September/October 2023 Issue

September/October

September 2023

Digital Edition
Foundry Lab: How Casting in a Day Will Improve the Design of Metal Parts (Includes Video)
Cover Story

Foundry Lab: How Casting in a Day Will Improve the Design of Metal Parts (Includes Video)

The company’s digital casting process uses 3D printing, but the result is a cast part. By providing a casting faster than a foundry, the company says effective prototyping is now possible for cast parts, as well as bridge production.

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Features

Featured articles from the September/October 2023 issue of Additive Manufacturing

Innovation is Revving Up:  ‘Manufacturing Explorers’ Season 3
IMTS

Innovation is Revving Up: ‘Manufacturing Explorers’ Season 3

Buckle up and join Max and Travis as they talk about the thrills of visiting innovative automotive companies in the premiere of their third and final season of “Manufacturing Explorers,” an IMTS+ original series. 

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Mantle: 3D Printed Molds Address Plastics Industry Lead Time and Skills Shortage
Production

Mantle: 3D Printed Molds Address Plastics Industry Lead Time and Skills Shortage

Company now shipping production systems. Steel mold tooling from its TrueShape process can be printed, shaped and sintered in days, and with fewer steps, compared to weeks of lead time for molds made conventionally.

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Looking to Secure the Supply Chain for Castings? Don't Overlook 3D Printed Sand Cores and Molds
Sand

Looking to Secure the Supply Chain for Castings? Don't Overlook 3D Printed Sand Cores and Molds

Concerns about casting lead times and costs have many OEMs looking to 3D print parts directly in metal. But don’t overlook the advantages of 3D printed sand cores and molds applied for conventional metal casting, says Humtown leader.

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A Tour of The Stratasys Direct Manufacturing Facility
Polymer

A Tour of The Stratasys Direct Manufacturing Facility

The company's Belton manufacturing site in Texas is growing to support its various 3D printing applications for mass production in industries such as automotive and aerospace.

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Better, More Compact Radio Frequency Devices Through 3D Printing
Production

Better, More Compact Radio Frequency Devices Through 3D Printing

3D printing technology company Fortify is applying its photopolymer process and material developed with Rogers Corporation to serve the expanding RF market.

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In Casting and Molding, AM Simplifies Conventional Manufacturing
Casting

In Casting and Molding, AM Simplifies Conventional Manufacturing

In new ways, additive processes are streamlining and enabling metal casting and plastic injection molding.

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Multimodal Powders Bring Uniform Layers, Downstream Benefits for Metal Additive Manufacturing
Materials

Multimodal Powders Bring Uniform Layers, Downstream Benefits for Metal Additive Manufacturing

A blend of particle sizes is the key to Uniformity Labs’ powders for 3D printing. The multimodal materials make greater use of the output from gas atomization while bringing productivity advantages to laser powder bed fusion and, increasingly, binder jetting.

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AM Trends to Explore at IMTS 2024
IMTS

AM Trends to Explore at IMTS 2024

Registration is now open for IMTS 2024 — the additive manufacturing event where creators, builders, sellers and drivers of manufacturing technology come to connect, be inspired, and find solutions.

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Airtech International
Airtech International Inc.
Airtech International
Airtech International Inc.