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Rapid Manufacturing Providers Merge to Create Uptive Brand 

Mold Making Technology

Uptives’s capabilities include additive manufacturing (AM), rapid prototyping, CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication, injection molding and tooling, and post-processing and finishing. Brands under the Uptive umbrella include: Re3dtech – AM capabilities, including HP multi-jet fusion and Markforged composites.

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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. Prototyping and Product Development 3D printing still plays a valuable role for rapid prototyping, as it is often the fastest way to get a look-and-feel prototype or iterate design ideas.

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Forging the future for additive manufacturing in Defence

Manufacturer's Monthly

Secure Bits acts as a ‘one stop shop’ for defence projects, sitting across composites, metals and rapid prototyping, but also CNC machining, sheet metal, plastics and electronics all in-house. In Australia, Sydney’s Garden Island Naval base has both composite and metal Markforged printers.

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Manufacturing In the Middle: Growth, Opportunity and New Challenges

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

New materials/composites. Additive manufacturing and rapid prototyping. Source: Middle Market Manufacturing: How to Thrive in a Transforming Environment (2018). National Center for the Middle Market. These included: Cybersecurity. Advanced process control. Robotics/advanced automation.

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Tech Roundup: Making Sure Your Moldmaking Needs Are Met

Mold Making Technology

The printer applications include rapid prototyping, mold and die, one-offs, short runs, mass manufacturing, maintenance, repair, tooling and more. " The Lasertec 30 SLM US features several key advancements — adaptive beam control enabling dynamic changes to laser power, laser speed and laser beam profile.