Quickparts®, a 3D Systems company (NASDAQ: TDSC), announced the immediate availability of its enhanced quoting capabilities through QuickCutCNC™. This new rapid CNC machining service provides online, interactive quotations for all custom CNC … [Read more...]
For metals:should you go additive or subtractive?
Can you use subtractive processes to make parts out of metal material? Of course. Can you use additive processes to make parts out of metal material? Yes, but . . . The ability to use additive processes to create metal parts is growing. Both … [Read more...]
For Lockheed Martin, 3D scanner assures the right fit the first time
Lockheed Martin engineers at the Missiles and Fire Control business are using NVision’s HandHeld laser scanner in a reverse engineering, rapid prototyping application to assure the fit of accessories to aircraft exteriors and interiors is positioned … [Read more...]
3D Systems acquires Accelerated Technologies Inc.
3D Systems continues to acquire companies in the rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing arena. The latest is its acquisition of Accelerated Technologies, Inc. (“ATI”), a Texas based provider of custom parts services. Said a company … [Read more...]
More CAD programs including features for reverse engineering and rapid prototyping
CCE, a leading engineering software and services provider, announced the release of EnSuite with new tools for reverse engineering and rapid prototyping applications. EnSuite’s Model Compare function has been extended to compare Native CAD data with … [Read more...]
Laser sintered powder-to-product manufacturing for unmanned systems
Unique, complex aircraft components, many of them impossible to create using traditional manufacturing processes, will be on display at EOS booth #3407 at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) Unmanned Systems North … [Read more...]
Beyond Prototyping
It is usually the designer who decides on the production method at the beginning of the design process. So get ready for these five trends as vendors continue to improve their prototyping systems and materials. Now that “rapid prototyping” … [Read more...]
Rapid response, hovering urban aerial vehicle
The CyberQuad is an electric ducted quadrotor Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). It is a unique amalgamation of state-of-the-art VTOL UAV technologies, combining the mechanical simplicity, low noise, stability and … [Read more...]
New PEEK Type Polymer can be Laser Sintered
New materials continue to make laser sintering an attractive option for rapid prototyping. One of the newest materials is EOS PEEK HP3, from EOS, the only PEEK-type polymer available for laser sintering. For Royal Plastic Mfg, Minden, Neb., a … [Read more...]
New Accura® Bluestone Material For Rapid Prototyping
Quickparts announces the availability of Bluestone, a stereolithography material for rapid prototyping. Bluestone is an accurate, strong, high temperature material that can be used across many industries for nearly any digital manufacturing project, … [Read more...]
