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A 3D Printing Retrospective

Mold Making Technology

3D printing advancements and applications have gone from conformally cooled hot runner nozzles using a 3D-printed pattern to cast the part with integrated cooling circuits (left) to large DMLS 3D-printed parts in 420 stainless steel with integrated conformal cooling and InnoVent Technology for venting (right).

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Large Hybrid Steel Insert Solves Deformation, Dimensionality, Cycle Time Problems

Mold Making Technology

Initially, that involved 3D printing metal tool components, details and geometries that would otherwise need to be EDM’d. Solution: Using an EOS DMLS printer and MS1 powder, an insert was printed on a stainless build plate, and pre-plumbed to connect extensive conformal cooling channels to the mold’s cooling system.

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Xact Metal Introduces the XM300G Family of Mid-Size Affordable High Performance Metal Printers

Additive Manufacturing

STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania / September 6, 2022 — Aiming to bring affordable metal 3D printing to small- to medium-sized companies and decentralize metal 3D printing, Xact Metal announced the launch of the XM300G series of affordable mid-size metal 3D printers. Shipments are scheduled to start 3Q 2023.

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New Report Signifies Disruptive 3D Printing Technology Set to Break into Mainstream Production

i4.0 today

Composite-based additive manufacturing appears to be on the verge of breaking through as a ‘mainstream’ method of production, according to a new report on disruptive 3D printing technologies. Current 3D printing simply cannot deliver the level of precision and material strength required for these applications.

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New Report Signifies Disruptive 3D Printing Technology Set to Break into Mainstream Production

i4.0 today

Composite-based additive manufacturing appears to be on the verge of breaking through as a ‘mainstream’ method of production, according to a new report on disruptive 3D printing technologies. Current 3D printing simply cannot deliver the level of precision and material strength required for these applications.

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Divide By Zero Redefines Large Format 3D Printing With The Launch Of The All New AION NX 3D Printer

Dinesh Mishra

AION NX – India’s first large format hybrid 3D printer has the speed of 3D printing & accuracy of a (Computerized Numerical Control) CNC machining . Divide by Zero Technologies (DBZ), one of India’s leading 3D Printer manufacturers, has launched AION NX, the next frontier in large format hybrid 3D printing.

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3D Printed Manufacturing Aids Improve Molding Efficiency

Mold Making Technology

Not only did 3D printing a manual EOAT greatly reduce cost versus using a robot, but it increased operator safety and shortened the effective molding cycle time versus loading inserts by hand into the hot mold cavity (left showing operator using the claw to rapidly load inserts).