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John Newman · January 25, 2013 · Additive manufacturing (AM) is making life easier for people in all sorts of ways. Engineers and designers can more easily create prototypes of their designs, and AM molds have made a big impact on many businesses. Sometimes, though, 3D printing helps out in a more direct, personal manner,…
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John Newman · January 24, 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.The Irish are invading! No, not really, but Mcor Technologies…
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John Newman · January 23, 2013 · …Mexico and India. With additive manufacturing (AM), it doesn’t make sense to ship jobs around the globe, when the shortened supply chain could make up for wage disparity. Long trips by slow ships also negatively impacts the production speed offered by rapid prototyping and manufacturing.Sure, most people understand…
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John Newman · January 22, 2013 · …depending on medium, materials. Additive manufacturing (AM) is all about flexibility.AM allows designers, engineers and home enthusiasts to create something brand new, in a way never before possible. While the technology does have some limits, it is far more flexible than traditional manufacturing and allows for a greater…
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John Newman · January 18, 2013 · Additive manufacturing (AM) offers many benefits over traditional manufacturing methods. The particular benefit that is relevant for this article is that of scale. Once created, a mold can only make the same size object over and over. Industrial presses don’t come in convenient desktop sizes. AM offers flexibility…
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John Newman · January 17, 2013 · …eyes get blurry, but additive manufacturing (AM) is very much a tactile and sensory phenomenon. Seeing an AM system at work is not the same as staring at your computer screen. Feeling the strata in a 3D printed object is not the same as staring at a picture…
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John Newman · January 16, 2013 · Additive manufacturing (AM) is an amazing technology with vast potential. But there’s always a fly in the ointment. In the case of AM, I believe the fly can be named as 3D printed guns and peripherals. Rapid Ready has covered the battles between the gun enthusiasts that want…
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John Newman · January 15, 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.Another CES has come and gone, with Rapid Ready watching…
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DE Editors · January 14, 2013 · …been oriented toward subtractive manufacturing methods such as diamond turning, full exploitation of the new additive manufacturing process invented by LUXeXceL demands and deserves new design tools with more advanced capabilities for parametric customization and creation of freeform, asymmetric geometries,” said FX64 Software Solutions CEO Igor Zupevc. “FX64…
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Beth Stackpole · January 11, 2013 · …technologies it delivers around manufacturing software (things like 3D CAD and simulation capabilities, for example) and tune them to the process of 3D bioprinting. Down the road and as Autodesk develops expertise in this domain, Olguin says the company is interested in creating new types of programs and…
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John Newman · January 10, 2013 · …on continuing developments in additive manufacturing (AM). Rapid Ready covered 3D Systems’ CES premiere of the next-generation Cube and the new CubeX. MakerBot created a stir at the electronics convention with its announcement of the Replicator 2X.With, perhaps, a bit less fanfare than that surrounding the newest offerings…
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John Newman · January 9, 2013 · …announcement of a new additive manufacturing (AM) system from MakerBot.It wasn’t all that long ago that MakerBot made waves by announcing the Replicator 2, an AM system aimed at professionals from a company known for its hobbyist roots. But where the Replicator 2 was created to work with…
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John Newman · January 8, 2013 · …a first for an additive manufacturing (AM) system.According to the company, the next-gen Cube is 1.5 times faster and has double the accuracy of the older system. The build envelope remains the same at 5.5 in. in X, Y and Z, but now offers green-friendly PLA and recyclable…
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John Newman · January 4, 2013 · …earliest Stratasys Fused Deposition Modeling additive manufacturing (AM) systems. It’s reasonable to assume that any Kickstarter consumer that is interested in a 3D printer has some idea of how the thing works. It only takes a couple keystrokes to find one of the myriad, “What is 3D Printing?”…
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Jamie Gooch · January 3, 2013 · …the entire design and manufacturing process.The company also recently acquired Rapidform, a provider of 3D scan-to-CAD and inspection software tools, which it described as securing the cornerstone of its fifth growth initiative: to create a seamless, digital scan, design and print platform for the benefit of its customers.…
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John Newman · January 3, 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 start today’s Roundup with a quick look at the…
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John Newman · January 2, 2013 · …an interesting year for additive manufacturing (AM). Before I get started on the new, let’s take a quick look at some of the most important, or most interesting, stories of 2012 from Rapid Ready Tech.In April, Stratasys (company profile) launched its desktop, professional 3D printer; the Mojo. With…
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John Newman · December 28, 2012 · …tech heavy talk about additive manufacturing (AM) here at Rapid Ready with stories about how 3D printing is being used in unexpected ways, I haven’t forgotten that rapid prototyping is still the heart of the AM movement. Yes, on-demand manufacturing is growing by leaps and bounds, but, overall,…
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John Newman · December 26, 2012 · …the recent focus on additive manufacturing (AM), we’ve only really scratched the surface of potential applications for 3D printing. Along with the expected rapid prototyping, we’ve seen the technology used for everything from haute couture to food preparation. AM is like having a huge bin of Lego; the…
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John Newman · December 21, 2012 · …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 start today’s Roundup with some attention from Uncle Sam.…
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