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Learning From Additive Manufacturing Qualification In The United States Marine Corps 

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What does that mean for the qualification of 3D printed parts? To understand the qualification standards of the Marine Corps is to understand the bins system. All parts require an appropriate six-digit source, maintenance and recoverability (SMR) code and exist in a digital repository for information sharing and tracking.

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Burloak Technologies receives ISO 17025 for its materials testing lab

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This successful accreditation demonstrates both the technical competence and quality management system of Burloak’s materials testing lab, states the company.

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Supply Chain: Managing Additive Manufacturing Variation, Qualification, & the Entire Process 

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Laerum revealed that Equinor has more than $3 billion in inventory, yet still needs to source more parts and that AM should be a solution to this. Peter Le: “In our industry [there are] a lot of traceability requirements, the quality management system, powder handling, all that good stuff,” he says.

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

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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. The post A New Tool Revealing Chemistry at the Scale of 3D Printing appeared first on Additive Manufacturing (AM).