i4.0 today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

When it comes to history and awareness, polymer additive manufacturing leads the 3D printing industry. The first type of 3D printing to be invented in the 1980s was stereolithography, while thermoplastic filament extrusion holds the most public recognition amongst additive technologies. Consumer Goods.

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Mold Making Technology

JUNE 19, 2024

The design freedom of polymer/composite additive manufacturing (AM) makes it easy to design different front-facing/insert holding (middle left and right) and rear-facing/handle versions (right) of the claw manual end-of-arm tooling (EOAT) that Zero Tolerance LLC has produced for its own and customer molding operations.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

3D Systems has acquired Titan Additive LLC (Titan Robotics), the Colorado-based designer and fabricator of large-format, industrial 3D printers. Tooling, including thermoforming, vacuum forming, sheet metal forming, composite tooling, etc. Jigs and fixtures for assembly and manufacturing operations. Learn more here.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

MAY 2, 2023

To highlight its newly launched KMP 600-S diffDrive mobile platform AGV system, KUKA partnered it with a KR IONTEC robot in a cell developed by Mujin for palletizing and depalletizing consumer goods. This large-scale print will be made possible with a 6-axis KR QUANTEC-2 KUKA arm.

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Additive Manufacturing

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Björn Hannappel, Head of Sustainability at EOS, states: “When it comes to responsible manufacturing, we currently evaluate the climate impact of every aspect of industrial 3D printing to create transparency of the status quo. We also evaluate and improve production efficiency.

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Additive Manufacturing

MAY 19, 2023

The first RAPID + TCT Women in 3D Printing stand (image courtesy of Lisa Block) As far as latest news goes, there was plenty to cover! Fabrisonic released the SonicLayer 1600, a mid-size machine for customers who want to bring ultrasonic 3d printing in-house. I had a nice chat with CEO Mark Norfolk on the booth.

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