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Turn your CNC into a 3D printing machine

March 6, 2018 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

3D printing is certainly resulting in innovative ways to create parts. Here are tools that could give CNC machines 3D printing capabilities. The company 3D-Hybrid is announcing these new tools. It says the tools will simplify metal additive … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CNC Milling Machines, News, Out of the Box Tagged With: 3dhybrid

How to 3D print fluid flow trajectory lines

September 6, 2017 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Pressure, temperature, and velocity parameters can now be vividly observed in a 3D printed model. Arvind Krishnan, manufacturing applications engineer, GoEngineer Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software is widely used to determine fluid … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Featured, Industrial, Material Jetting, Medical, Out of the Box, Rapid Prototyping Tagged With: Goengineer

The benefits of scale in architectural 3D printing

September 5, 2017 By Leslie Langnau 1 Comment

When you need to show detail, it can be a drawback to use a 3D printer with the average 12 by 12 by 12 in. build area. Larger build areas, such as those available with 3D Platform’s WorkSeries can make it easier to inspect details. This opportunity … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Extrusion, Out of the Box Tagged With: 3dplatform

3D printing a custom home for Hermit Crabs

August 14, 2017 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Stratasys Ltd., a global leader in applied additive technology solutions, announced that special effects company, Artem Ltd. overcame traditional design challenges to create realistic miniature houses and shells for its ‘Crab World’ TV campaign, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Entertainment, Out of the Box Tagged With: stratasysltd

3D printing moves to conquer golf club production

August 3, 2017 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

The KD-1 is the first 3D printed driver head made from Windform high performance 3D printing materials and a precision CNC machined Titanium striking face. The drive was made by CRP Technology (CRP Group’s 3D printing specialized division) and CRP … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Consumer Products, Directed Energy Deposition, Materials, Out of the Box Tagged With: crptechnology

How you can use metals in 3D printing

July 26, 2017 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Metal materials are one of the faster growing segments of materials for 3D printing/additive manufacturing.  Take a look at the benefits and common applications. Stratasys Direct Manufacturing www.stratasysdirect.com … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Industrial, Industries, Materials, Medical, Out of the Box Tagged With: stratasysltd

How traditional supply chain models will be affected by 3D printing

July 19, 2017 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Direct benefits to the bottom-line are a motivating factor A leaner supply chain, coupled with minimal inventory and warehousing of parts, has direct benefits to the bottom-line, which could become a reason to accelerate the adoption of 3D … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Out of the Box Tagged With: Goengineer

3D Printing 100,000 versions of one part

June 28, 2017 By Leslie Langnau 1 Comment

When you need to make small changes to one part, one of the best tools to use is 3D printing. Stop-motion film production is one of those applications that require hundreds of small changes to one part. GoEngineer helped Motion Foundry Studios with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Out of the Box Tagged With: Goengineer

Feeding two cats simultaneously: designing a feeder using 3D printing

May 19, 2017 By Leslie Langnau 1 Comment

By Jacob Bakovsky, Application Engineer Late last year, in my spare time, I began developing an automated feeding device geared to help pet owners (me included) save time and eliminate the hassle of twice-daily feedings. For the manual method … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Consumer Products, Extrusion, News, Out of the Box

Could femtosecond ablation become a new 3D printing technology?

July 5, 2016 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Roland DG Corp., a leading manufacturer of desktop fabrication devices, is researching this possibility. Management recently announced the start of a joint research relationship with GPI, the Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Directed Energy Deposition, Industrial, Medical, Out of the Box, Professional 3D Printers News Tagged With: roland

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