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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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How Additive Manufacturing Can Help Fix the Supply Chain

Fastener News Desk

By Clare Scott A supply chain crisis has been affecting the world in recent years, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic. This has taken the form of long lead times, as well as stalling of production when parts needed for manufacturing fail. AM makes the supply chain independent from consumer demand and reduces waste.

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Protecting the digital manufacturing supply chain while promoting innovation

Control Engineering

Manufacturing Supply Chain Insights. Manufacturing is the No. Many small and midsized manufacturers assume their limited profile shields them from being targeted in cyberattacks, the opposite is often true thanks to the supply chain. defense industrial base and supply chain.

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MTA Expands Support for Engineering-based Manufacturers with the Launch of a New Cluster of Trade Associations and Events

i4.0 today

The move has seen the Engineering Industries Association (EIA) and Additive Manufacturing UK (AMUK) join the MTA portfolio to create a unique alliance dedicated to promoting excellence in the field of engineering-based manufacturing. AMUK is the UK’s only trade association for Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing businesses.

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How a collaborative approach is driving Ireland from Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0

Control Engineering

The Irish government offers support to help industry manage the cost of advanced manufacturing projects, including a 25% R&D tax credit, grants to support RD&I and training grants aimed at upskilling the workforce for next-generation activities. The blessing and the curse of Industry 5.0 is that it’s an open-ended concept.

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Large Hybrid Steel Insert Solves Deformation, Dimensionality, Cycle Time Problems

Mold Making Technology

From the start, the company embraced the benefits of metal additive manufacturing (AM). Initially, that involved 3D printing metal tool components, details and geometries that would otherwise need to be EDM’d. Last year, Linear merged with on-demand digital manufacturer Shapeways Inc.

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MoldMaking Technology's Most-Viewed Content 2022: Products

Mold Making Technology

Mold in a Day Technology Slashes Tool Production, Eliminates Supply Chain Headache. Photo Credit: Next Chapter Manufacturing. Next Chapter Manufacturing highlights its transformative “ Mold in a Day ” (MIAD) technology to accelerate the injection molding process, meeting the challenge of supply chain disruptions.