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Solid Concepts expands FDM capacity

July 14, 2011 By Leslie Langnau 1 Comment

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Solid Concepts Inc, a supplier of rapid prototyping and direct digital manufacturing services, has recently expanded its Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) capacity adding one Fortus 900 and four Fortus 400 machines. This new expanded FDM capacity will … [Read more...] about Solid Concepts expands FDM capacity

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Consumer Products, FDM, Industrial, News, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping Tagged With: Fused deposition modeling, rapid prototyping

Rapidform tech tip: Comparing deviation results between XOR and XOV

July 14, 2011 By Leslie Langnau 2 Comments

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If you have been using XOR for reverse engineering and XOV for inspection, sometimes you may be confused why the results of deviation by the Accuracy Analyzer of XOR and Whole Dimension of XOV are different. As you know, XOR is the software for … [Read more...] about Rapidform tech tip: Comparing deviation results between XOR and XOV

Filed Under: 3D Scanners, Aerospace, Automotive, Consumer Products, Featured, Industrial, Medical, Rapid Prototyping, Reverse Engineering Tagged With: Rapidform, Reverse Engineering

Tips on selecting material for machining

June 8, 2011 By Leslie Langnau 1 Comment

In a previous Protomold Design Tip, we discussed rapid injection molding as an inexpensive way of trying out different materials before committing to a resin for full-scale production. In that tip we suggested using material spec sheets to narrow the … [Read more...] about Tips on selecting material for machining

Filed Under: Aerospace, Automotive, CNC Milling Machines, Industrial, Medical, Subtractive Fabrication

A closer look at Z Corp, at RAPID

May 19, 2011 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

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Z Corporation will demonstrate a range of 3D printing and 3D laser scanning technologies at this year’s RAPID 2011 Conference & Exposition in booth #404. From ZPrinters that pump out multicolor concept models, to ZBuilder Ultra rapid … [Read more...] about A closer look at Z Corp, at RAPID

Filed Under: 3D Printers, 3D Scanners, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Consumer Products, Industrial, Materials, Medical, News, Packaging, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping, Reverse Engineering Tagged With: 3D Printing, rapid prototyping, ZCorporation

ProJet 6000 debuts in North America

May 19, 2011 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

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3D Systems (NASDAQ: TDSC) will show a new class of faster professional grade 3D Printers during the RAPID Show, the ProJetTM 6000 series. It will be on display at booth 311. The ProJetTM 6000 delivers the precision and performance quality of … [Read more...] about ProJet 6000 debuts in North America

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Consumer Products, Industrial, Medical, News, Rapid Prototyping Tagged With: 3D Printing, 3D Systems, rapid prototyping

Is convenience the killer app for additive manufacturing technologies?

May 18, 2011 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

The good news is that the spotlight is definitely on additive manufacturing (AM) technologies, primarily because of the newest hobbyist systems that cost $1600 and less. The bad news is that this attention could lead to disappointment (again) for … [Read more...] about Is convenience the killer app for additive manufacturing technologies?

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Consumer Products, Featured, Industrial, Leslie's blog, Medical, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping

Wohlers reports 3D printing industry growth of 24.1%

May 17, 2011 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Wohlers Associates, Inc. has published Wohlers Report 2011, an annual global study on the additive manufacturing (AM) and 3D printing state of the industry. The new report documents the latest developments in additive manufacturing technologies, … [Read more...] about Wohlers reports 3D printing industry growth of 24.1%

Filed Under: 3D Printers, 3D Scanners, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, CNC Milling Machines, Consumer Products, FDM, Industrial, Machining / Milling, Materials, Medical, News, Rapid Injection Molding, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping, Reverse Engineering, SLA, SLS, Software Tagged With: 3D Printing, rapid prototyping

How to justify the cost of a rapid prototyping system

May 16, 2011 By Leslie Langnau 2 Comments

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By Chris Hoins, Controller, Stratasys, Inc. To designers, engineers and product managers, the value of additive manufacturing machines for rapid prototyping is unquestionable. Yet, in spite of the obvious value, it may not be clear how to convince … [Read more...] about How to justify the cost of a rapid prototyping system

Filed Under: 3D Printers, 3D Scanners, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Consumer Products, Equipment, FDM, Featured, Industrial, Medical, Packaging, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping, SLA, SLS, Subtractive Fabrication Tagged With: 3D Printing, rapid prototyping, Stratasys

Custom training can be key to accurate reverse engineering

May 16, 2011 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

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You might think that working with 3D scanners is easy and intuitive. That depends on the application. For a Naval Air Station (NAS), custom on-site training was critical to improving its reverse engineering process. Engineers and machinists at the … [Read more...] about Custom training can be key to accurate reverse engineering

Filed Under: 3D Scanners, Aerospace, Rapid Prototyping, Reverse Engineering Tagged With: Nvision, Reverse Engineering

Check out the EOS M 280 laser sintering system at RAPID 2011

May 9, 2011 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

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EOS will show the EOSINT M 280 direct metal laser-sintering (DMLS) system for the first time in North American at the RAPID 2011 show (May 24-26, Minneapolis, Minnesota). Innovative process and control features of the M 280 complete the evolution of … [Read more...] about Check out the EOS M 280 laser sintering system at RAPID 2011

Filed Under: Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Equipment, Industrial, Medical, News, SLS Tagged With: EOS, rapid prototyping, Selective laser sintering (SLS)

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