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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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Innovation With the Additive Advantage

Additive Manufacturing

July 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — While companies across the world rise to the challenges affecting supply chains, a transformation in technology and innovation is shifting the manufacturing paradigm. 3D Printing in Action. FALLS CHURCH, Va., The range of design is expanded, and its potential is limitless.

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Learning From Additive Manufacturing Qualification In The United States Marine Corps 

Additive Manufacturing

What does that mean for the qualification of 3D printed parts? is to leverage additive manufacturing to reduce maintenance cycle times, curb supply chain backlogs, and place manufacturing capabilities at or near the point of need. Most of these printers capable of printing green bin parts are polymer.

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Supply Chain Chaos: How Companies Are Responding and Adapting to the New Reality

21st Century Tech

David’s topic today addresses the challenge that COVID-19 has created on global supply chains and how companies are mitigating and adapting to a new reality. My wife and I recently had our own supply chain experience. But when we ordered a sofa trundle bed we ran up against a supply chain bottleneck.

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CERATIZIT USA Delivers Maximum Productivity and Cost Effectiveness

Fabricating & Metal Work

By collaborating with its customers, CERATIZIT is responding to changes in the industry, such as the increases in eMobility related projects, and the exploration of 3D printing technologies for mass production of parts. The company is already providing advanced solutions regarding 3D printed parts.

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Additive/Subtractive Hybrid CNC Machine Tools Continue to Make Gains (Includes Video)

Modern Machine Shop

The term, “hybrid,” refers to a machine tool that is also something more — usually it connotes combining additive manufacturing (AM) and the machine tool’s normal work of “subtractive” machining within a single machine able to mix both operations in a single cycle.

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IMTS 2024 is open for registration, offers solutions for all manufacturers

Mold Making Technology

milling, hobbing and grinding) in one machine and systems that use a sub-spindle or multiple axes to machine parts in a single setup to reduce cycle time and minimize geometric and shape defects. Now, manufacturers are integrating AM as part of a bigger value chain. military bases).