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Innovating with additive manufacturing

January 18, 2022 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

The advantages of additive manufacturing (AM) best come in play when components are designed from the ground up specifically for this process. This fact is well-known. But how this aspect, combined with other optimization measures, can positively … [Read more...] about Innovating with additive manufacturing

Filed Under: 3D Printing Basics, Additive Manufacturing, Automotive, Rapid Prototyping Tagged With: FraunhoferIAPT

3d printing — An alternative to injection moulding?

November 18, 2021 By WTWH Editor Leave a Comment

By Nick Allen, MD, 3DPRINTUK 3D printing is unique as a disruptive technology in one key respect, and that is, having disrupted the manufacturing paradigm through the introduction of rapid prototyping some 25-30 years ago, it is now disrupting … [Read more...] about 3d printing — An alternative to injection moulding?

Filed Under: 3D Printing Basics, Additive Manufacturing, digital manufacturing, Injection Molding Production Tagged With: 3dprintuk

Material considerations when moving to 3D printing

June 14, 2021 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

By Jon Eric Van Roekel, Protolabs Advancements in 3D printing have made it a proven, industrial-grade manufacturing practice for end-use parts that is shaping product design. At Protolabs, we are seeing this evolution firsthand as customers are … [Read more...] about Material considerations when moving to 3D printing

Filed Under: 3D Printing Basics, Materials Tagged With: protolabs

How to switch from castings to metal 3D printing

May 7, 2021 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Most manufacturers would never dream of switching from an investment cast part to one made by additive manufacturing, especially if they already had paid for the casting mold. Yet that is exactly what GE Aviation is doing with four bleed air parts … [Read more...] about How to switch from castings to metal 3D printing

Filed Under: 3D Printing Basics, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Industrial, Metal Casting Tagged With: geadditive

Making replacement parts made easy with 3D scanning and 3D printing

April 27, 2021 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

An important application of additive manufacturing is its ability to produce hard-to-find and hard-to-repair replacement parts. To produce a single part quickly and viably, Nissan Australia needed a different solution to traditional … [Read more...] about Making replacement parts made easy with 3D scanning and 3D printing

Filed Under: 3D Printers, 3D Printing Basics, 3D Scanning, Aerospace, Material Jetting Tagged With: spee3d

3D printing – a look at what’s next

February 12, 2021 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

By Scott Orlosky, Contributing writer Most people don’t realize that 3-D printing has been around for over 25 years. As the concept has taken hold and a lot of manufacturers have gotten into the game, the types of products available have … [Read more...] about 3D printing – a look at what’s next

Filed Under: 3D Printing Basics, digital manufacturing

How to make 3D printed micro parts with zero compromises

December 15, 2020 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

When you have a need for micro-sized parts, one 3D printer that can meet this need is the Tera 250 AM system, from Nanofabrica. Like other 3D printers, this additive system is agile and flexible. The need for tooling is usually minimal so designs can … [Read more...] about How to make 3D printed micro parts with zero compromises

Filed Under: 3D Printers, 3D Printing Basics, Additive Manufacturing, Consumer Products, Electronics, News, Rapid Prototyping Tagged With: nanofabrica

One way to solve porosity in additive manufacturing

November 3, 2020 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

By Dr. Mark Cross, Commercial Sales Director, Ultraseal International Group According to Deloitte, additive manufacturing is empowering Industry 4.0. In 2019, the global additive manufacturing market size was valued at $11.58 billion and is … [Read more...] about One way to solve porosity in additive manufacturing

Filed Under: 3D Printing Basics, Additive Manufacturing, Featured, Industrial, Powder Bed Fusion, Rapid MFG Tagged With: ultrasealinternational

How to keep your additive manufacturing equipment cool

September 16, 2020 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

by Greg Ducharme, Product Director LCS, Laird Thermal Systems Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is finding an expanding role in the manufacturing process. There are many different types of 3D printing methods used to physically … [Read more...] about How to keep your additive manufacturing equipment cool

Filed Under: 3D Printers, 3D Printing Basics, Powder Bed Fusion Tagged With: lairdthermalsystems

PCB prototyping with additive manufacturing

February 7, 2020 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is changing the way electronics engineers perform their jobs, offering new ways to produce, test, and design products. There are two methods in additive manufacturing within electronics: … [Read more...] about PCB prototyping with additive manufacturing

Filed Under: 3D Printing Basics, Additive Manufacturing, digital manufacturing Tagged With: neodenusa

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