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John Newman · June 18, 2013 · …episode in which bio additive manufacturing (AM) systems printed out entire bodies to create clones of people. Of course, the show used the idea to perpetuate the old pod person trope of clones replacing the original people, but the technology isn’t entirely fictional. Bioprinting has been used to…
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John Newman · June 17, 2013 · …“democratization” when talking about additive manufacturing (AM). They believe that the 3D printing revolution will give entrepreneurs and home users alike the ability to customize manufacturing in a way never before possible. In place of assembly lines churning out virtual clones of the same product, the democratization of…
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Beth Stackpole · June 14, 2013 · While Autodesk’s absorption of Tinkercad adds another option to the firm’s rapidly expanding consumer-oriented product line, the more interesting aspect to the deal lies in its potential to help fuel adoption of 3D printing, which hinges on the availability of cheap and accessible design tools.There’s a lot of…
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Anthony J. Lockwood · June 14, 2013 · …our lives.It seems that additive manufacturing is approaching this point. Anecdotal evidence: The President spoke of its transformational potential during a national address, you see human-interest stories about it on mainstream TV news, and it’s popping up on soon to be canceled sitcoms.None of that is to say…
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John Newman · June 13, 2013 · …the LENS 450 metal additive manufacturing (AM) system; a new offering from Optomec. Described by the company as “low cost,” the new metal 3D printer uses the same technology as the LENS 850, but has a smaller footprint.The LENS 450 has a 100 x 100 x 100 mm…
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Jamie Gooch · June 12, 2013 · …Report, which tracks the additive manufacturing industry.Wohlers took a global perspective of the technology and provided perspective on where the industry might go in the future. But first, he looked back to 1988 when 3D Systems first commercialized additive manufacturing.“It hasn’t been until relatively recently that we’ve applied…
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John Newman · June 12, 2013 · …from the National Nanotechnology Manufacturing Center (NNMC). The Multi Proto Lab is an all-in-one rapid prototyping system capable of integrating 3D Printing, precision milling, drop-on-demand printing, extrusion deposition and more in a single machine. If additive manufacturing (AM) is reducing the need for a dedicated tool space, the…
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Jamie Gooch · June 11, 2013 · …a harbinger of a manufacturing revolution that will usher in a custom-built world.While acknowledging that the news reports are a few decades late, the keynote speakers who opened RAPID 2013 on June 11 in Pittsburgh didn’t exactly disagree with those claims.“It is truly vital to engage in advanced…
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John Newman · June 11, 2013 · …the last two decades, additive manufacturing (AM) professionals, insiders and enthusiasts have gathered for the RAPID Conference and Exposition. Hosted by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), RAPID is the most well-known 3D printing event in North America.The four-day event will feature nearly 100 vendors on the show…
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John Newman · June 10, 2013 · Additive manufacturing (AM) is great for plenty of applications, but it does have some disadvantages when it comes to certain areas. Industrial 3D printers may be able to build enough parts in one batch, thanks to a large build envelope, to make mass manufacturing worthwhile, but desktop AM…
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DE Editors · June 10, 2013 · …market research report, “Global Additive Manufacturing Market (2012 - 2017), By Application (Medical Devices, Automotives, & Aerospace) and Technology (3D Printing, Laser Sintering, Stereolithography, Fused Deposition Modeling, Electron Beam Melting, & Tissue Engineering)”. The market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 13.5% from 2012 to 2017…
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John Newman · June 7, 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.Let’s begin today’s Roundup with some news and speculation about…
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John Newman · June 6, 2013 · …method of large-scale architectural additive manufacturing (AM). The Media Lab is continually looking to nature to find ways to improve the science of building and Rapid Ready has covered some of their past research.For the study, researchers attached magnets to the heads of silkworms and followed the patterns…
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John Newman · June 5, 2013 · …simpler. That’s basically what additive manufacturing (AM) offers for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Even when only used for rapid prototyping, AM speeds up the building of a UAV by reducing the number of parts that have to be put together.Ease of construction isn’t the only…
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John Newman · June 4, 2013 · …uses for material deposition additive manufacturing (AM) systems at home. Staples is willing to bet on the home market, and Kickstarter is overflowing with 3D printers. Even if home users can only print in plastic, I suspect creative owners will come up with more than enough objects to…
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John Newman · June 3, 2013 · …first began to investigate additive manufacturing (AM), I was surprised to discover that one of the most common uses for the technology (other than rapid prototyping) was manufacturing custom lampshades. It does make sense, but it wasn’t exactly the groundbreaking subject matter I’d been hoping to find.3D printing…
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Pamela Waterman · June 1, 2013 · …if you’re considering an additive manufacturing (AM) solution to part production. What factors are important to understand and consider when choosing the best material? DE asked a number of AM system manufacturers, material developers and service bureaus for their advice to prospective customers.Material Properties, System VariablesRandy Stevens, operations…
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John Newman · May 31, 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.Let’s hit start on today’s Roundup with some news about…
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John Newman · May 30, 2013 · …and its D-Shape large-scale additive manufacturing (AM) process have had an interesting couple of years. Founded by Enrico Dini, the company means to use its unique process to build houses, but the concept hasn’t quite caught on yet. A lack of housing projects hasn’t kept the company from…
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John Newman · May 29, 2013 · Additive manufacturing (AM) builds objects in three dimensions using a number of different processes, such as material deposition and stereolithography, just to name a few. The one thing all current processes share in common is that they build objects in X,Y and Z based on a horizontal build…
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