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Cross-Functional Group Targets Metal 3D Printing Design, Engineering Services

Mold Making Technology

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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Xact Metal Launches Initiative for 3D Printing in Moldmaking

Mold Making Technology

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., “The Xact Metal XM200G fits that bill. .” “The Xact Metal XM200G fits that bill. an Xact Metal customer.

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

Fastener News Desk

They may be dull as dirt, but they’re also in everything: “What makes us a unique fit is two things,” began Strandquist. Strandquist also participates in the 3D Printing in Auto Repair Task Force headed up by Sears.) This is especially the case given fasteners’ universal applicability. WAG is here with a survival guide.

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7 Innovative Medical Applications in Additive Manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing

The value proposition of medical 3D printing is massive. No One is One-Size-Fits-All. Whether you look at the people around you or you’ve ever fallen for a clothes tag suggesting it will fit all (or, worse, “most”), understanding that no two people are built quite the same requires less-than-Sherlockian powers of observation.

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A New Tool Revealing Chemistry at the Scale of 3D Printing

Additive Manufacturing

As illustrated in Figure 1, the ionization source, LALI, uses two lasers to first ablate, or release, material from a solid sample’s surface and then ionize neutrals present in the ablated material. This system does not require an inert gas, and it is fully contained within a compact package that fits on a desktop.