Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Tackling supply chain uncertainty with 3D printing. They’re also considering implementing new tools and technologies such as 3D printing to bring manufacturing onshore and maintain continuity of production. Konica Minolta helps Australian businesses combat supply chain issues with advanced 3D printing technology.

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AU Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In an article released by Konica Minolta , the company identified the three primary reasons why industries are turning to 3D printing: reduced lead time, reduced costs and reduced transportation.

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E&T

MARCH 23, 2023

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Additive Manufacturing

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Glaze Prosthetics was born in 2017 after one of its founders 3D-printed a customised prosthetic arm for a friend. Wimba offers a range of orthopedic 3D printed products for animals. The new WimbaScan app has also shortened the time needed to take measurements from over one hour to just 15 minutes, using only a smartphone.

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 19, 2024

Over the last few years, a focus on “next-generation” technologies has permeated the manufacturing industry — particularly regarding 3D printing and mold materials complementary to this process. The processes and technologies used to produce these molds are also just as pivotal.

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Plastics Today

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Michigan-based thermoformer Duo Form collaborated with 3D Systems to integrate additive manufacturing into its production process.

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Mold Making Technology

JULY 5, 2023

Come to this session to learn some 3D printing best practices for producing hybrid tool inserts via recent real-world applications examples. Linear also works closely with the moldmaker at the front end of the design process to address these concerns by identifying the best part orientation on the build plate during the grow stage.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Mantle, the leader in metal 3D printing technology for toolmaking, recently revealed new customers and several new case studies that illustrate how customers are automating their toolmaking with Mantle technology. A Mantle system being shipped from Mantle headquarters to Spectrum Plastics Group. Photo courtesy of Mantle.

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Mold Making Technology

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

MoldMaking Technology has been following and covering the partnership between Westminster Tool and Mantle to develop metal 3D printing technology specifically for moldmaking for years. Employees also understand how the cost and lead time of printing a part will be.

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Additive Manufacturing

MARCH 13, 2023

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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Modern Machine Shop

MARCH 14, 2023

Metal 3D printing and machining are complementary processes. Vertically integrating 3D printing and machining gives manufacturer Addman Group the ability to manage the whole manufacturing process, ensuring that 3D printed parts meet customer needs. For example, 3D printed parts are getting larger.

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 7, 2023

Mantle ’s precision metal 3D printing technology produces precision tooling components — such as cavities, cores and sprue bushings — that reduce the time and cost of making production-grade tools, molds and dies. Photo Credit: Mantle Inc. Then, after another 5.5

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 16, 2023

The company has also evolved its expertise in large-scale additive manufacturing of thermoplastic composite molds, tooling, patterns and parts with its line of LSAM machines that 3D print and trim on the same machine. Using a Thermwood LSAM 10' × 20', the tool was printed from ABS (20% carbon fiber-filled) in 16 hours.

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Additive Manufacturing

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

3D printed plastic parts offer transformative lightweighting for aerospace, reducing the energy use and increasing the range of new aircraft. When the material and processes are fully exploited by product designers, it may also reduce the cost caused by overengineering and the waste and lead times of traditional manufacturing.

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Plastics Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

TrueShape technology reportedly cuts tooling lead times and costs by more than 50%.

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Plastics Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

TrueShape technology reportedly cuts tooling lead times and costs by more than 50%.

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Plastics Today

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The technique slashed cost and lead time for producing prototype parts.

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Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 2, 2024

With reshoring on the rise, the issue of tooling lead times and costs has reached a critical point. Robotics, simulation software and metal 3D printing can significantly reduce the labor required during the moldmaking process, enabling shorter lead times and lower costs. Photo Credit: Nicolet Plastics 3.

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Mold Making Technology

AUGUST 29, 2023

Westminster’s H13 insert developed for Xpress7 is shown above, including its metal 3D printed conformal cooling (top left), the completed 3D printed mold insert (center) and a closeup of the insert’s deep ribs. Photo Credit, all images: Mantle Inc. Mantle Inc. Mantle Inc. 29-30, 2023 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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MESA

MAY 26, 2023

manufacturing base as the technology enables shorter lead times, mass customization, energy reduction, complex shapes, and production of parts on demand providing benefits to both new acquisitions and legacy systems. AM is of significant interest to the U.S. America Makes Technology Director. “We

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Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 15, 2023

The impediment, of course, is the cost and time necessary for molds. Obtaining a prototype metal blow mold has traditionally entailed six weeks of lead time , at a cost of up to $10,000 , according to Rodriguez and R&D packaging engineer Thangthip Tekanil, to whom I spoke for this story.

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Mold Making Technology

MAY 24, 2023

Mantle’s P-200 3D printer (above), combined with the TruShape process, achieves high-performance part production with shorter lead times and lower costs. a metal 3D printing for moldmaking, announced that it has won the SME Additive Manufacturing Start-Up Technology Award for its innovative metal 3D printing technology.

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Additive Manufacturing

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

Available in your favorite app: Izhar Medalsy is the Chief Technology Officer of Nexa3D , a 3D printer OEM who is breaking the barriers of Additive Manufacturing and leading the ultrafast polymer 3D printing revolution. Dynamic transformation. About Nexa3D .

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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

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Laser Welding Repairs Micro-Threaded Inserts Fast Moldmaker/molder Medbio LLC sent unscrewing cores with damaged micro-threads out for repair via laser welding and polishing, slashing nine weeks off lead time to produce new inserts. Photo Credit: Medbio LLC 4. Photo Credit: Addman Group 3.

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Additive Manufacturing

JULY 28, 2022

Additive manufacturing (AM), more commonly known as 3D printing, is an innovative process where objects are created one layer at a time. AM delivers agility, consolidation and savings on lead-times, costs and resources. 3D Printing in Action. FALLS CHURCH, Va., SOURCE: Northrop Grumman.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

based company, One Off Robotics, is one of Meltio’s key partners in supporting wire-laser metal 3D printing in the USA. This new hardware system allows the customer to receive a ready-to-use cell for robotic metal 3D printing, removing the integration process and long assembly lead times.” “One

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Dinesh Mishra

AUGUST 23, 2022

If a part breaks, that could mean extended lead times and added costs. Joey Carpenter, production engineering technician, began using 3D printing to bring tooling production in-house and reduce potential disruptions. Carpenter was new to 3D printing when he was introduced to the MakerBot METHOD X series in early 2022.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The operator’s experience is the same, whether controlling traditional fiber placement, robotic fiber placement, 3D printing, robotic 3D printing, or any CNC machining process. Large-scale 3D Printing and Milling Platform From simulation to 3D printing in no time.

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Additive Manufacturing

DECEMBER 7, 2022

What does that mean for the qualification of 3D printed parts? reflected on the adoption of 3D printing, “There are over 400 3D printers in the field with Marines, more than any other service or global military combined.” Most of these printers capable of printing green bin parts are polymer.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

MARCH 23, 2023

Seco Tools 3D manufacturing creates new opportunities Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, allows Seco Tools to create products that would otherwise be difficult or impossible to manufacture. The advantages include shorter lead times, improved tool life and increased sustainability.

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MEM

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The new offering called AddParts, which is delivered exclusively by Addition Design, supplies digital spares for automated production lines on demand through the use of 3D scanning, digital data management and industrial 3D printing.

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Manufacturing Tomorrow

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The new carbon fiber-filled PEKK can save weight, cost and lead time by replacing aluminum

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i4.0 today

JUNE 19, 2023

3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) today announced that its polymer pellet-extrusion additive manufacturing (AM) system is being used by Duo Form, a leader in thermoforming for wide-ranging industries, to advance its production processes. At the same time, maintaining mold quality and durability is key.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The validation testing demonstrated AML3D’s WAM® technology as a cost-effective manufacturing solution with the potential to minimise lead times and meet BAE Systems Australia’s internal standards for additive manufactured components. AML3D utilises new technologies to pioneer and lead metal additive manufacturing globally.

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Modern Machine Shop

DECEMBER 4, 2022

”), the point became painfully obvious to me a few months ago when I was preparing my talk for the 3D Printing Workshop for Job Shops at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) in Chicago in September 2022. 3D printing the fixtures out of PETG solved the problem, putting a $1 million problem to rest.

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Additive Manufacturing

MAY 22, 2023

This grant enabled what could be the largest order of 3D printed parts. ” ([link] Merit3D is a company using additive manufacturing (3D Printing) to do mass production. These funds were used to purchase robots as well as other automation equipment used in their 3D printing process.

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