially been developed by Scott Crump, founder of Stratasys, in 1988. Time has seen many improvements to what Crump labeled Fused Deposition Modeling, or FDM, but a large number of modern AM systems operate using what is, essentially, the…
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John Newman · October 22, 2013 · Additive manufacturing (AM) has become an important tool in the product development cycle, and its use is only likely to increase over time. Future engineers and designers will be expected to understand how AM systems work and how to design for 3D printing. Education is the key to…
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Anthony J. Lockwood · October 22, 2013 · …Companies often ask this manufacturing and design industry media graybeard how can they make their conference one that users will feel they need to return to every year or two. AU is always one of the handful of events they are advised to emulate.Why is AU a role…
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John Newman · October 21, 2013 · …of the attention surrounding additive manufacturing (AM) systems is focused on the largest companies, smaller businesses continue to find ways to innovate and compete. Formlabs is the poster child for this sort of innovation, being the first company to bring stereolithography to a desktop platform, but it isn’t…
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John Newman · October 18, 2013 · …on the state of additive manufacturing (AM), I come across many interesting news items. I’ll gather them up every so often and present them in a Rapid Ready Roundup (like this one). You can find the last Roundup here.We’ll start today’s Roundup with money matters. Voxeljet hopes to…
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John Newman · October 17, 2013 · …experts would deny that additive manufacturing (AM) has developed into a fully-fledged industry. Every year more and more companies join the ranks of 3D printer manufacturers and, even if the vast majority are small startups, the competition helps to propel the industry forward. A number of observers have…
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John Newman · October 16, 2013 · Manufacturing is a rapidly evolving beast, driven by a new era of digital manufacturing. 3D scanning and design, along with additive manufacturing (AM) and other high tech production processes, have the potential to significantly change the landscape of manufacturing. Final products can be built more quickly, at lower…
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