The votes are in and the winners of the 2021 LEAP Awards (Leadership in Engineering Achievement Program) were announced in a digital ceremony with products across multiple categories, including Additive Manufacturing. Critical to LEAP’s success is … [Read more...] about The Additive Manufacturing winners of the 2021 LEAP Awards are …
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3D printing custom fixtures for circuit boards
Serving customers across aerospace, military, medical, and other industrial sectors, VIRTEX needed to create large volumes of custom fixtures for circuit boards and electronics placed in plastic enclosures. The fixtures were machined using … [Read more...] about 3D printing custom fixtures for circuit boards
DMC first to test new ‘flexible’ Renishaw AM machine
The Digital Manufacturing Centre (DMC) will be one of the first businesses to receive Renishaw’s RenAM 500 Flex machine. Through its long-term collaboration with Renishaw, the DMC has been selected as a key beta site for ‘in industry’ testing. These … [Read more...] about DMC first to test new ‘flexible’ Renishaw AM machine
Stratasys Direct Manufacturing expands healthcare print services
Stratasys Direct Manufacturing, a subsidiary of Stratasys Ltd., announced that it has expanded its offerings to the healthcare industry to include anatomical modeling and consultative services. Stratasys Direct recently created a Healthcare Print … [Read more...] about Stratasys Direct Manufacturing expands healthcare print services
Stratasys is expanding its software ecosystem to add new additive manufacturing capabilities for global customers
Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS) has grown its GrabCAD Software Partner Program to six companies in its first six months with the addition of Teton Simulation, which utilizes the new GrabCAD DFAM Software Development Kit to help customers improve the … [Read more...] about Stratasys is expanding its software ecosystem to add new additive manufacturing capabilities for global customers
The data challenge in additive manufacturing
As additive manufacturing gains acceptance as a production tool, the size of a typical 3D print slice data file is predicted to grow cubically. Handling all of these data could become an issue for the additive industry. Harshil Goel, CEO and Founder … [Read more...] about The data challenge in additive manufacturing
Camera gives researchers more data on laser powder bed fusion melt-pool behavior
Metal parts manufactured using Laser Powder Bed Fusion or "L-PBF" find application in aerospace and medical industries. L-PBF is used to produce complex geometries directly from a CAD model. However, L-PBF is known to produce parts with porosity … [Read more...] about Camera gives researchers more data on laser powder bed fusion melt-pool behavior
What is liquid additive manufacturing?
Here’s a look at another way to additively make parts, this time with liquid materials. Over the past several years, additive manufacturing has become significant to a variety of industries, such as automotive and electronics. One process option … [Read more...] about What is liquid additive manufacturing?
Tips on additively building parts with copper material
Copper is one of the newest materials being used in additive manufacturing applications. But it can be a challenge to work with. Renishaw recently explored how to overcome some of the various challenges of using additive technology with this … [Read more...] about Tips on additively building parts with copper material
An experiment in 3D printing in zero gravity
A number of researchers are exploring the use of 3D printing/additive manufacturing in space applications. One experiment is testing the possibility of using 3D printing to make spacecraft components directly in orbit. The Additive Manufacturing In … [Read more...] about An experiment in 3D printing in zero gravity
