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NASA Turns to 3D Printing for New Thermal Management Solutions

NASA is collaborating with 3D Systems, Penn State and Arizona State on new heat mitigation solutions for spacecraft. The project involves 3D Systems' DMP solutions, Oqton software, and new shape memory alloys.
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Simulating Manufacturing Mitigates Product Risk

A hallmark of modern design practices, simulation is now being applied to manufacturing process planning to boost product quality, drive efficiencies and lessen potential risks.

Nikon SLM Solutions Validates Oqton 3DXpert Build Processor

November 18, 2025 · The validation marks a milestone in the companies' collaboration, helping advance industrial-scale AM through open, integrated software-hardware ecosystems.

NASA Turns to 3D Printing for New Thermal Management Solutions

June 3, 2025 · NASA is collaborating with 3D Systems, Penn State and Arizona State on new heat mitigation solutions for spacecraft. The project involves 3D Systems' DMP solutions, Oqton software, and new shape memory alloys.

Software Tools Advancing the AM Market

May 30, 2025 · These tools (and their respective new capabilities) are designed to enhance how engineers prepare and share their designs with the manufacturing team that outputs the final print.

DfAM Requires Balancing Creativity and Constraints

April 17, 2025 · Trade-offs in design complexity and post-processing cost.

3D Systems and Daimler Collaborate

January 24, 2025 · Collaboration between Daimler Truck | Daimler Buses, 3D Systems, Oqton, and Wibu-Systems yields remote spare part production solution, protecting Daimler Buses’ intellectual property through digital rights management.

Simulating Manufacturing Mitigates Product Risk

September 6, 2024 · A hallmark of modern design practices, simulation is now being applied to manufacturing process planning to boost product quality, drive efficiencies and lessen potential risks.

EOS Integrates Oqton’s Build Quality Suite for Improved AM Processes

August 27, 2024 · Oqton Build Quality integrates with EOSCONNECT Core library for in-situ IoT and image analysis, according to companies.

Securing Design IP in Distributed Manufacturing

April 22, 2024 · Decentralized production models increase security and risk exposure of standard design intellectual property and additive manufacturing process parameters and recipes.

AM Quality Management Matures 

February 6, 2024 · The 2023 Formnext show was a hotbed of new announcements, many leveraging AI to ensure consistent print quality and traceability for production-scale applications. 

Production-grade AM Gets Quality Boost

August 1, 2023 · Advances in artificial intelligence, in-situ monitoring and process control are picking away at longstanding concerns about additive manufacturing part quality, but more work needs to be done.

Simulating the Way to Consistent 3D Printed Parts

May 16, 2023 · As production-scale AM gains traction, process simulation and in-situ monitoring are keys to consistent quality and optimized performance for 3D-printed parts.

Oqton Partners with Xact Metal for Metal AM Solutions

May 4, 2023 · Companies combine lsoftware and 3D printers to deliver application-specific metal additive manufacturing solutions.

The Hidden Cost of Post-Processing

May 2, 2023 · DfAM is the key to reducing post-processing burden.

Oqton Partners with CASTOR

April 27, 2023 · Combining Oqton and CASTOR software yields a solution for part selection, preparation, optimization and production planning when analyzing manufacturing for additive opportunities.

Best Practices In Moving Towards Large-scale Production Planning In 3D Printing

April 1, 2023 · Planning and scheduling for additive manufacturing at a factory scale opens up an incredible array of possibilities, but also corresponding challenges. At the top of those challenges is the fact additive manufacturing - or colloquially 3D printing - tends to get hung up on a single, time-consuming step.

Oqton, Baker Hughes Agree to Offer Software for Additive Manufacturing

March 14, 2023 · Software platform to be offered under Oqton brand, providing factory-floor workflow integration, automation, control, and optimization.

Human-Machine Interaction in the Age of Industrial Automation

February 28, 2023 · Machine learning drives new industry automation.

Oqton and Valk Welding Partner for Automated Robotic Welding

February 3, 2023 · Oqton is part of Valk Welding’s Automatic Robot Programming (ARP) solution for high-mix, low-volume production.

Simplifying 3D Scan-to-Print Workflows

October 27, 2022 · Lower cost offerings and AI-enabled automation help streamline scan-to-print workflows in light of more interest in reverse engineering and quality assurance use cases.

Oqton and Eplus3D Enter Strategic Partnership

May 26, 2022 · Companies will blend expertise in automation and additive manufacturing to offer improved productivity and traceability, companies say.


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