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Sponsored: 3D Printing Composites for Aerospace

E&T

Download free whitepaper 3D printing has been on the rise amongst aerospace manufacturers. Download our new eBook to learn how the aerospace industry uses AM, what the industry needs from 3D printing solutions, how today’s AM technologies address these needs, innovative applications and case studies, and more.

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Do or Do Not, There is No Try to 3D Print

Additive Manufacturing

When it comes to 3D printing, there’s a lot of advice floating in the ether regarding best approaches to new projects. Well, 3D printing is 3D printing. Besides, calling a product “3D printed” is sexy. If, though, you need a lot of the same thing made – don’t 3D print it just because you can.

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3D Printed Metals are Boosting Sustainability at Scale

Fabricating & Metal Work

Manufacturers are under increasing pressure to produce and distribute products more sustainably and so are looking at ways to bring down the carbon emissions of the supply chain. New innovative processes such as metal 3D printing — which reduces environmental impact by minimizing waste — are now available and commercially viable.

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Sidus Space and Markforged are sending a 3D-printed satellite to space

AU Manufacturing

Aerospace company Sidus Space has recognised additive manufacturing’s capability as a highly effective tool to optimise weight in systems designed to reach space, with the development of a 3D-printed satellite set to launch in 2023. To be fit for launch in 2023, the satellite, dubbed as LizzieSat, cannot weigh more than 100 kilograms.

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3D Printing in Medical Devices: Leveraging a Digital Manufacturing Partner

iBASEt

When you think of a hospital printing organ implants and creating custom joint replacements in a matter of hours, you might be picturing a scene decades from now. Thanks to 3D printing, that reality is only a handful of years away. This is just one example of the potential impact of 3D printing.

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3D printing — driving business in the automotive sector

AU Manufacturing

As such, for various applications, 3D printing is a good fit, allowing the manufacture of impossibly complex geometries in a variety of robust materials in a speedy and cost-effective fashion. At the time 3D printing was viewed by many as a hobby or, at best, a prototyping tool.

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Know Your Würth: CEO AJ Strandquist on How Würth Additive Can Change 3D Printing

Fastener News Desk

Naturally, then, Strandquist views AM through the lens of managing what many would consider the least exciting area of global supply chains. They may be dull as dirt, but they’re also in everything: “What makes us a unique fit is two things,” began Strandquist.