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8 Ways the Plastics Industry Is Using 3D Printing

Mold Making Technology

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. Mold Tooling Lead time delays for molded parts often originate from difficulties with sourcing tooling.

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Nexa3D Starts Shipping Its High-Throughput Laser Sintering Platform, the QLS 820

Additive Manufacturing

The QLS 820 features, exchangeable build station that operators can use for continuous production during the cooldown process, eliminating production bottlenecks and increasing throughput and overall asset utilization.

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Nexa3D Brings to Market High Throughput, Powder Bed Additive Manufacturing Platform

Additive Manufacturing

As we attend IMTS 2022, we are very proud, that our new QLS 820 is printing at speeds of up to 8 litters per hour, at packing density of up to 20%, delivering orders of magnitude productivity gains without the typical costs and lead-times associated with tooled plastics.”.

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Swiss-Type, Live Tooling Lathes Help Turn Company Around

Modern Machine Shop

” In 2018, Holt became president of Rathburn Tool & Manufacturing, a business her father founded in 1983 to produce small quantities of parts for the heavy truck industry. “But he really ramped up the technology very quickly over a short period of time.” “That was never in the plans.”

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