UK-based automotive manufacturing company Dunlop Systems and Components used Markforged 3D printers to produce custom tooling for the facility, saving tens of thousands of dollars. Internal and customer tools would often be outsourced to … [Read more...]
MakerBot launches METHOD X, brings real ABS 3D printing to manufacturing
MakerBot, a global leader in 3D printing, launched the METHOD X, a manufacturing workstation engineered to challenge traditional manufacturing with real ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) material (not a variation of ABS), a 100°C chamber, and … [Read more...]
What is polymer directed energy deposition (DED) for 3D printing and how can it benefit you?
Dr. Natalie Rudolph, Vice President of Research and Development, AREVO For almost a decade now, Additive Manufacturing (AM) has been one of the fastest growing areas in manufacturing. This growth has resulted in significant efforts in material and … [Read more...]
Nano Dimension introduces low-volume, continuous additive manufacturing system for electronics production
Additively manufacturing functional circuits round-the-clock with little or no operator intervention is possible with the new DragonFly LDM precision additive manufacturing system from Nano Dimension. LDM stands for Lights-Out Digital … [Read more...]
Greenhouse-gas detecting drone takes flight with 3D printing
An environmental technician puts on his boots, straps on his instruments and begins the day-long trek through the landfill. He’s searching for methane, a greenhouse gas found in landfills that is 21 times more potent than other greenhouse … [Read more...]
Scanning or CMM? Which is better?
Long-established technology of Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM) is being challenged in various markets by fast-emerging, highly advanced science of blue light scanning. By Matthew Martin, Exact Metrology For more than 50 years, the … [Read more...]
Briggs Automotive integrates 3D printing into the development of its new Mono R supercar
Royal DSM announced a collaboration with Briggs Automotive Company (BAC), the British supercar manufacturing company based in Liverpool. The two companies will co-develop innovative 3D printing applications for the new BAC Mono R and showcase the … [Read more...]
Sciaky enters R&D initiative with Aubert & Duval and Airbus
Sciaky, Inc., a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries, Inc. (PSI) and provider of metal additive manufacturing (AM) systems, announced it has entered into an ambitious research and development (R&D) initiative with Aubert & Duval and … [Read more...]
Stepping closer to an affordable 3D printed athletic shoe
In April, SmartTech Analysis claimed that the use of additive manufacturing (AM) and revenues connected to 3D printed footwear products are projected to generate more than $6.5 billion (USD) in yearly global revenues by 2029, growing at a 19.5% CAGR. … [Read more...]
ESA selects Siemens and Sonaca to develop aerospace design applications for metal additive manufacturing
The European Space Agency (ESA) selected Siemens Digital Industries Software to develop aerospace design applications for metal additive manufacturing. The applications will use Siemens’ end-to-end software for industrial additive manufacturing that … [Read more...]
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