As 3D printing (3DP), additive manufacturing technology advances, one area manufacturers are working on is including electronics into the 3DP process. Several industries, including aerospace and the military,…
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Autodesk and MakerBot have partnered to market 3D design software and 3D printing hardware, making 3D printing at home more accessible to everyone. Autodesk and MakerBot previously announced…
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3D Systems attended the 113th Annual session of the American Association of Orthodontists with Sirona Dental Systems and demonstrated a 3D printed customer friendly solution for treatment options…
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3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) is combining its integrated design-to-manufacturing software tools under its Geomagic Solutions brand. This brand will include 3D Systems’ comprehensive reverse engineering tools together with its…
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The business assets of LBC Laser Bearbeitungs Center GmbH, Kornwestheim, Germany, have been purchased by the German subsidiary of Renishaw. A new business, LBC Engineering, has been created…
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In 1986, inventor Charles W. Hull developed a “solid imaging process” known as stereolithography, which initiated the rapid prototyping revolution. Stereolithography (SLA) builds three-dimensional models out of liquid…
Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) technology can truly be called an additive manufacturing technology. Long used to build prototype parts early in the design cycle, increasingly it is used…
A 3D scanner is used to convert a three-dimensional object into digital bits (or a point cloud of information), which are used for many processes, such as: •…
Leslie Langnau is the Managing Editor of the Design World Network. She also has more than 20 years experience as a technology editor, covering such areas as controls, mechanics, mechatronics, couplings, industrial networks, and the field now known as additive manufacturing (formerly rapid prototyping).
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