Mold Making Technology

JULY 4, 2023

Photo Credit: Next Chapter Manufacturing MoldMaking Technology ’s online database offers more than 1,000 manufacturers, distributors and suppliers for more than 200 product and service categories that you employ daily. Paul, MN, 651-289-9700 Mazak North America — Florence, KY, 859-342-1700 Methods 3D Inc. — St.

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 3, 2024

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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Metrology

JANUARY 16, 2023

QSigma GmbH, a supplier of optical measurement solutions for industrial applications, has chosen 3D laser profile scanners from Micro-Epsilon for use on its Spring Measurement Solution (SMS), a measurement system.

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Additive Manufacturing

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

06, 2022 — 3D Systems announced CuNi30, a corrosion-resistant, copper-nickel alloy for use with its DMP Flex 350 metal 3D printer. This leads to very long lead times and a limited number of capable and willing suppliers who can support production of quality hardware. ROCK HILL, S.C.,

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iBASEt

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The Solumina i100 release delivers foundational features for the model-based enterprise—the first step in our journey to extend the value of 3D models beyond design engineering. The i100 release also includes numerous enhancements that streamline your planning, production, and supplier quality processes.

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Modern Machine Shop

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

3D model-based definition (MBD) enables manufacturers to reduce errors and avoid manual data re-entry introduced by the traditional drawing-based communication processes. In a MBD process, the original 3D model is the authority dataset to which all manufacturing is verified against.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

DECEMBER 11, 2023

With 3D printing beginning to finally have the impact on manufacturing that was expected some 30 years ago, manufacturers remain wary of truly capitalising on it. Frustration with an intermittent problem with one of printers in the mid 2010’s forced Jurg to consider a way of demonstrating to the supplier the fault in the system.

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Additive Manufacturing

DECEMBER 5, 2022

New materials announcements were made for both medical and aerospace and well as filaments with more functionality for material extrusion systems. Along with NASA invested in systems to use large-scale 3D printing to build lunar structures, the 3D printing community just can’t stop pushing the boundaries of what can be done.

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Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Cavity block of a hose connector set up on the 3D scanner’s stage. For example, the team successfully used various 2D vision and light-based measurement systems but then decided it was time to acquire 3D scanning technology in-house. Photos Credit, all images: Accudyn Products Inc.

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Additive Manufacturing

JANUARY 11, 2023

While the list is surely not exhaustive, it does include most of the introductions for printers, sensors, post processing, and important 3D scanners along with modules and automation systems. For large-scale 3D printers for construction and proprietary concrete-based ink.

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Metrology

AUGUST 8, 2022

Danfoss Power Solutions, a supplier of mobile and industrial hydraulics as well as electric powertrain systems, has invested in an advanced 3D scanner robot for its joystick manufacturing lines in.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

AUGUST 9, 2023

Markforged has been at the forefront of additive manufacturing for the past 10 years, helping manufacturers revolutionise the industrial production landscape by bringing 3D printing right to the factory floor. A year later, the company launched Eiger, its cloud- based 3D printing software.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

AUGUST 1, 2022

3D Systems’ global Application Innovation Group (AIG) partners with customers to reduce risk and create a faster ROI by developing qualified, transferrable, and scalable production processes.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Of those businesses, 88 per cent reported increased time to receive products from suppliers, while 80 per cent reported that existing suppliers were unable to provide products. Tackling supply chain uncertainty with 3D printing. reduced costs. reduced transportation.

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AU Manufacturing

JUNE 1, 2023

Wire Additive Manufacturing company AML3D is making the final preparations to deliver its large-scale ARCEMY X-Edition 6700 System to Oak Ridge International Laboratory in Tennessee as it enters the US Defence market as an OEM supplier.

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AU Manufacturing

MARCH 7, 2023

Markforged said its Metal Binder Jetting 3D printing brings manufacturing home, offering supply chain resilience and capabilities to manufacture small to large-scale serial production of metal parts at the point of need. The post Markforged rolls out PX100 Binder Jetting system in Australia appeared first on Australian Manufacturing.

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Metrology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Optomec, a leader in 3D metal additive manufacturing (AM) solutions and Acme Manufacturing, the global supplier of robotic material removal systems, have showcased at IMTS a fully automated work cell.

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AU Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

A recent study by SmarTech Analysis titled, “ 3D Printing Jewelry Markets 2023: Market Study and Forecast” has found that the market for 3D printed jewellery will grow at a 10-year CAGR of 10 per cent from 2021 to 2031, from $489 million (AUD $701 million) in 2017 to $989 million (AUD $1.4 billion) in 2031.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

APRIL 15, 2024

Treotham Automation stands as one Australia’s foremost supplier of industrial automation components, catering to a diverse array of sectors. Another example is the automation employed in tasks like moving arms in car wash systems. Railway systems rely on automation for signalling, train control, and maintenance tasks.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

3D Systems presents CuNi30, a corrosion-resistant, copper-nickel alloy for use with its DMP Flex 350 metal 3D printer. This leads to very long lead times and a limited number of capable and willing suppliers who can support production of quality hardware. We’ve had a decades-long relationship with the U.S.

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Additive Manufacturing

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Our customers have options for an expedited two business day turn-around in their 3D Printing Service. SLS systems allow them to print more of the expedited jobs, and the print quality is as good as any printer in the market.” XYZprinting solves this by providing high-performance systems with smaller build volumes for less waste.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

OCTOBER 18, 2023

To address these issues, the client sought a solution that would streamline warehouse operations, improve stock management, enhance safety, and integrate seamlessly with a new, RA specified Automated Storage and Retrieval System shuttle system. A critical improvement RA made was to the palletising system.

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Additive Manufacturing

JULY 28, 2022

Additive manufacturing (AM), more commonly known as 3D printing, is an innovative process where objects are created one layer at a time. 3D Printing in Action. From 3D printing rocket motors to using advanced materials to produce aircraft parts, the company uses AM across the enterprise. FALLS CHURCH, Va.,

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

GITAI’s S2 dual-armed robot system will conduct various tasks at the International Space Station. ’s latest robotic system, S2, this week launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket headed for the International Space Station. The system arrived today. based company’s dual-armed robotic system. meter (5 ft.)-long

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Additive Manufacturing

JANUARY 9, 2023

ICYMI: As 2023 begins, the community continues to accelerate with announcements of production additive manufacturing applications including 3D-printed graphene armor, personalized gaming gear, and side view mirrors on the RAM 1500 concept vehicle. January 4, 2023– Braskem acquired taulman3D , a filament supplier.

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21st Century Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

It intends to explore and teach the transitioning of today’s manufacturing systems into on-demand, custom-designed processes that use 3D printing or additive manufacturing, and artificial intelligence (AI). space agency, that recently started revealing hardware for spacecraft designed using 3D printing and AI?

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 5, 2024

From hot runners to 3D printing and even a story about a man’s dream to enjoy golf with his family—we believe we have a little something for everyone in our February lineup of most-viewed articles. This case study details their process in choosing a supplier for their new EDM equipment. Source: (top left) Incoe Corp.,

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Fabricating & Metal Work

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Siemens has purchased an ElemX metal 3D Printer, adding to its fleet of additive machines inside the company’s Charlotte Advanced Technology Collaboration Hub (CATCH). The CATCH facility focuses on the industrialization of additive manufacturing, working with machine builders, material suppliers and end-customers.

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Additive Manufacturing

DECEMBER 7, 2022

What does that mean for the qualification of 3D printed parts? To understand the qualification standards of the Marine Corps is to understand the bins system. Enter the color-coded bins system. Below are brief descriptions of each bin and examples of their usage within the Marine Corps’ present-day system.

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 13, 2023

3D printing advancements and applications have gone from conformally cooled hot runner nozzles using a 3D-printed pattern to cast the part with integrated cooling circuits (left) to large DMLS 3D-printed parts in 420 stainless steel with integrated conformal cooling and InnoVent Technology for venting (right). I was hooked.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

More than 300 customers and dealers attended the MC Machinery Systems EDM and Milling Technology Summit in the Chicago area in November. More than 300 customers and dealers attended the MC Machinery Systems EDM and Milling Technology Summit on Thursday, Nov. 2 at its Elk Grove Village, Ill.

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AU Manufacturing

MAY 18, 2023

Major considerations in copper’s material qualities The quality of the materials used is always the first step towards manufacturing high-value parts, and fusing copper with other metals to create the alloys required for 3D printing high-value parts has not been a simple feat. Another problem is oxygen sensitivity.

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i4.0 today

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) have recently announced that it will partner with Visual Components headquartered in Espoo, Finland in a joint venture company, named ME Industrial Simulation Software Corporation, to develop and sell 3D simulators for manufacturing applications.

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Additive Manufacturing

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The high-tech company will show the particle accelerator component at the leading 3D printing trade show Formnext in Frankfurt in November. Among other things, the focus is on 3D metal printing. Until now, suppliers manufactured the RFQs for scientific laboratories like CERN and for industry at large using conventional methods.

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Dinesh Mishra

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Lazer Sport uses Siemens’ NX™ software for product engineering and manufacturing, along with Simcenter™ 3D software for digital simulation and verification. We chose the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio for its wide range of applications and the ability to seamlessly connect 3D design with 3D printing for prototyping and digital simulation.

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Mold Making Technology

AUGUST 2, 2023

Many molds require complex hot runner systems, like this one, which features a sequentially controlled valve gate system with nozzles on the top and sides. The communication of comprehensive data between the molder/OEM, moldmaker and hot runner supplier early on will ensure the right hot runner system is built for the job.

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AU Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

With their manufacturing based in Brisbane, Australia, Johnson Screens went to the market seeking a local partner to supply an industrial-grade polymer AM system that could produce durable polypropylene parts within tolerance and at scale. The HP Multi Jet Fusion system is a complete 3D printing solution. “We

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