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For metals:should you go additive or subtractive?

March 16, 2011 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

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...] about For metals:should you go additive or subtractive?

Filed Under: Aerospace, Automotive, CNC Milling Machines, Consumer Products, FDM, Industrial, Leslie's blog, Machining / Milling, Medical, Rapid Injection Molding, SLS, Subtractive Fabrication

For Lockheed Martin, 3D scanner assures the right fit the first time

March 15, 2011 By Leslie Langnau 1 Comment

HandHeld-Scanner from NVision helps Lockheed Martin in rapid prototyping

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...] about For Lockheed Martin, 3D scanner assures the right fit the first time

Filed Under: 3D Scanners, Aerospace, News, Reverse Engineering Tagged With: Nvision, rapid prototyping, Reverse Engineering

3D Systems acquires Accelerated Technologies Inc.

March 15, 2011 By Leslie Langnau 2 Comments

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...] about 3D Systems acquires Accelerated Technologies Inc.

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Consumer Products, Industrial, Medical, News, Rapid Injection Molding, Rapid Prototyping, SLA, SLS, Subtractive Fabrication Tagged With: 3D Systems, rapid prototyping, Subtractive prototyping

More CAD programs including features for reverse engineering and rapid prototyping

March 14, 2011 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

EnSuite - Point Cloud for rapid prototyping needs

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...] about More CAD programs including features for reverse engineering and rapid prototyping

Filed Under: 3D Scanners, Aerospace, Automotive, Consumer Products, Industrial, Medical, News, Packaging, Rapid Prototyping, Reverse Engineering, Software, Subtractive Fabrication Tagged With: rapid prototyping, Reverse Engineering

3D Scanning helps Local Motors with its Open Source Cars

March 14, 2011 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Local Motors, with Rapidform, builds first open source car

Rapidform XOR enables Local Motors to accelerate their time to market using the power of 3D scanning. More than a new custom car, Local Motors is developing a community to bring the designer, the manufacturer and the enthusiast together to build a … [Read more...] about 3D Scanning helps Local Motors with its Open Source Cars

Filed Under: 3D Printers, 3D Scanners, Additive Manufacturing, Automotive, News, Rapid Prototyping, Reverse Engineering, Software Tagged With: rapid prototyping, Rapidform, Reverse Engineering, ZCorporation

Recreating ears one at a time

March 14, 2011 By Leslie Langnau 1 Comment

RolandDGA printer helps clinician create ears for patients

Medical clinic uses subtractive processes to create prosthetic ears. How do you recreate patients’ ears? “One at a time,” said Allison Vest, MS, an anaplastologist with The Medical Art Prosthetics Clinic in Dallas, Texas. The Clinic specializes in … [Read more...] about Recreating ears one at a time

Filed Under: CNC Milling Machines, Featured, Machining / Milling, Medical, Rapid Prototyping, Subtractive Fabrication Tagged With: Reverse Engineering, Roland DGA, Subtractive prototyping

Are we there yet?

March 10, 2011 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

So is it time to celebrate? After more than 20 years, the consumer media has suddenly taken a new  interest in 3D printers and additive prototyping/manufacturing. Granted, the lower cost systems, like those from RapMan and Bits from Bytes, show … [Read more...] about Are we there yet?

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Consumer Products, Industrial, Leslie's blog

Rapid prototyping ensures elegant equipment design

March 9, 2011 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

3D printer helped create this Cisco wireless router

Devices such as wireless routers, media hubs, and wireless home audio systems create what the Cisco Consumer Business Group calls the “connected life,” one that is more social and visual than ever. Drawing on the Danish influence of Scandinavian … [Read more...] about Rapid prototyping ensures elegant equipment design

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Consumer Products, Featured Tagged With: 3D Printing, ZCorporation

And the winners could be . . .

March 8, 2011 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Stratasys and Dimension Extreme design logo

For the seventh year, Dimension 3D Printing, a brand of Stratasys Inc. (NASDAQ: SSYS), has held its Annual Extreme Redesign 3D Printing Challenge for high school, college, art, and architecture students to submit innovative designs. These designs … [Read more...] about And the winners could be . . .

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Industrial, News Tagged With: 3D Printing, Stratasys

What constitutes quality with 3D Printing

March 8, 2011 By Leslie Langnau 2 Comments

What constitutes quality with 3D printing?

By Leslie Langnau, Managing Editor Quality is composed of several parts; the accuracy of dimensions or measurements, and the more subjective “is it what I want?” In a recent study, Todd Grimm examined several factors associated with quality for … [Read more...] about What constitutes quality with 3D Printing

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Featured, Industrial Tagged With: 3D Printing, 3D Systems, Objet Geometries, Stratasys, ZCorporation

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