Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

A mold produced on a desktop resin 3D printer. Source (All images) | APSX As moldmakers face increasing pressures to deliver faster and more cost-effective solutions, integrating 3D printing (3DP), machining and desktop injection molding into the process can offer significant advantages for both novice and advanced moldmakers.

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Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 30, 2025

Source | Zero Tolerance Murphy Forsyth is the injection molding general manager at Zero Tolerance , a rapidly growing plastic injection mold machine shop located in Clinton Township, Michigan. This innovative technique combines the methods of 3D printing and injection molding to create molded parts.

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Additive Manufacturing

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

9, 2022 — Chromatic 3D Materials has launched ChromaScan, an additive manufacturing software for printing resin on non-planar surfaces. This new technology allows manufacturers to 3D print durable, flexible materials directly onto substrates of any shape including metal, plastic and textiles. MINNEAPOLIS, Nov.

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Mold Making Technology

AUGUST 18, 2024

Source | Alpine Advanced Materials Alpine Advanced Materials (Alpine), a custom-engineering and part manufacturer in industries like aerospace and defense , space and emerging transportation, leveraged a new prototyping process utilizing a dissolvable mold for high-performance injection molded composites.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

JANUARY 17, 2025

Disruptive Technologies Pioneering 3D Printing for Custom Heat Pump Components Revolutionizing heat pump manufacturing by employing 3D printing to produce bespoke components. Enhancing the functionality of heat pump systems, resulting in smarter, more efficient, and adaptable solutions through joint R&D initiatives.

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21st Century Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

It intends to explore and teach the transitioning of today’s manufacturing systems into on-demand, custom-designed processes that use 3D printing or additive manufacturing, and artificial intelligence (AI). space agency, that recently started revealing hardware for spacecraft designed using 3D printing and AI?

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Source (All images) | Standex Engraving Mold-Tech. Custom textured molds are essential for improving a product's aesthetics, functionality and brand identity. Clear goals, both functional and aesthetic, will guide every subsequent decision in the design process. A gloss level of at least 2.2,

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Additive Manufacturing

DECEMBER 7, 2022

With new technologies, materials, and post processing capabilities making their entrance into the industry, it’s important to validate end-use functionality. What does that mean for the qualification of 3D printed parts? Most of these printers capable of printing green bin parts are polymer.

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i4.0 today

MARCH 13, 2023

Integrating multiple functionalities within a single entity promises simpler, more efficient devices without compromising capability. What if, rather than assembling numerous subsidiary components and ensuring electrical connectivity, the functionality was integrated into the object itself?

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Additive Manufacturing

JANUARY 11, 2023

Desktop Metal Welcomes X-Series Line of Additive Manufacturing Systems for Metal and Ceramics into Growing Portfolio: Desktop Metal launched the X-Series line of binder jet 3D printing systems for metal and ceramic powders in a wide range of particle sizes. 3DQue Launches QuinlyVision for 3D Printing: 3DQue Systems Inc.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

JANUARY 16, 2023

Award-winning WA company Avicena was quick to recognise the contribution 3D printing could make to the manufacture and ongoing operation of its ground-breaking Sentinel Biosecurity Platform, an accurate, rapid and scalable molecular diagnostic instrument capable of detecting diverse pathogens, including COVID-19.

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i4.0 today

MARCH 31, 2023

The villa in the capital city of Riyadh is the first 3D printed building from Dar Al Arkan. It was 3D printed in just 26 days and is fully compliant with the building codes, making it a bright example of how technology and innovation can work hand in hand with safety and regulation. Today Magazine.

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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. A year later, the company launched Eiger, its cloud- based 3D printing software.

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Mold Making Technology

JUNE 19, 2024

Not only did 3D printing a manual EOAT greatly reduce cost versus using a robot, but it increased operator safety and shortened the effective molding cycle time versus loading inserts by hand into the hot mold cavity (left showing operator using the claw to rapidly load inserts). Source | Westec Plastics Corp.

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AU Manufacturing

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Award-winning WA company Avicena was quick to recognise the contribution 3D printing could make to the manufacture and ongoing operation of its ground-breaking Sentinel Biosecurity Platform, an accurate, rapid and scalable molecular diagnostic instrument capable of detecting diverse pathogens, including COVID-19. .

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Gary Mintchell

JUNE 30, 2023

The first applications are: Metrology Reporting, a Nexus App: The app connects Hexagon and third-party metrology data sources in Nexus’ secure cloud environment so that companies of all sizes can immediately report on previously untapped quality control data from their equipment to spot trends and identify tolerance issues.

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Control Engineering

AUGUST 27, 2022

Texas A&M University has developed a new class of biomaterial inks that mimic native characteristics of highly conductive human tissue, which is needed for the ink used in 3D printing, or additive manufacturing. This also allows any researcher to build 3D bioprinters tailored to fit their own research needs.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The focus is on harnessing the benefits of the latest technologies, with 3D printing – additive manufacturing, or AM – providing a fast, efficient and low-cost entry point. Unfortunately, JIT simply cannot function in a world where prompt, reliable import/export logistics no longer exist.

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 22, 2024

Source | APSX LLC In a recent collaboration, injection molding machine supplier APSX-PIM and Nexa3D have integrated the APSX-PIM desktop injection molding machine with Nexa3D’s freeform injection molding (FIM) 3D printers, culminating in new possibilities for product design, prototyping and production.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 23, 2025

Consult with a welding expert to see if there are welding processes, power sources, filler metals and flux (in the case of submerged arc welding) that could narrow the bevel. A trim control function further controls the weld bead profile, shaping it to be more concave or convex just by turning one knob.

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AU Manufacturing

MARCH 5, 2023

The WarpSPEE3D at Nupress is part of a partnership with SPEE3D to provide Nupress clients and other organisations with an accessible subscription-based metal 3D printing service for medium to long-term projects. The performance of a machined part and a 3D printed part can be greatly different, depending on the application. “We

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Additive Manufacturing

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

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.

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Fastener News Desk

APRIL 7, 2025

This milestone marks the transition from MVP to First Edition functionality, introducing a secure, quality-assured digital distribution network. SOURCE Wrth Industry of North America

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Manufacturer's Monthly

APRIL 29, 2025

Space Machines Company (SMC) is at the forefront of addressing these concerns, offering solutions to monitor, maintain, and safeguard satellites, ensuring their continuous functionality for the modern world. Space Machines Company is an Australian-based company specialising in building advanced systems for space, both hardware and software.

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Modern Machine Shop

JULY 14, 2024

Source: Volkmann Volkmann USA’s PowTReX Basic metal powder reprocessing system offers safe metal powder transfer, recovery and extraction systems for AM. The Volkmann PowTReX Basic metal powder reprocessing system. Sieved powder is collected inside for reuse, while oversize particles are diverted for removal.

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Additive Manufacturing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Combining the Essentium High Speed Extrusion (HSE TM ) 280i HT 3D Printer with Braskem’s polyolefin materials will unlock affordable, sustainable, and rapid volume production of 3D printed thermoplastic components. “Our partnership with Essentium is a huge win for manufacturers worldwide.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

AUGUST 11, 2024

Image: ELO2 Consortium The manufacturing of the rover for the Trailblazer mission involves various materials such as aluminium, titanium, and specialised alloys, utilising manufacturing methods like sheet metal, CNC cutting, and additive metal 3D printing. Overall, most materials can be readily sourced locally for the project.”

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i4.0 today

OCTOBER 7, 2022

stands for “Jetted Additively Manufactured Electronics Sources,” and was founded to advance the development of AME (Additively Manufactured Electronics) through a collaborative space that delivers technical know-how, design enablement and real-time communication, within a diverse global community, and at all levels of expertise.

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Robotics Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2024

This open-source research project is attempting to generalize training for robots when you don’t want to have to train thousands of examples of a task, and then have the operation succeed in zero-shot situations or unseen environments. The smartphone captures all of the data of the scene as a task, such as opening a door, is completed.

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i4.0 today

MARCH 1, 2024

As manufacturing technology advances, new trends are emerging that are pushing the boundaries of what is possible – from 3D printing to intelligent production networks. In all these sectors, precision is not only a question of quality, but also of safety and reliable functionality. But what trends are emerging? © Surplex).

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Modern Machine Shop

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Source: GrayMatter Robotics 1. short.pfonline.com/graymatterAI These lattice cubes were 3D printed from clear resin using stereolithography, then coated by RePliForm with electroless nickel, copper and layers of ductile and hard nickel to improve their compression performance. Source: Additive Manufacturing 2.

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Robotics Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Source: Kawasaki Robotics There are currently 174,213 robotics engineering jobs in the workforce today, according to the College Board. ” “Instead of metal, it’s 3D printed. Because it’s 3D printed, we can keep the weight down,” he added. Register now. ASTOR designed, developed, and built Astorino.

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AU Manufacturing

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The focus is on harnessing the benefits of the latest technologies, with 3D printing – additive manufacturing, or AM – providing a fast, efficient and low-cost entry point. . Unfortunately, JIT simply cannot function in a world where prompt, reliable import/export logistics no longer exist.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents this award to the company that has developed a product with innovative features and functionality that is gaining rapid acceptance in the market. It leverages trendsetting hybrid systems that allow seamless integration with renewable energy sources such as solar power and energy storage technologies.

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Modern Machine Shop

MARCH 14, 2024

Source: ProShop USA Inc. The ProShop Ecosystem will also be used to track and manage 3D print, metrology, laser and human integration labs on different floors. IE is also installing chip manufacturing equipment after being designated one of the major chipmaking hubs in the U.S.

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Fastener News Desk

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Since this Tier 3 aerospace supplier could not find a manufacturing partner, they turned to 3DEO and metal 3D printing as a ‘Hail Mary’ alternative. ” The durability of the printed part in the application really impressed our customer. Component functionality optimization. Source: 3DEO . Production at scale. .

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Source (All images) | Cimatron While mold design hasn’t gotten any easier, the availability of innovative technologies that remove the guesswork from the complex process do make it easier to quickly understand what works and what does not work. For example, printer-friendly conformal channel shapes include teardrops, Xs and diamonds.

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