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Polymer

UMaine’s FoF 1.0 Large-Scale 3D Printer Shatters Former Guinness World Record for Additive Manufacturing

The large-scale thermoplastic polymer printer offers new opportunities for eco-friendly and cost-effective manufacturing for numerous industries, including national security, affordable housing, bridge construction, ocean and wind energy technologies, and maritime vessel fabrication.

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Materials

Shape Lab Develops MyCera to Reinforce 3D Printed Clay Structures

Mycelium is an intelligently oriented fiber reinforcement that can increase the structural performance of 3D printed unfired clay elements and enable bio-welding of fired elements.

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Construction

Arburg Denmark Celebrates 25th Anniversary

The subsidiary has represented Arburg in Scandinavia since 1997.

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LFAM

3 Points About 3D Printing Large Parts We Can Learn From the Lunar Habitat (Video)

Ingersoll Machine Tools describes the capabilities and promise of large-scale additive manufacturing as seen in the 3D printed sections of the Rosenberg Space Habitat.

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Metal

500-Pound Replacement Part 3D Printed by Robot: The Cool Parts Show #50

Our biggest metal cool part so far: Wire arc additive manufacturing delivers a replacement (and upgrade) for a critical bearing housing on a large piece of industrial machinery.

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Construction

USAF, GE Additive 3D Print Out-of-Production Metal Parts

The upcoming final phase of the Pacer Edge program is to establish the USAF’s own metal additive production infrastructure initially at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma.

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LPBF

Microturbine Relies on 3D Printed Housing to Preheat Fuel

The aluminum housing designed with nTopology and made on a Velo3D laser powder bed fusion system helps realize what its creators say will be the highest-power-density small turbine yet produced.

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Automation

3D Printed Concrete Is Key to This Smart Wall: The Cool Parts Show #40

The SkyBAAM cable-driven 3D printer creates opportunities for embedded functionality in concrete, as demonstrated in this episode of The Cool Parts Show. 

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Construction

3D Printed Tool for Machining Electric Vehicle Motors: The Cool Parts Show #39

Additive manufacturing achieves a large-diameter cutting tool light enough for fast, precise machining of the motor housing’s stator bore.

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Construction

For Sustainable 3D Printed Architecture Think Renewable, Not Permanent

The design choices of today won’t be the trends of tomorrow. Aectual chooses to embrace changing tastes by making it easy to procure and recycle 3D printed architectural elements.

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