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3D printing makes the first smash-proof guitar

April 9, 2019 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Rock stars have been smashing guitars for decades, few with more enthusiasm than Swedish-born guitar virtuoso Yngwie Malmsteen. Global engineering company Sandvik decided to test its cutting-edge techniques by building the world’s first all-metal, … [Read more...] about 3D printing makes the first smash-proof guitar

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Consumer Products, Entertainment, Featured, Materials, Powder Bed Fusion Tagged With: sandvik

How small can additive technology build?

March 18, 2019 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

A new technology exists at the intersection of additive manufacturing and micro manufacturing. It is opening up the possibility for manufacturers to take advantage of the inherent advantages of AM while achieving micron level accuracy over a build … [Read more...] about How small can additive technology build?

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Aerospace, Directed Energy Deposition, Featured, Medical, News, Rapid MFG Tagged With: nanofabrica

How to make fused deposition faster

March 12, 2019 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Researchers have developed a new way to make fused deposition faster, a goal of many vendors in additive manufacturing. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU have developed Screw Extrusion Additive … [Read more...] about How to make fused deposition faster

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Featured, News Tagged With: Fraunhoferiwu

All aboard! Design tips on 3D printing a train

February 5, 2019 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

by Jacob Bakovsky, Application Engineer, GoEngineer The marketing department challenged me to create a fun, 3D printed train for kids. I wanted to make something that was easy to print and assemble, a functional train that would go around a floor … [Read more...] about All aboard! Design tips on 3D printing a train

Filed Under: Additive Manufacturing, Consumer Products, Extrusion, Featured Tagged With: Goengineer

Why 3D printing is the new tool for surgeons

January 28, 2019 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

As physicians increasingly face challenging surgical cases, new tools, like 3D printing, are helping them find viable solutions. For example, a 64-year-old man came to Dr. Jon Zabaleta and his team with an extremely complicated tumour on his … [Read more...] about Why 3D printing is the new tool for surgeons

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Extrusion, Featured, Medical, Rapid Prototyping Tagged With: stratasysltd

HP Inc. wins the inaugural LEAP Award for the category of Additive Manufacturing

December 13, 2018 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

The LEAP Awards, a design competition for engineers, announced the winners at a dinner gala in Costa Mesa, Calif., December 12, 2018. For the category of Additive Manufacturing, the winner was HP Inc., with its Jet Fusion 300/500 series full-color … [Read more...] about HP Inc. wins the inaugural LEAP Award for the category of Additive Manufacturing

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Featured Tagged With: hpinc.

Callaway Golf builds a better golf putter head with additive manufacturing

November 15, 2018 By Leslie Langnau 1 Comment

GE Additive is working as a consultant with Callaway Golf Company, a leading manufacturer of high-performance golf equipment. GE Additive’s AddWorks team will help Gallaway harness the potential of additive manufacturing. The first project resulting … [Read more...] about Callaway Golf builds a better golf putter head with additive manufacturing

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Consumer Products, Entertainment, Featured, Powder Bed Fusion, Rapid Prototyping Tagged With: geadditive

Stratasys moves into metal 3D printing

November 13, 2018 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Stratasys is releasing more details of its new metal 3D printing platform being developed and designed for short-run metal applications. First unveiled earlier this year, the additive platform is based on Stratasys’ innovative “Layered Powder … [Read more...] about Stratasys moves into metal 3D printing

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Featured, News, Powder Bed Fusion, Rapid MFG

Finalists announced for Additive Manufacturing category in LEAP Award

November 5, 2018 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Two finalists were announced on Friday for the inaugural LEAP Awards’ Additive Manufacturing Category, comprising a fascinating array of new additive technology advances. The competition was scored by a panel of independent … [Read more...] about Finalists announced for Additive Manufacturing category in LEAP Award

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Featured, News

3D printing enables origami structures strong enough to support 100 times their weight

October 22, 2018 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Origami structures offer a number of benefits that could be useful to a range of applications from biomedical devices to equipment used in space exploration. Some of these benefits are low weight, expandability, and high strength. Until recently, … [Read more...] about 3D printing enables origami structures strong enough to support 100 times their weight

Filed Under: Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Featured, Materials, Medical, Out of the Box, Vat Photopolymerization Tagged With: georgiainstituteoftechnology

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