Mold Making Technology

MARCH 15, 2024

Source: The Plastek Group The Plastek Group is a cross-functional group of engineers covering multiple disciplines, from package development, mold design/manufacturing and molding/assembly, with an emphasis on collaboration and quality.

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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. Westec Plastics Corp.

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Modern Machine Shop

AUGUST 30, 2024

Source: Mantle Inc. Mantle’s precision metal 3D printing technology can be used for printing precision tooling, meeting industry requirements for accuracy, surface finish and tool steel properties. Mantle has announced the release of its 420 Stainless Steel material.

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Mold Making Technology

JULY 5, 2023

The team has developed a hybrid approach to producing mold inserts using DMLS printers and designing and printing each component to reduce internal stresses. Come to this session to learn some 3D printing best practices for producing hybrid tool inserts via recent real-world applications examples.

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E&T

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Rocket builder Relativity Space has built a giant 3D-printing robot that could allow the company to build all kinds of large-format products besides the rockets it plans to launch, Relativity's chief executive Tim Ellis said. Speaking to Reuters, Ellis said: "This large-format metal 3D printing.

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Additive Manufacturing

MARCH 13, 2023

The beauty of today’s manufacturing environment is that anyone can start a 3D printing service bureau and begin printing parts today. According to a recent report by Persistence Markets , the 3D printing service bureau industry is projected to surge eight times the size of its present state over the next decade.

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Fastener News Desk

JUNE 30, 2023

Industrial 3D printing specialist Würth Additive Group has announced its CEO AJ Strandquist has joined new task force focused on the use of additive manufacturing (AM) technology within the automotive repair industry. Source: TCT Take advantage of a $50.00 discount on your IFE 2023 registration.

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E&T

AUGUST 14, 2023

A 3D-printed calamari ring prepared in the lab Image credit: Poornima Vijayan “Plant-based seafood mimics are out there, but the ingredients don’t usually include protein. The team tested two sustainable, high-protein plant sources: microalgae and mung beans.

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Additive Manufacturing

JULY 29, 2022

The material was first shown at this spring’s RAPID + TCT additive manufacturing conference. Jason Tzintzun , Marketing & Operations Manager for Source Graphics, was in attendance to beta test the support material. “As a 3D solutions provider, it’s great to have AquaSys GP to recommend to our customers. .”

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Manufacturing Tomorrow

JULY 27, 2023

Partnership meets the demand for innovative and sustainable US-manufactured 3D printing materials at scale

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 16, 2024

Shown here is an Xact Metal printed automotive connector insert on a tool with the corresponding plastic injection molded final part. Source | JST Sales America, Inc., an Xact Metal customer. Xact Metal has announced the launch of its new initiative, “Breaking the Mold: The Xact Solution to Better Tooling.”

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Now, Addifab has plugged 3D printing speed and design freedom directly into tool designer workflow, to enable a rewriting of the pilot tooling playbook. Soluble, 3D-printed injection mold cores and cavities is one of the essential innovations behind the novel Addifab freeform injection molding (FIM).

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Additive Manufacturing

MAY 3, 2023

Berkeley, CA (May 2, 2023) – polySpectra , maker of the world’s most rugged photopolymer resins, has announced its third Cyclic Olefin Resin (COR) material for durable 3D printing. At RAPID + TCT 2023, polySpectra has unveiled COR Bio, expanding the company’s reach into new markets with its first biocompatible 3D printing material.

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Dinesh Mishra

JULY 25, 2022

CEMEX and COBOD have been working together over the last year to innovate in the 3D printing space. Through this partnership, they recently introduced a 3D printing solution that utilizes conventional ready-mix concrete in the building process. COBOD 3D printed Europe’s first building in 2017. About COBOD.

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AU Manufacturing

MARCH 24, 2023

A group of researchers, including scientists from Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) , has discovered a means to consistently manufacture 17-4 PH steel using 3D printing processes while keeping all of the material’s high-value properties.

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AU Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

A research team from the University of Dakota has received federal funding of nearly $250,000 (AUD$359,000) to research new manufacturing methods for components used in nuclear reactors. Upon completion, those components will be thoroughly examined to compare their functionality versus traditionally manufactured components.

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Fastener News Desk

APRIL 25, 2023

Smith and his team employed time-saving computer modeling, as well as a laser 3D printing process that fused metals together, layer-by-layer, to create the new alloy. Current state-of-the-art 3D printed superalloys can withstand temperatures up to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Metrology

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

As a manufacturing-focused, high-performance 3D printing software solution that is machine independent and CAD agnostic, it brings agility and repeatability to the shop-floor, unrestricted from having to source individual tools from multiple vendors or being forced to use software that is tied to specific machines.

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AU Manufacturing

MARCH 12, 2023

A research team led by the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Virginia (UVA) has developed various imaging and machine-learning techniques to detect and predict the formation of pores in 3D-printed metals in real time with near-perfect accuracy.

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i4.0 today

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Ten years ago, the 3D printing landscape was in the midst of its first big boom. The general public was being introduced to the possibilities of 3D printing through countless eye-popping headlines that speculated on 3D printing’s application in everything from toys to phones to organs.

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Additive Manufacturing

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The value proposition of medical 3D printing is massive. Certain devices on the market or in use with patients now would not have been able to have been manufactured previously. Certain devices on the market or in use with patients now would not have been able to have been manufactured previously.

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Fastener News Desk

MARCH 29, 2024

Written by: Matt Kremenetsky AJ Strandquist is a different kind of additive manufacturing (AM) CEO. But if manufacturers design with it in mind, they can come up with this hybrid system that takes advantage of all forms of manufacturing. AM shouldn’t necessarily be the number one production method. And there’s no way around it.

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E&T

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Now, for the first time ever, 17-4 PH steel can be consistently 3D-printed while retaining its favorable characteristics. The researchers’ strategy, described in the journal Additive Manufacturing, is based on high-speed data about the printing process they obtained using high-energy X-rays from a particle accelerator.

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Additive Manufacturing

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Vienna, Austria/October 6, 2022 — Lithoz GmbH announced that it has acquired Germany-based CerAMing, the patent holder of the Layer-wise Slurry Disposition (LSD)-Print ceramic 3D printing process. This strategic expansion further secures and extends Lithoz’s global market leadership as a system provider.

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Modern Machine Shop

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Source: AMT - The Association for Manufacturing Technology The world’s leading additive manufacturing (AM) trade show is launching a U.S. This will further raise awareness of the opportunities offered by additive manufacturing across the industry. However, it is more than just 3D printing.

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Canadian Manufacturing

MAY 8, 2023

3D printing home (CNW Group/Nidus3D) CALGARY — nidus3D says they have successfully completed North America’s first energy-efficient and climate-resilient multi-unit 3D printed homes and two-story buildings last year in Ontario.

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Fastener News Desk

JULY 3, 2024

This collaboration signifies the start of a customer-focused mission to bring 3D printing to everyday applications. Würth Additive, Raise3D, and Henkel Loctite’s 3D Teams have strategically synchronized their equipment, inventory platform, and materials, including Loctite’s tested resins.

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Fastener News Desk

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Aerospace, energy and other sectors now have an easy way to efficiently produce high-strength, high-temperature parts in volume with IN625 across a portfolio of 3D printing options. Shop System, a plug-and-play turnkey binder jet 3D printing system that reduces costs, shortens lead times and increases revenues for machine shops.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

AUGUST 9, 2023

Markforged has been at the forefront of additive manufacturing for the past 10 years, helping manufacturers revolutionise the industrial production landscape by bringing 3D printing right to the factory floor. This advancement opened new possibilities for manufacturing stronger and more resilient parts.

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Additive Manufacturing

JANUARY 11, 2023

Additive manufacturing hardware solution providers were once again busy in 2022. Highlights included more options for printing bigger and smaller, printing electronics and composites, and a couple of open platforms to allow more material development for industry and researchers.

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Additive Manufacturing

JANUARY 16, 2023

Additive manufacturing software today does much more than support design and file prep for the process. PrintParts Launches SmartParts Software Integration Partner Program: PrintParts , an additive manufacturing technology company, launched its SmartParts Integration Partner Program. Ultimaker Release Ultimaker Cura 5.0:

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Modern Machine Shop

JUNE 27, 2024

ZF manufactures PowerLine eight-speed automatic transmissions at its Gray Court, South Carolina, flex plant, alongside other ICE transmissions and an increasing catalog of systems for hybrid and electric vehicles. 3D printing to support “speed of change.” “When is electrification coming? Adaptability.

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21st Century Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) there is a new course offering entitled, AI for Computational Design and Manufacturing. The course runs for five days and according to the syllabus includes the following: Learning how AI can be used in a manufacturing workflow for process optimization and control.

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Fastener News Desk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Streamlining Inventory Management with Additive Manufacturing Risk mitigation is hard, boring work. Businesses across every industry have been accelerating their adoption of digital solutions to mitigate the impact of global disruptions, but the manufacturing sector lags behind. Click here.

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Moldmaking Services Global manufacturers of small-, mid- and large-size molds Contract machining services and short-run plastic part production capabilities. Complete 3D design to manufacturing CAD/CAM solutions. 3D Printing Additive tooling. 3D-printed vented core pins and conformal cooling solutions.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Gearbox manufacturer SEAT Componentes needed to automate the unloading of 18,000 machined gears a day at its plant in Spain to guarantee the quality of the parts. The business challenge SEAT is a manufacturer of gearboxes for the Volkswagen Group plants in Europe, Asia, and America. Cobots aid in the gearbox manufacturing process.

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Additive Manufacturing

OCTOBER 14, 2022

As we consider existing 2022 trends and opportunities for additive manufacturing, coupled with the recent CHIPS and Science Act news (latest from Department of Commerce), as an industry we have some exciting times ahead. manufacturing technologies and jobs , the White House published the U.S.

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