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Hexagon strengthens additive manufacturing portfolio with CADS Additive acquisition

Automation Mag

Hexagon has completed the acquisition of CADS Additive, a fast-growing provider of specialized software that helps companies prepare designs for metal additive manufacturing (AM). Hexagon notes in a press statement that CADS Additive simplifies the process of 3D printing on powder bed fusion (PBF) machines.

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Konica Minolta Australia: How 3D printing transforms the future of supply chains

AU Manufacturing

According to the tech giant, Australian businesses must implement strategies to manage their own supply chain risk and adequately invest in new technologies that streamline the manufacturing process in order to have significant cost savings benefits.

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Metal Additive Manufacturing is an Untapped Market Innovation

Fabricating & Metal Work

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Liebherr manufactures high-pressure hydraulic valve blocks for Airbus. We can also look at BMW, which opened its Additive Manufacturing Campus outside of Munich, Germany, in 2020. www.eos.info Subscribe to learn the latest in manufacturing.

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How 3D printing is reshaping the future of supply chains

Manufacturer's Monthly

The 3D printing manufacturing process allows for just-in-time (JIT) inventory to increase efficiency, cut costs, and decrease waste. It also helps manufacturing companies customise nearly every aspect of their product and operations.

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Scape Technologies, Danish Technological Institute, and AMT join in a new EUROSTARS Project: Just in Time 3D Printing Production

i4.0 today

The Process of Additive Manufacturing for Creating 3D Objects Additive manufacturing is the process of creating a 3D object by building it one layer at a time and it is using computer-aided-design (CAD) software or 3D object scanners to direct hardware to deposit material, layer upon layer, in precise geometric shapes.

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How digital twins speed up the manufacturing process

Control Engineering

Computer-aided design (CAD) has completely transformed the manufacturing process. In fact, CAD and computer numerical control ( CNC) are two technologies responsible for a revolution in most of the manufactured goods we have seen in recent years.

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Additive manufacturers stretch capabilities with digitalization, motion control

Control Engineering

Learning Objectives Learn about what additive manufacturers displayed and showcased at Rapid + TCT. Understand how the industry is changing and what this means for industrial manufacturers. Like other manufacturing industries, they continue evolving. Like other manufacturing industries, they continue evolving.