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John Newman · November 29, 2012 · …the continuing developments in additive manufacturing (AM) is use of color. With a few exceptions, very few printers offer anything like multi-color prints during the same run. If the project you are working on requires full color, the number of knives you have available becomes very small.Enter Mcor…
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John Newman · November 28, 2012 · …some cases, but for additive manufacturing (AM) systems, size can be important. A large build envelope allows businesses to make a single object rather than two separate objects before bringing them together. The size of the build envelope also lets designers print out more than one item at…
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John Newman · November 26, 2012 · …on the state of additive manufacturing, 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 see if we can’t fire up those brain cells from…
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DE Editors · November 25, 2012 · …printer.” The VXC800’s continuous additive manufacturing process, Voxeljet Technology says, “lays the foundation for a completely new generation of equipment” and that the VXC800 could potentially make the production of small runs of patternless molds and models for metal casting faster, more profitable, and flexible. The company adds…
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Anthony J. Lockwood · November 25, 2012 · …that the VXC800’s continuous additive manufacturing process is a traditional 3D print process for the most part. Its trick is in the interaction between the coater, printhead, and conveyor belt. The conveyor belt, which is sloped, is key. A coater lays down the polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) sand on…
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John Newman · November 20, 2012 · …the big money in additive manufacturing (AM) is in the industrial systems, but don’t discount the effect home 3D printers can have on the industry. 3D Systems reports the Cube is selling nicely, and I wouldn’t expect MakerBot to go out of business anytime soon. Smaller companies are…
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John Newman · November 19, 2012 · A few articles have cropped up on the web recently, attacking 3D Systems’ public disclosures and accounting methods. One such article, titled “3D Systems: Has The Printer Jammed?” was published on the website Seeking Alpha, claimed 3D Systems’ continued economic growth was due to creative accounting and primarily…
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John Newman · November 16, 2012 · …are experimenting non-stop with additive manufacturing (AM). Moving into realms far beyond rapid prototyping, AM offers researchers the flexibility to build whatever tools or experimental objects are required. This does, of course, require some trial and error, but each successful step makes using AM technology that much more…
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DE Editors · November 16, 2012 · By DE EditorsBelgian additive manufacturing specialist Materialise has launched Magics17, the latest release of its STL file preparation software. Now multi-core, the new release offers new functionalities, as well as new and improved modules, the company says. Enabling users to import a wide variety of CAD formats and…
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John Newman · November 15, 2012 · …dental industry’s adoption of additive manufacturing (AM).One of the companies leading the charge in AM dental technology is Solidscape (owned by Stratasys). The company’s drop-on-demand (DOD) thermoplastic ink-jetting process produces objects for lost-wax casting/investment casting and mold making applications, using a wax-like material. This particular process is almost…
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John Newman · November 14, 2012 · …on the state of additive manufacturing, 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 have a shotgun start for today’s Roundup. Firearms manufacturer, Remington,…
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John Newman · November 13, 2012 · Additive manufacturing (AM) is blessed by the existence of 3D scanning. The ability to quickly and accurately produce 3D computer models goes hand-in-hand with the speed of AM. Even minus the AM angle, however, 3D scanning is a tool with broad usage. Measurement Devices Limited (MDL), a subsidiary…
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John Newman · November 9, 2012 · If, as additive manufacturing (AM) expert Terry Wohlers has said, 3D printing is to become the most important and widely used manufacturing process, the industry is going to need a lot more people who understand the best methods to utilize the technology. This means an increase, even a…
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John Newman · November 8, 2012 · …on the state of additive manufacturing, 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 kick off this Roundup with a look at earnings as…
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John Newman · November 7, 2012 · The latest incarnation of the swine flu spread across the U.S. like wildfire. If the flu had been a zombie plague outbreak, we’d have been in serious trouble. Part of the reason the swine flu was able to spread so easily was the lack of a speedy vaccination…
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John Newman · November 6, 2012 · …the few flaws of additive manufacturing is that the ability to print in multiple colors simultaneously isn’t yet widely available. It should come as no surprise that the AM manufacturers are working on this problem. Quality 3D prints in multiple colors would be valuable for everything from rapid…
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John Newman · November 2, 2012 · Medical applications for additive manufacturing (AM) are many and varied. Early adopters have already begun using the technology to create prosthetics of all sorts, and it should go without saying that AM can produce nearly any custom part needed for medical use or health care in general. While…
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DE Editors · November 2, 2012 · …use in its FDM additive manufacturing (or 3D printing) process. ULTEM 9085 from SABIC Innovative Plastics has superior strength, is lightweight, and has other desirable characteristics, including an FST rating, the company says. The FST (flame, smoke and toxicity) rating is a safety standard that ensures a material…
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John Newman · November 1, 2012 · …reading and writing about additive manufacturing (AM). I know the terminology, the players, the processes, and the industries involved. In short, I know plenty about AM. Compared to the encyclopedia of AM knowledge contained in Terry Wohlers’ mind, though, I might have just heard about this whole 3D…
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Steve Robbins · November 1, 2012 · …developer of laser sintering additive manufacturing systems, presented Dean Kamen to speak about a project funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). He talked about DARPA wanting to develop a neutrally controlled prosthetic arm for amputees. Kamen’s company, DEKA Research and Development Corporation, has received an…
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