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America Makes Announces IMPACT Project Call Worth $11.7M in Funding

MESA

The project call is also seeking innovative solutions for robotic AM process planning for continuous fiber-reinforced composite structures. This project call addresses the needs of a broad cross-section of our nation’s supply chain including the casting and forging supply chain,” stated Brandon Ribic, Ph.D.,

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8 Ways the Plastics Industry Is Using 3D Printing

Mold Making Technology

Today molders, moldmakers and OEMs alike are turning to this layer-by-layer production technology to save time, serve new markets and even fill supply chain gaps. Mold Tooling Lead time delays for molded parts often originate from difficulties with sourcing tooling. Machines have improved and material options have widened.

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Manufacturing In the Middle: Growth, Opportunity and New Challenges

Cisco Smart Manufacturing

Large, advanced plants are using a plethora of advanced manufacturing processes, robots and data as a core part of their operations. Supply chain relationships. Supply chain: The overall management and utilization of the supply chain increasingly become essential, and a competitive advantage for manufacturers.

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Metal AM Advances in Composite Tooling

Mold Making Technology

The additive tooling matched identical carbon fiber-reinforced composite tooling in terms of dimensional control, vacuum integrity and true position hole location, while providing improved durability. It also reduced maintenance costs, tool costs (30-40%) and tooling lead times (20-30%). Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.),

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MoldMaking Technology's Most-Viewed Content 2022: Products

Mold Making Technology

Mold in a Day Technology Slashes Tool Production, Eliminates Supply Chain Headache. Next Chapter Manufacturing highlights its transformative “ Mold in a Day ” (MIAD) technology to accelerate the injection molding process, meeting the challenge of supply chain disruptions. Photo Credit: Swiss Steel Group.