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DE Editors · November 10, 2010 · …able to tour the additive manufacturing plant that’s meeting the needs of the orthopaedic implant industry.Participants ranged from experts in biomedical engineering to leaders of additive manufacturing service bureaus; politicians to local business owners. The visitors included a strong presence from numerous leaders of the automotive industry.The day…
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Anthony J. Lockwood · November 4, 2010 · …installed a Fortus 400mc additive manufacturing in the company’s Prototype Workshop. Initially, the idea here was to protect intellectual property by iterating designs in house, exercise greater control over design processes, and slash outsourcing costs. The usual boss thing.And that part all worked, but then the engineers at…
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DE Editors · November 4, 2010 · …body 3D printed by additive manufacturing processes, according to the company. An unfinished full-scale prototype, along with this 1/6 scale finished model of the Urbee is being displayed at the SEMA automotive show in Las Vegas. The electric/liquid-fuel hybrid reaches more than 200 mpg, highway and 100 mpg,…
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DE Editors · November 1, 2010 · …trial. Rapid prototyping and manufacturing costs are generally calculated in terms of how much the equipment costs, minus how much time and money is saved with the equipment, and what option is chosen—whether it be to purchase 3D printers, systems platforms or to use service providers. Other benefits…
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DE Editors · November 1, 2010 · …will be rework and manufacturing problems. The only sure thing is that the prototype will cost you some time and money. So, the prototyping decision is a gamble. As with an insurance policy, you are betting on the outcome. If a prototype is eliminated and you don’t run…
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Pamela Waterman · November 1, 2010 · …bits and pieces about additive manufacturing (AM) but don’t quite know what differentiates the technologies? This month DE goes back to basics and clarifies the alphabet soup of AM processes and systems. Whether your interest is for prototyping, manufacturing, artwork or amusement, we’ll give you an overview of…
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DE Editors · November 1, 2010 · …parts produced via FDM additive fabrication. The model helped engineers best lay out complex piping runs. The Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE) of Bangalore, India, is a government laboratory whose primary function is research and development of marine and aeronautic versions of gas turbines. Development of GTRE’s flagship…
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DE Editors · October 20, 2010 · …development and growth of additive technologies such as rapid manufacturing and rapid prototyping. The conference takes place Dec. 1-4 in Frankfurt, Germany.The special exhibition area "e-production for everyone" in hall 11 gives insight into trends and future fields of application of additive technologies. Numerous market leaders will showcase…
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DE Editors · October 11, 2010 · …2011/3D IMAGING is an additive manufacturing event that takes place in Minneapolis May 24-26, 2011.This is the largest and the longest running industry forum for the presentation and discussion of the latest developments, trends and techniques in rapid technologies and additive manufacturing. Speaking at RAPID 2011 can help…
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Pamela Waterman · October 1, 2010 · …to go directly to additive manufacturing, there are targeted tools for that job, too. A point cloud of a 3D part and a surface being fitted to it using the Rhino-3D PointSetDeviation tool. This tool keeps track of the distance of the points to the NURBS surface as…
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DE Editors · October 1, 2010 · By Susan Smith Rapid manufacturing service bureaus offer a variety of services, both additive and subtractive. Some offer as many of the up-to-date technologies and processes as possible; others focus on fused deposition modeling (FDM) processes, yet others focus on computed numerically controlled (CNC) or injection-molding processes, on…
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DE Editors · September 13, 2010 · …The Business Impact of Additive Manufacturing, is on Friday, December 3. The EuroMold trade fair is December 1-4 at the Exhibition Center Frankfurt.Past conferences have concentrated on the latest developments and trends in rapid product development and additive manufacturing (AM). This year’s event will examine the business issues…
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Pamela Waterman · September 1, 2010 · …a consultant in the additive manufacturing arena who also follows the scanning world, sees a real convergence in the field, particularly in user interfaces. “You have to dive deep into the software to distinguish among the three,” he says. Until a few years ago, reverse engineering software basically…
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DE Editors · August 25, 2010 · …achievements at the International Manufacturing Technology Show’s Emerging Technology Center (ETC). IMTS 2010 takes place Sept. 13-18 in Chicago.The theme for the 2010 ETC is “Knowledge-Based,” which applies to manufacturing, people and technology. The center, located in the North Building Lobby (Booth N-650) of McCormick Place, is being…
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DE Editors · July 23, 2010 · …Associates, the demand for additive-manufacturing (AM) technology continues to grow, though at a slower rate than previous years.“The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of revenues produced by all products and services over this period is 26.4%,” according to the report. “The CAGR slowed to 3.3% over the past…
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DE Editors · July 1, 2010 · …trends gaining momentum in additive manufacturing; and the need for and development of new materials with increasing strength, flexibility, texture, and other qualities continues. First Ever Standards Originally used for building physical representations of products, additive manufacturing has evolved into an important tool for building usable parts and…
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DE Editors · June 17, 2010 · …3D modeling software, and manufacturing machinery such as additive manufacturing, laser cutting, 3D scanning, large-format printing, vinyl cutting, and PCB routing. One of the latest acquisitions to the center’s arsenal of manufacturing equipment is the RapMan 3D printer, manufactured by Bits from Bytes. Complementing the BSTC’s existing 3D…
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Kenneth Wong · June 4, 2010 · …own custom robots, because manufacturing facilities weren’t (they still aren’t) designed to cater to tinkerers looking for a low-volume production run. But today, with an affordable 3D modeling package, you could export your design as an STL file and print it (yes, print it in 3D) at a…
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DE Editors · June 2, 2010 · …is designed to boost efficiency of rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing setups. For more information, visit Materialise’s MiniMagic site.Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.
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Anthony J. Lockwood · May 20, 2010 · …and your Stratasys FDM additive manufacturing units can run. Still, you need something. Preferably last week. Standard snafu: You need all sorts of somethings last week, and your particular special something just has to wait its turn. Maddening.That’s pretty much what happened at Joe Gibbs Racing. They needed…
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