Additive Manufacturing

DECEMBER 7, 2022

What does that mean for the qualification of 3D printed parts? All parts require an appropriate six-digit source, maintenance and recoverability (SMR) code and exist in a digital repository for information sharing and tracking. Most of these printers capable of printing green bin parts are polymer.

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Modern Machine Shop

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Source: AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology IMTS 1980-1988: Attendance skyrocketed and broke records. IMTS 2014: The first-ever electric car was 3D printed and assembled on the show floor, the Strati. IMTS 2016: Additive manufacturing, robotics automation and an increasing digital thread were the primary focus.

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Robotics Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2024

Source: Tesla In Musk , Walter Isaacson’s biography of Elon Musk, we learned how Tesla planned to use artificial intelligence in its vehicles to offer its long-awaited full self-driving mode. One example was Olli, a 3D-printed electric vehicle (EV) that was a highlight of IMTS 2016 , the biggest manufacturing show in the U.S.

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Modern Machine Shop

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

RapAdapt is the brainchild of Devin Hamilton, a man who studied mechanical engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology before opening his shop in 2016. ” In addition to RapAdapt, Hamilton is working with the Mobility Independence Foundation to build what he calls “an extremely robust open-source wheelchair.”

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Fastener News Desk

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Proximity is 3D printing, vertical farms, solar panels, streaming media, remote healthcare, and more. It could be 3D printing, it could be AI, it could be mobile apps, it could be rooftop solar, which you often don’t think is digital, but it’s digitally enabled. SOURCE: Mark Dancer

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Modern Machine Shop

JANUARY 28, 2024

Services range from CNC and manual machining to robotic welding to 3D printing and custom molding. In 2016, Hamilton and Tom Hanna launched RapAdapt. He sees this constant mix of challenges and adventures as a source of energy and excitement. “It’s what I do. It’s how I live.”

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Modern Machine Shop

JANUARY 23, 2023

After graduating, Scott worked for a couple of large companies and eventually landed at a foreign-owned manufacturer of vacuums and power tools that sourced many of its parts from China. When companies have moved to China or even source products in China, maybe just parts or they're bringing back kits or oher products to the US.

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