Additive Manufacturing
Investment Casting Builds Lightweight Airplane Seat Frames
The frames could have been 3D printed in metal, but for economic production, investment casting proved to be the best option.
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3D Printer’s Carbon Fiber-Filled Nylon Produces Stronger Parts
Fabtech 2017: Markforged’s X3 3D printer uses Onyx, a high-temperature capable, carbon fiber-filled nylon, to print engineering-grade thermoplastic fiber parts.
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Meeting the Machining Challenges of Additive Manufacturing
You can 3D print the part, but can you finish it? Here is how to overcome the challenge of part deflection in the machining of lightweight, complex AM parts.
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How Additive Manufacturing Is Like Five-Axis Machining
It’s not the similarities in the technologies, but in how they were and are being adopted.
Read MoreDetergent Dissolves Additive Support Material Quickly, Cleanly
The liquid detergent removes delicate support material from pieces that use 706 material.
Read MoreCimquest Expands Its Mastercam Territory
The company also no longer represents Stratasys products.
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Additive Manufactured Fixation Plates Better Match Patient's Jaw Bone
A combination of selective laser melting and NiTi material enabled the creation of plates matched to both the shape and stiffness of natural bone.
Read MoreSoftware Delivers Job Files, Process Control for AM
DP Technology has announced its Esprit Additive Suite, a comprehensive software product designed to deliver efficiency and accuracy while simplifying the additive manufacturing process into a few steps.
Read MoreSoftware Processes Polygon Meshes for 3D Printing Design
Polygonica v2.1 is designed to help create support structures, tubes, pipes, moldings and more.
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Morris Group Supplies Desktop Metal’s 3D Printers for Rapid Prototyping
The Studio System platform is office-friendly and cost-effective, using a process similar to Fused Deposition Modeling in plastics printing, but for a variety of metals.
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