Today’s volatile market – no matter the industry – wreaks havoc on even the best inventory strategies. On-demand manufacturing, though, gives engineers a way to use their inventory model to create the parts they need, when they need them. No more … [Read more...] about Meet the need for speed and market volatility with on-demand manufacturing
Out of the Box
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...] about What is polymer directed energy deposition (DED) for 3D printing and how can it benefit you?
How engineers can help reduce unnecessary plastic pollution
3D printing/additive manufacturing is only one source of plastic pollution in our ecosystem. The engineers at GoEngineer offer some suggestions on dealing with unwanted plastic from 3D printing as well as from other sources. Jacob Bakovsky| … [Read more...] about How engineers can help reduce unnecessary plastic pollution
Novel ear care medical device wins Protolabs Cool Idea! Award
Every year more than 12 million Americans visit their physicians for impacted earwax removal. This condition occurs when enough earwax accumulates to cause symptoms such as pain, fullness, itching, odor, tinnitus, discharge, cough, or hearing loss. … [Read more...] about Novel ear care medical device wins Protolabs Cool Idea! Award
How to not get fired and build your own inductive charging system with the help of 3D printing
Ryan Dark, Technical Support Manager, GoEngineer While sitting in a quarterly operating and planning meeting next to Brad Hanson, who at the time was CEO of GoEngineer, I saw he had the newest iPhone, and I asked if he had used its inductive … [Read more...] about How to not get fired and build your own inductive charging system with the help of 3D printing
3D printing enables origami structures strong enough to support 100 times their weight
Origami structures offer a number of benefits that could be useful to a range of applications from biomedical devices to equipment used in space exploration. Some of these benefits are low weight, expandability, and high strength. Until recently, … [Read more...] about 3D printing enables origami structures strong enough to support 100 times their weight
What’s next? Swarm 3D printing, i.e., synchronized 3D printing
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a technology where two robots can work in unison to 3D-print. In this case, the robots are 3D printing a concrete structure. This method of concurrent 3D … [Read more...] about What’s next? Swarm 3D printing, i.e., synchronized 3D printing
3D printing complex objects from graphene
Researchers from Virginia Tech and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have developed a novel way to 3D print complex objects from graphene, often used for applications in the battery and aerospace industries. Previously, researchers could only … [Read more...] about 3D printing complex objects from graphene
Additive machine prints with up to 5 materials
Diabase Engineering is introducing its H-Series Machine, a hybrid machine tool combining additive, subtractive, and post-processing capabilities in a single build environment. According to the founders, (whose previous experience involved developing … [Read more...] about Additive machine prints with up to 5 materials
New additive manufacturing technique uses Mach 3 speeds to build parts
An innovative and new additive manufacturing approach was shown at the recent RAPID + TCT show in Ft. Worth, TX. This new additive manufacturing technology uses supersonic deposition. Material is shot through a jet engine nozzle at speeds to Mach 3, … [Read more...] about New additive manufacturing technique uses Mach 3 speeds to build parts
