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John Newman · March 15, 2012 · Indian technical engineer Balaji Tammabattula says he has created a system that can scan and take photographs of real-world objects simultaneously and then translate that image directly into a 3D printer-friendly format, no software required.I’ll get into more specifics in a minute, but first let’s think about what…
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John Newman · March 14, 2012 · …case with the South African additive manufacturing facility under construction.Occasionally though, smaller can be better. When it comes to potential breakthroughs in medical technology, size isn’t everything. Having an envelope large enough to print a jawbone is fantastic, but so is a printer able to build objects on…
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John Newman · March 12, 2012 · As people get excited about 3D printing, more and more of them decide to toss their hats in the ring and get into the business themselves. While these companies aren’t likely to worry 3D Systems or Stratasys anytime soon, the start-ups tend to offer machines targeted to special…
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John Newman · March 9, 2012 · …interested in seeing what additive manufacturing has to offer, or send off orders to 3D printers and see the results, rather than the process. If the idea of working directly with a 3D printer interests you, GE has announced a program that should be right up your alley.As…
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John Newman · March 8, 2012 · …the shell by using additive manufacturing?That probably isn’t the exact question that drove Enrico Dini to found Monolite UK, but it might have been something similar. We’ve covered architectural additive manufacturing before, but this process is a bit different and we’ll go a little deeper.The creation process used…
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John Newman · March 7, 2012 · …on the state of additive manufacturing, I come across many interesting news items. I’ll gather them up once every few weeks and present them in a Rapid Ready Roundup (like this one). You can find the last Roundup here.Objet (company profile here) is expanding its presence in China…
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John Newman · March 5, 2012 · The promise of additive manufacturing (AM) has been there since the technology was first invented in the late 1980s and early 1990s (depending on process), but it hasn’t been until the last decade or so that AM has really started to gather momentum. The rise of sites like…
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John Newman · March 2, 2012 · The growth of additive manufacturing (AM) in the medical field is pretty amazing. For example, doctors are looking at ways to use AM for the bioprinting of new organs, and you may have heard about the jawbone that was created for a patient through selective laser melting. Each…
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John Newman · March 1, 2012 · Part of what is so interesting about covering 3D printing is seeing how different people and companies use the technology. From chefs who make 3D meals to architectural experimentation, every industry that takes notice of 3D printing finds some way to incorporate the technology. A new case in…
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Jamie Gooch · March 1, 2012 · …daughter and her friends. Manufacturing speed has increased as well, but that speed increase has largely relied on economies of scale. The assembly line was a triumph of manufacturing efficiency in 1908, and has since allowed companies to quickly turn out everything from Model Ts to computer workstations…
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DE Editors · March 1, 2012 · …airframe.Currently, they are using manufacturing techniques such as laser sintering to demonstrate their use in the design of UAVs. These SULSA aircraft are small, fly and have “useful payload,” notes A.J. Keane, professor of Computation Engineering at University of Southampton and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of…
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John Newman · February 29, 2012 · I yammer on here a lot about how 3D printing could be the next transformative technology. The ability to print out everyday use items, like lamp shades, iPhone covers, laundry clips or flyswatters, makes a home 3D printer really useful. That isn’t even taking into account all the…
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John Newman · February 28, 2012 · …Fortus and RedEye digital manufacturing serviceMaterials: ThermoplasticsTechnologies: Fused Deposition ModelingBlog: StratasysWatch selected videos featuring Stratasys products.Request more information here.Stratasys was started in 1989 and delivered its first product in 1991. At the time, the company was considered a low-priced system provider, offering what it called rapid prototyping systems…
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John Newman · February 27, 2012 · …prototyping is done with additive manufacturing (AM). One area that is still just outside the AM realm is printed circuit boards (though maybe not for long). In the meantime, though, we’ll look at another method of creating printed circuit boards (PCB) rapidly.LPKF is a German company with a…
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John Newman · February 24, 2012 · …on the state of additive manufacturing, I come across many interesting news items. I’ll gather them up once every few weeks and present them in a Rapid Ready Roundup (like this one). You can find the last Roundup here. This week, we begin with what might be secondary…
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John Newman · February 23, 2012 · …how the creatures moved. Additive manufacturing (AM) is a useful tool for this research because the technology is capable of creating complex geometrical objects that are sturdy, yet still lightweight. Part of the problem in using actual bones to determine how dinosaurs might have moved is the weight.I…
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John Newman · February 22, 2012 · …undeniably essential function of additive manufacturing (AM). Prototypes are fantastic business tools, but perhaps lack a certain je ne sais quoi when it comes to beauty, elegance or style. Give a 3D printer to a creative individual, however, and suddenly the same machine that prints functional prototypes is…
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John Newman · February 20, 2012 · …include more than just additive manufacturing. In this case, we’d like to share a piece of subtractive technology that shows promise for industry and hobbyists alike.The creative folks at MIT’s Responsive Environments Group have created a smart milling device they’ve dubbed the FreeD. The FreeD is a handheld…
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John Newman · February 17, 2012 · …physical brick during the manufacturing processes. The Objet 3D printer is a critical component in the LEGO development phase. It helps us in getting physical elements for checking the design, build-ability and functionality at a very early point in production. –Kenneth Wested Laursen, head of LEGO prototypingAs additive…
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John Newman · February 16, 2012 · …who’s and what’s of additive manufacturing (AM) will have an opportunity to come together at the Additive Manufacturing Users Group’s (AMUG) annual conference. The conference will be held April 22-26 in Costa Mesa, CA.Keynote speakers for the event include Todd Grimm, president of T. A. Grimm & Associates,…
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