Essentium announced that the 101st Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Maine Air National Guard is using the Essentium High-Speed Extrusion (HSE) 3D Printing Platform and Essentium PCTG for printed flight control repair training aids to help maintain … [Read more...] about How Maine Air National Guard uses 3D Printing to increase aircraft readiness
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Mechnano announces Tough ESD–a tough electrostatic dissipative photopolymer resin
Mechnano has developed another Additive Manufacturing (AM) resin based on its MechT technology that uses the power of discrete Carbon Nanotubes (dCNTs). The new photopolymer —“Tough ESD”—delivers isotropic electrostatic dissipative (ESD) properties … [Read more...] about Mechnano announces Tough ESD–a tough electrostatic dissipative photopolymer resin
DSD announces new alliance with Formlabs Dental
Digital Smile Design (DSD) has recently announced its official partnership with Formlabs Dental. A global player in the field of 3D printing, Formlabs aims to expand access to digital fabrication so that anyone can make anything. This new … [Read more...] about DSD announces new alliance with Formlabs Dental
Stratasys and 3Shape introduce automated digital color workflow for accurate 3d printed models
Stratasys Ltd. and 3Shape announced a new automated 3D printing color workflow using 3Shape’s Dental System software and the Stratasys J5 DentaJet 3D printer. Using an intraoral scanner and 3Shape’s software, dental labs can capture both color and … [Read more...] about Stratasys and 3Shape introduce automated digital color workflow for accurate 3d printed models
Automated surface smoothing and homogenization of 3D printed plastic and metal components
When it started offering ready-to-install 3D printed plastic and metal components to its customers, the job shop Klaus Stöcker metal processing initially used manual post-processing methods. Because of the rapidly growing demand and stricter … [Read more...] about Automated surface smoothing and homogenization of 3D printed plastic and metal components
Teaming up to improve post processing for metal AM parts
To date, the flexibility of AM has been one of its greatest selling points, however, the inflexibility of post processing, particularly for series production applications, has been a barrier to industrialization. The reality is that many metal AM … [Read more...] about Teaming up to improve post processing for metal AM parts
Developments in conductive micro additive manufacturing
Horizon Microtechnologies recently launched its template-based 3D-microfabrication technology, which produces conductive micro additive manufacturing (micro-AM) derived parts with micrometer scale precision. At the Formnext 2022 conference, the … [Read more...] about Developments in conductive micro additive manufacturing
Tips on working with copper in additive manufacturing
Copper is viewed as a material that will accelerate future aerospace production. For example, the privately funded company Ursa Major delivered a copper-based 3D-printed rocket engine combustion chamber from its additive manufacturing lab in … [Read more...] about Tips on working with copper in additive manufacturing
Shell and GE Additive show joint design and engineering project at Formnext
During Formnext 2022, Shell International B.V. and GE Additive unveiled the results of a joint design and engineering project – an additively manufactured oxygen hydrogen micromixer. This complex, non-functional, demonstration part, was printed in … [Read more...] about Shell and GE Additive show joint design and engineering project at Formnext
Hexagon and Stratasys unlock 3D-printed PEKK’s lightweighting potential for aerospace engineers with simulation
Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division and Stratasys, a leader in polymer 3D printing solutions, have applied Hexagon’s simulation technology to capture the behavior of Stratasys’ high-performance, ultra-lightweight Antero reinforced … [Read more...] about Hexagon and Stratasys unlock 3D-printed PEKK’s lightweighting potential for aerospace engineers with simulation