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DE Editors · October 13, 2008 · …services to design and manufacturing organizations as an outsourced service. Many offer design, CAD/CAM/CAE, data translation, tooling, urethane casting from silicone rubber molds, reverse engineering, and other engineering and manufacturing services.This year, 58 organizations in 14 countries participated in the survey, which asked many questions, such as: If…
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DE Editors · October 8, 2008 · …rapid prototyping (RP), and manufacturing solutions, introduced the ProJet CPX 3000 3D digital printing system, a new high-definition 3D printer designed for creating high-volume, finely detailed wax patterns using digital data. The ProJet CPX 3000 is one of six new 3D printers that will be demonstrated at the…
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DE Editors · October 7, 2008 · …Factory of the Future: Manufacturing by Additive Fabrication will coincide with the EuroMold 2008 trade fair in Frankfurt, Germany this year, according to DEMAT GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany) and Wohlers Associates, Inc. (Fort Collins, CO). The conference will take place on Friday, December 5 at EuroMold 2008. The trade…
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DE Editors · October 6, 2008 · …of rapid prototyping and manufacturing solutions, announced the launch of the ProJet CPX 3000 digital printing system, a new high-definition 3D printer designed for creating high-volume, finely detailed wax patterns from digital data. The ProJet CPX 3000 is one of six new 3D printers to be introduced formally…
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DE Editors · September 22, 2008 · …Development in Direct Digital Manufacturing (DDM). In his capacity at Stratasys, DeGrange will work to accelerate Stratasys’ development and marketing of DDM applications. DeGrange brings to the table more than 20 years experience in manufacturing technology, including leading an advanced manufacturing research and development program at Boeing. DeGrange…
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DE Editors · August 27, 2008 · By DE EditorsThe Advanced Manufacturing Center of The University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX) recently announced its international Freeform and Additive Manufacturing Excellence (FAME) Awards. The 19th annual event was held August 4-6, 2008.Both awards are sponsored by the International Solid Freeform Fabrication (SFF) Symposium, an event…
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DE Editors · August 11, 2008 · …FDM 900mc direct digital manufacturing machine has commenced. The company reports that it has taken a record number of orders for its large-format machines, preselling 17 units, which was far more than they expected. While Stratasys additive fabrication machines were originally used strictly for rapid prototyping, the 900mc…
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Anthony J. Lockwood · August 1, 2008 · …to make using subtractive manufacturing. Images courtesy of Freedom of Creation. Laser-sintering technology just naturally changes how you go about your business. It puts the design back into design-for-manufacture by enabling you to imagine, prototype, and build production parts with complex geometries previously unmanufacturable due to machining constraints,…
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DE Editors · July 2, 2008 · …doing its research into additive systems, the company decided on the Stratasys FDM Vantage SE because of its capacity, the variety of performance materials available, the finish quality, and the fact that prototypes require virtually no postprocessing or hand finishing. Details like this, and of 25 other components…
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DE Editors · June 26, 2008 · …has purchased Stratasys’ 10,000th additive fabrication machine. Purchased was the high-precision FDM 400mc for the automaker’s Product Engineering Facility in Porto Real City, Rio de Janeiro State. The equipment will be used by design engineers for both rapid prototyping and direct digital manufacturing. Engineers will mainly prototype components…
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DE Editors · June 26, 2008 · …was that Rapid Quality Manufacturing, Inc. (RQM) was the first customer worldwide of its Magics e-RP solution. An advanced software solution for project and process management within additive fabrication set-ups, Magics e-RP solution enables users to streamline and automate the entire RP&M process, from order follow-up and data…
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DE Editors · June 12, 2008 · …professionals to benefit from additive manufacturing technology with the launch of its material evaluation Web site equipped with online pricing capability that may be used to order non-commercial Stereolithography (SLA) and Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) parts. Already 3D Systems experiences high traffic on its Web site. Partnering with…
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DE Editors · June 12, 2008 · …in the field of additive manufacturing and computer aided engineering (CAE). “Over the past 15 years our customers have been extremely ingenious in applying our software to tackle an ever more diverse set of challenges. Our Pyramid Awards are a way to praise these users for their resourcefulness…
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DE Editors · June 12, 2008 · …by layer during an additive process for a smooth surface finish. The 3D Systems’ line of high-volume DP systems is capable of manufacturing more than 100 dental units each build cycle, producing a full complement of full cast crowns, bridges, partial frameworks and full contour units. The 3D…
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Pamela Waterman · June 1, 2008 · …(Image courtesy Stratasys) Rapid manufacturing (RM) has experienceda sturdy, deliberate progressionof improvements this past yearcompared to the somewhat heady “let’s try this, this, and this” approach ofthe past 10. It’s a good sign when companieshave mastered their basic technologiesand reached the point where they canfine-tune their R&D-based or…
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DE Editors · May 27, 2008 · …which houses nearly 100 additive fabrication systems in its facilities worldwide, most of which are fused deposition modeling (FDM) systems manufactured by Stratasys. Alibre Design, part of Alibre’s Personal CAD/CAM family of integrated 3D parametric design and manufacturing products, supports the .STL output for rapid prototyping and manufacturing,…
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DE Editors · May 8, 2008 · …developments and trends in additive fabrication worldwide. Additive fabrication, or additive manufacturing, is defined as “manufacturing products by building them one tiny layer at a time” (www.pcmagazine.com), and “a term also used generically as a synonym for rapid prototyping” (Castle Island’s Worldwide Guide to Rapid Prototyping at www.home.att.net).…
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DE Editors · May 6, 2008 · …developments and trends in additive fabrication (AF) worldwide. AF technology, which encompasses a range of applications, including design review, concept modeling, prototyping, pattern making, and tooling, is also being used to manufacture products that are difficult or impossible to produce any other way. The report indicates that the…
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Pamela Waterman · May 1, 2008 · …the tandem components of additive rapid prototyping (RP): machines and materials. Increased precision in layered-manufacturing techniques has opened up new possibilities for material use. Consequently, new materials, with such properties as increased strength, flexibility, and temperature-handling capabilities, have generated more interest in the machines, so system designers keep…
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DE Editors · March 31, 2008 · …Associates (Fort Collins, CO), additive fabrication (AF) has developed into three basic categories: 3D printing for product design and concept modeling; mid-range systems for fit and function applications and master patterns; and high-end systems for the rapid manufacture of custom and short-run production parts. As these categories and…
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