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3D Printing Accelerates R&D Process For Prototyping Molds

Mold Making Technology

However, 3D printing offers an accelerated path for prototyping molds. Specifically, LSI Solutions wanted to find the right 3D printing technology to pair with a specific material grade, Ultracur3D RG 3280, from the chemical solutions company, Forward AM. Enter Axtra3D’s printer for injection molding.

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How to Start a 3D Printing Service Bureau

Additive Manufacturing

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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Particles: Enabling More Functionality to 3D Printing Filaments

Additive Manufacturing

/November 29, 2022 – Purdue University researchers have developed a patent-pending method to add particles to filament and disperse them evenly through a traditional fused deposition modeling, or FDM, 3D printer, which will aid industry in manufacturing functional parts. Brittany Newell and Jose M.

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Joint Research Project 3D Prints MIM Tool With Near-Contour Cooling

Mold Making Technology

A 3D-printed tool for metal injection molding being produced on an ExAM 255. The multi-material ExAM 255 3D printing system enables high build speeds for high-precision 3D components manufacture. The goal of this joint project was to use 3D printing to manufacture a tool for MIM with near-contour cooling.

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3D Digital Data, Additive Manufacturing and Medicine – The advantages and gaps

Additive Manufacturing

Take, for example, the commercialization of Invisalign dental aligners in 1999 using indirect 3D printing of forms, and the creation of patient-matched in-ear hearing aid cases by Siemens in the early 2000s, with millions of patients treated. As metal 3D printing and materials have advanced so have solutions for healthcare.

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Velo3D achieves global production of same parts using same print file

AU Manufacturing

In a bid to achieve better part repeatability with advanced metal additive manufacturing (AM) across the globe, a network of contract manufacturers has collaborated and obtained significant results in printing the same print file of an industrial part using Velo3D Sapphire systems in six locations. one in Asia and one in Europe.

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High-Speed Production 3D Printer for Upcycled Wood Parts: Desktop Metal Announces Broad Availability of the Shop System™ Forust Edition

Additive Manufacturing

BOSTON/October 31, 2022 — Desktop Metal announced broad availability of the Shop System Forust Edition, a binder jet 3D printing system for the high-speed production of functional, end-use wood parts using upcycled sawdust from the wood milling industry.