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Beth Stackpole · September 1, 2013 · …aircraft engine bracket using additive technologies. Image courtesy of General Electric.The company established the Sparks Innovation Center—what it dubs its new product incubator—to solicit ideas from working electricians to solve the challenges they face regularly on the job. The idea for the innovation community came from a chance…
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Kenneth Wong · September 1, 2013 · …Subtractive Prototyping, Part 2Point-Counterpoint: Additive Vs. Subtractive Rapid PrototypingThe allure of 3D printing is pretty difficult to resist. Once commercial 3D printers became available in the mid-1980s, the technology captured the imagination of many product designers. The affordable, consumer-friendly desktop printers brought the technology to a broader audience.…
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John Newman · August 30, 2013 · …of consumer driven customizable manufacturing, courtesy of 3D printing, has resulted in other industries beginning to feel some of the same pressure to defend copyright and intellectual property (IP). HBO recently sent a cease-and-desist letter to man who designed an printable iPod dock based on the throne from…
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John Newman · August 29, 2013 · Additive manufacturing (AM) has entered the world of sports offering the same kind of flexibility in design that has made it such a success in other industries. The technology has been utilized to build snowboards, develop specialized equipment for Paralympians, and in the manufacture of customized shoes for…
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John Newman · August 28, 2013 · …just to work with additive manufacturing (AM). They produced Yoda busts, chess sets and kitchen gadgets in ABS or PLA and rushed to show the results to the internet. Now, a new type of manufacturing system has entered workshops. These all-in-one devices still offer AM, but add in…
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John Newman · August 27, 2013 · …of 3D modeling and additive manufacturing (AM) have assisted research efforts of scientists in a number of fields. Digital reconstruction efforts have brought life to ancient Egyptians, built new models of dinosaurs, and reproduced ancient writings. While a few students and scientists might get to play with these…
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John Newman · August 26, 2013 · …a wrench built through additive manufacturing (AM). People just couldn’t get their heads around the idea that an object with moving parts could be built in basically one step. Time and the emergence of actual 3D printed oddities have faded recollections of the wrench from the public mind,…
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John Newman · August 23, 2013 · …to increased adoption of additive manufacturing (AM), more options for 3D scanners appear on the marketplace. Where once only the largest companies could easily afford a 3D scanner, now customers have a number of reasonably priced options. Many of the new scanners appearing on the market are meant…
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John Newman · August 22, 2013 · Additive manufacturing (AM) has proven a boon to a number of industries, including the jewelry and medical fields. Rapid production of molds and cores of all kinds has allowed for more detailed end-use products and the manufacture of parts and objects that would be time consuming to create…
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Anthony J. Lockwood · August 22, 2013 · …Desktop Engineering Reader:The phrases “additive manufacturing,” “rapid prototyping,” and “3D printing” among others, are all kind of lumped together in the popular consciousness to describe manufacturing technology that produces a hard copy of a digital representation. As a reader of this fine publication, you know that. And you’re…
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John Newman · August 21, 2013 · Additive manufacturing (AM) is an amazing technology, but it isn’t quite ready to replace every other form of manufacturing. For some pieces, particularly in wood or metal, it’s probably simpler, not to mention less expensive, to produce parts through more traditional manufacturing methods. That may eventually change, but…
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John Newman · August 20, 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 a bang. Sintercore, a small…
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DE Guest · August 16, 2013 · 3D printing with the ProJet HD 3000Plus helps Buttercup the duck get a new foot.Editor’s Note: We told you briefly about how a duck became a bit of a celebrity after receiving a 3D-printed prosthetic foot, but now guest author Jacqueline Troutman of 3D Systems brings you the…
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John Newman · August 16, 2013 · …composites, cellular materials, and additive manufacturing (AM). Each fiber composite part is built on a 3D printer to the exact same specifications. From there, the parts can be snapped together and assembled like LEGO to build everything from spacecraft to levees.As the parts go together, they form a…
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John Newman · August 15, 2013 · Regardless of how simple a design might be, it requires a fair amount of training or tinkering with CAD programs to build an object. The time investment to learn to use CAD programs properly isn’t worth it for every user, especially most home users. For people designing 3D…
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John Newman · August 14, 2013 · As additive manufacturing (AM) becomes more of an everyday idea, people will eventually consider purchasing a system of their own. Not everyone will want, or need, to own a 3D printer (though there is some evidence the technology is budget friendly), but the interest will still be there.…
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John Newman · August 13, 2013 · …mixed results). In the additive manufacturing (AM) industry, systems are only half the equation, the other half is continuing development of new materials.ExOne is moving ahead to provide a greater variety of materials for its customers with ongoing research in its Material Applications Laboratory. Alongside tried-and-true 316 and…
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John Newman · August 12, 2013 · …source for development, and additive manufacturing (AM) to build the flyer. The project is called Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator, or LOHAN, and is the second time The Register has constructed a low orbit flyer simply for the amusement of its readers (the first project was dubbed SPEARS).…
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John Newman · August 9, 2013 · Additive manufacturing (AM) is capable of building complex objects for nearly any industry. From gas masks to turbine wheels, AM assists design with rapid prototyping and end-use parts production. Just like any other electronic device, though, a 3D printer doesn’t do much but gather dust without power.The US…
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John Newman · August 8, 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.I don’t usually like to report on unsubstantiated rumors, but…
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