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What is selective deposition lamination?

June 22, 2016 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

The ASTM standards organization has a definition for sheet lamination-- an additive manufacturing process in which sheets of material are bonded to form an object. 3D printing /additive manufacturing continues to evolve, so there are several … [Read more...] about What is selective deposition lamination?

Filed Under: 3D Printers, 3D Printing Basics, Additive Manufacturing, Consumer Products, Entertainment, FAQs, Leslie's blog, Make Parts Fast Handbook, Materials, Medical, Professional 3D Printers News, Rapid Prototyping, Sheet Lamination

Subtractive Manufacturing: What You Need to Know

October 3, 2011 By Leslie Langnau 1 Comment

Not everyone thinks that subtractive manufacturing has a place in the Additive Manufacturing arena. After all, subtractive manufacturing is really CNC machining—a process that removes material from a larger piece of material through standard … [Read more...] about Subtractive Manufacturing: What You Need to Know

Filed Under: Automotive, CNC Milling Machines, Consumer Products, Featured, Industrial, Injection Molding Production, Machining / Milling, Make Parts Fast Handbook, Medical, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping, Subtractive Fabrication Tagged With: cnc, RIM, subtractive

Tips on selecting 3D printers

October 3, 2011 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

This feature is part of a series of features for the 2011 Make Parts Fast Handbook. A 3D printer can be used to analyze form, fit, feel, function, or some combination of these features. But it can do more. Today’s printers also function as … [Read more...] about Tips on selecting 3D printers

Filed Under: 3D Printers, 3D Printing Basics, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Consumer Products, Featured, Industrial, Make Parts Fast Handbook, Medical, Packaging, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping

Fused Deposition Modeling and Material Advances

October 3, 2011 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) technology was developed by S. Scott Crump in the late 1980s and was commercialized in 1990. The build material is usually a filament or wire of thermoplastic material but can also be plastic pellets fed from a hopper. … [Read more...] about Fused Deposition Modeling and Material Advances

Filed Under: 3D Printers, 3D Printing Basics, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Consumer Products, FDM, Featured, Industrial, Make Parts Fast Handbook, Medical, Packaging, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping

A Multitude of Materials for Additive Manufacturing

October 3, 2011 By Leslie Langnau 2 Comments

Hundreds of materials are available for additive manufacturing systems. Each offers different capabilities to meet your form, fit, and function needs. For the most part, each vendor of an AM machine offers materials that function best with that … [Read more...] about A Multitude of Materials for Additive Manufacturing

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Consumer Products, FDM, Featured, Industrial, Make Parts Fast Handbook, Materials, Medical, Packaging, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping, SLA, SLS

Stereolithography – Shaping Resins

October 3, 2011 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

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 photosensitive polymers that … [Read more...] about Stereolithography – Shaping Resins

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Consumer Products, Featured, Make Parts Fast Handbook, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping, SLA Tagged With: SLA, stereolithography

Selective Laser Sintering

October 3, 2011 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

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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 in limited-run manufacturing to produce end-use parts. It was … [Read more...] about Selective Laser Sintering

Filed Under: 3D Printers, 3D Printing Basics, Additive Manufacturing, Featured, Make Parts Fast Handbook, Materials, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping, SLS Tagged With: sintering, sls

3D Scanners Reproduce Reality

September 30, 2011 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

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: • Ensure proper fit and form of medically implantable devices, such as orthotics, … [Read more...] about 3D Scanners Reproduce Reality

Filed Under: 3D Scanners, Featured, Make Parts Fast Handbook, Reverse Engineering Tagged With: Reverse Engineering, scanning

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