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8 Ways the Plastics Industry Is Using 3D Printing

Mold Making Technology

Once relegated to rapid prototyping, 3D printing technology has now advanced far beyond the design studio. At NPE 2024: The Plastics Show , 3D printing and additive manufacturing (AM) suppliers will be highlighted in the Advanced Manufacturing Zone , while AM users will take to the stage for Wednesday’s 3D Printing Workshop.

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3D Printed Space Habitat Lands at Institut auf dem Rosenberg

Additive Manufacturing

HÖHENWEG, Switzerland, July 20, 2022 — Institut auf dem Rosenberg and SAGA Space Architects unveiled the world’s tallest 3D printed space habitat, an extraterrestrial learning environment. This is just the beginning of the habitat, and now the research and education begin.

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ARM Hub taps additive manufacturing in spinal cord injury tech dev’t

AU Manufacturing

Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Hub has collaborated with various organisations to provide its expertise in design, additive manufacturing , and robotics for the Spinal Life Australia (SLA) project in an effort to increase remote care solutions for people with disability.

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NPE 2024: Additive Manufacturing Assisting, Advancing the Plastics Industry

Mold Making Technology

Metal 3D printing offers a faster way to obtain injection mold inserts, such as this mold slide for an automotive trim tool 3D printed with Mantle’s technology. Printing this slide required only 4 hours of active labor from the customer’s toolmakers, versus several hundred hours to produce it conventionally.

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How industry can realise the benefits of advanced technology

Manufacturer's Monthly

The trade of welding conjures up images of dirty, dark workshops full to the brim with traditional tools and machinery prone to throwing off sparks and fumes. Increasingly, Australia’s world-class welding workshops are light and bright, and fitted out with some of the most advanced technology available. The power of Industry 4.0,

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MoldMaking Technology's Most-Viewed March Articles

Mold Making Technology

We explored a wide array of topics, ranging from business management to mold maintenance to robotics , and everything in between. Our Editorial Director, Christina Fuges , attended a MoldTrax mold maintenance workshop in 2019 and shared her experiences. Source: (top left) B A Die Mold Inc., (top Read it here. Watch the full interview.

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Construction begins on new medical discovery centre in Victoria

AU Manufacturing

Construction on Australia’s first hospital-based biomedical engineering research centre, the Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery, has begun in Victoria , which will house specialist 3D printing and clinical simulation laboratories.