Proto Labs, Inc. introduced magnesium injection molding into its current rapid manufacturing services. This injection molding process helps engineers prototype using the same materials and processes used for the final part production. In addition, … [Read more...] about Proto Labs launches rapid Magnesium injection molding service
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We have a winner!
Did you enter the recent Stratasys Ltd contest to win a Mojo 3D printer? Held earlier in the summer, readers of Design World were given a chance to enter and potentially win a Mojo printer. The Mojo is a desktop printer that uses Fused Deposition … [Read more...] about We have a winner!
NextLine Manufacturing is now Xometry
With venture backing, Xometry integrates 3D printing / additive manufacturing with traditional manufacturing to produce high volumes of on-demand, unique parts, including custom components and aftermarket parts for legacy systems. Paving the … [Read more...] about NextLine Manufacturing is now Xometry
Master Class: How to use 3D printing for injection molds
While not the most glamorous or "sexy" application for 3D printing, using this technology to obtain molds for injection molding is one of the key applications of this technology. Tom Charron, vice president at 3D Systems, discusses the materials … [Read more...] about Master Class: How to use 3D printing for injection molds
Highlights of the 3D printing industry from RAPID 2015
This year's RAPID 2015 3D printing and Additive Manufacturing show was in beautiful Long Beach, CA. If you did not get a chance to visit the show, here's a quick look at what was on display. Enjoy! Leslie … [Read more...] about Highlights of the 3D printing industry from RAPID 2015
Use your 3D printing skills to help differently-abled veterans
Over the years, there have been a number of heart-warming stories about innovators and engineers using 3D printing to design prosthetics and other systems that help veterans regain abilities they may have lost. Here’s an opportunity for engineers to … [Read more...] about Use your 3D printing skills to help differently-abled veterans
Clear 3D printing: Clear choices for transparent parts
How would you go about clear 3d printing? You have a few choices in either material selection or 3D printing process. Creating a perfectly transparent product, however, is a challenge with 3D printing. Recently, Luxexcel patented a 3D printing … [Read more...] about Clear 3D printing: Clear choices for transparent parts
Master Class: Chuck Hull on the 3D printing industry
An important way to gain mastery is to learn from the master developers or users, those who developed a technology or an industry, or those who took a technology to a new level. One such master is Chuck Hull, the founder of stereolithography … [Read more...] about Master Class: Chuck Hull on the 3D printing industry
Making machine tool drills using additive manufacturing
The days when precision tools and additive manufacturing strategies could not co-exist are history. The new Mapal QTD-series insert drill proves this. For the first time, the precision tool specialists from Aalen are manufacturing drills additively, … [Read more...] about Making machine tool drills using additive manufacturing
Become a master user of 3D printing
Education constantly comes up as one of the challenges impeding the greater implementation of 3D printing / Additive manufacturing (3DP/AM). Unless you are in your 20s or can go back to school, your education on how to best use these machines and … [Read more...] about Become a master user of 3D printing