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Kenneth Wong · May 18, 2010 · Near the end of March, FIRST Robotic Team 2220’s CAD mentor Ed Anderson received a FedEx package at his home in Eagan, Minnesota. Inside, he found a small cross-section of the team’s robot, printed in 3D, courtesy of 3D printer developer Solido. It was the team’s first encounter…
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DE Editors · May 17, 2010 · …and hardware infrastructure via additive manufacturing. At the new site, it will establish an additive manufacturing facility that will produce customized surgical guides. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation approved a tax credit for more than half of a million dollars over seven years to encourage Materialise to establish…
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DE Editors · May 10, 2010 · …developments and trends in additive manufacturing (AM) worldwide. AM is the process of joining materials to make objects from 3D model data, usually layer upon layer, as opposed to subtractive manufacturing methodologies. Additive manufacturing is used to build physical models, prototypes, patterns, tooling components, and production parts in…
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DE Editors · May 1, 2010 · …3D printer suppliers and additive-manufacturing vendors that can also add unique characteristics to a given prototype. Don’t get me wrong, a part produced with an SLA machine is very reliable and has served the prototyping world well for many years. However, it’s now time to reset our boundaries…
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Pamela Waterman · May 1, 2010 · …procedure likely involved an additive manufacturing (AM) process. Jay Leno may get the spotlight for building cool one-off car parts, but the truly eye-opening news in rapid technology (RT) comes from the sheer numbers and variety of medically related pieces now in daily production.Companies such as 3D Systems,…
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Kenneth Wong · April 27, 2010 · It seems there’s a mysterious force—call it the ghost in the machine, if you will—governing the behaviors of the robots at FIRST Robotic Competitions. Sooner or later, they have a seizure, spin out of control, go backward, or do something their creators haven’t anticipated.In early April, during the…
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Kenneth Wong · April 20, 2010 · HP, which sometimes pitches its products under the slogan “HP: Invent,” saw no reason to reinvent the wheel—in this case, 3D printing. So the company instead struck a deal with Stratasys, one of the leading 3D printer makers, to build a HP-branded 3D printer. The result is the…
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Anthony J. Lockwood · March 26, 2010 · …rapid prototyping and/or rapid manufacturing so that you get the right part on the first shot, Quickparts has the answer for you in its online Learning Center. This joint is really a gem, folks. The best analogy I can give you is that it’s like finding a great…
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Anthony J. Lockwood · February 19, 2010 · …functional prototyping, and building manufacturing tools. The problem was that an air-duct outlet wasn’t doing its job well enough, so too much brake heat cooked the tires which then would blow out. Not good for racing performance.The Fortus line of 3D printers, in case you’re not that familiar…
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DE Editors · December 14, 2009 · …competitive landscape of the additive manufacturing industry,” says Itzik Marchand, Solido3D CEO. “Our unique bundle of 3D printer and modeling kits significantly reduces total cost of ownership, breaks entry barriers, and will attract new customers to the 3D arena. After years of testing the SD300 Pro at beta…
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DE Editors · December 1, 2009 · …he could provide the manufacturing part of the solution. This is the happy patient two months after his cleft palate surgery. Roscoe and Stoddard met with Morehardt and came away confident that they could use RMB Tool’s SLS systems from 3D Systems to create the dozen or more…
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DE Editors · October 15, 2009 · …power generation to automotive manufacturing.“Because our instruments are designed to operate in small, fluid-filled spaces, it is difficult to analyze them under actual working conditions,” said Axel Vedder, technical director at VSE Volumentechnik. “Software from ANSYS allowed us to assess the performance of our flowmeters in a virtual…
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DE Editors · October 2, 2009 · …of rapid prototyping and manufacturing services that offers precision parts made on a range of traditional and additive manufacturing systems and a variety of finishing, molding, and casting capabilities. 3D Systems concurrently announced the launch of 3Dproparts, which it calls “the world’s largest rapid prototyping and manufacturing parts…
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DE Editors · October 1, 2009 · …Vetter, CEO of Molecular Manufacturing Enterprises of Saint Paul, MN, means “a place for every atom and every atom in its place.” This model, titled DNA origami, was modeled using NanoEngineer-1, which includes special support for DNA structure design. It represents a milestone in the field of nanotech…
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DE Editors · August 31, 2009 · …suited for direct digital manufacturing applications in the medical, food, and pharmaceutical equipment industries with ISO 10993 or ethylene oxide (EtO) sterilization requirements. ABS-M30i offers substantial improvements over standard Stratasys ABS, including tensile strength, impact strength, and flexural strength. ABS-M30i is up to 67 percent stronger than Stratasys’…
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DE Editors · August 30, 2009 · …designed for direct digital manufacturing (DDM). Image courtesy of Stratasys Nowadays, a primary topic of conversation is how we are all surviving these difficult times. Yet despite the economic doldrums affecting everyone, some companies in the rapid technology sector are maintaining successful operations. Desktop Engineering asked a handful…
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DE Editors · July 27, 2009 · …and maltodextrin, a food additive. “Normally ]3D printing] supplies cost $30 to $50 a pound. Our materials cost less than a dollar a pound,” says Ganter. For the past 15 years, Ganter has taught an engineering course that introduces students to 3D printing, attracting not only engineering students…
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Pamela Waterman · July 16, 2009 · …at the Society of Manufacturing Engineers’ Rapid 2009 event to just-announced business efforts, you’ll see from this overview that collaborating industries are again making progress on a number of fronts.DE identified seven trends of intriguing RT that warrant close scrutiny: less-expensive systems, high-performance parts manufacturing, new material options,…
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Steve Robbins · May 30, 2009 · …using rapid prototyping, rapid manufacturing, service bureaus, scanning, and reverse engineering, or had compelling reasons to start to. And they were there to talk to the many rapid technology vendors who presented a slew of interesting products and demonstrations. It quickly became apparent that there were three themes…
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DE Editors · May 7, 2009 · …Medical Implant Scanning and Manufacturing Workshop and the Rapid Implant Manufacturing Forum (RIMF) at the 2009 RAPID conference in Schaumburg, IL. RAPID is North America’s largest annual rapid and additive manufacturing conference and exposition hosted by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). Materialise chose to host these events…
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