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Leading 3D Printing Companies Form Consortium

Fabricating & Metal Work

At Formnext 2024, a new consortium of leading 3D printing companies was announced to address the most pressing challenges that manufacturers face in adopting and scaling 3D printing technology for industrial use. The consortiums initial initiative aims to create a common language framework for 3D printing.

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Optimized End Mills and Milling System Developed for Heat-Resistant Materials

Mold Making Technology

market in July 2024, the six-flute was specifically engineered for titanium and super alloys. The additively manufactured MaxiMill – 211-DC indexable insert milling system with advanced coolant supply was created through in-house additive manufacturing with 3D printed cooling channels.

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8 Ways the Plastics Industry Is Using 3D Printing

Mold Making Technology

Once relegated to rapid prototyping, 3D printing technology has now advanced far beyond the design studio. Today molders, moldmakers and OEMs alike are turning to this layer-by-layer production technology to save time, serve new markets and even fill supply chain gaps.

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3D Printing Market: IDTechEx Takes a Look at the Economic Challenges

i4.0 today

In 2024, the 3D printing space saw challenges and slower growth, with several prominent materials players exiting the industry. In Europe, interest rates were also cut many times in 2024 to help ease inflation, and these cuts had a major effect on the purchasing of 3D printing equipment.

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3D-printed rocket launch successful; second stage, less so

E&T

The Long Beach, California-based company's 110-foot-tall (33.5m) Terran 1 rocket, which is 85 per cent made of 3D-printed parts, lifted off on its debut flight around 11:25 p.m. Relativity's launch was intended to validate the company's supposition that its rocket's 3D-printed structure can withstand the forces of a launch off Earth.

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3D Electronics: A New Frontier of Product Differentiation

i4.0 today

A $4.3bn 3D electronics market opportunity 3D electronics is ironically a relatively old embryonic technology. The IDTechEx report 3D Electronics/Additive Electronics 2024-2034: Technologies, Players, and Markets forecasts the opportunity being $4.3

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The Future of Eco-Friendly Manufacturing: 10 Key Strategies for Sustainable Materials

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Click here to explore the world of sustainable materials: Top 10 Growth Opportunities in Materials, 2024 Technological Innovation : Advanced technologies such as chemical recycling and bio-based materials are reshaping industries like plastics and ploymers , packaging , and glass , and offering more efficient ways to reuse resources.