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3D Printing From Barstock Using Friction Stir Welding (Video)
A look at the Meld Manufacturing metal AM process. The machine tool in this video builds an additively manufactured part by rotating and compressing metal bar.
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3D Printing Brings New Possibilities for Manufacturing With Ceramics: AM Radio #27A
AM expands the opportunities for ceramics. On the AM Radio podcast, a discussion of various 3D printing processes making use of ceramic material, and various new applications for ceramics that are developing as a result.
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Why Today’s ROI Is the Wrong Measure: Seeing Additive Manufacturing for the Transformation It Brings
Today’s ROI is based on assumptions and limitations that will change. Here are examples of companies getting ready for tomorrow.
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Recapping the Additive Manufacturing Conference 2022: AM Interacts With Conventional Processes: AM Radio #26B
On the AM Radio podcast, impressions of this year’s Additive Manufacturing Conference at IMTS. A notable element this year was attention to AM’s impact on processes such as casting and machining
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Velo3D Debuts 8-Laser Machine for Parts This Size and Bigger
Sapphire system scales up — see the new machine along with examples of large metal parts 3D printed in one piece.
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High-throughput selective laser sintering features automated changes of the complete build unit.
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An Additive Solution for Copper Inductors and Heat Exchangers
Solution delivering more capable inductors debuts as standard product for other fine-detail copper needs.
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How Hybrid Tooling — Part 3D Printed, Part Metal Shell — Accelerates Product Development and Sustainability for PepsiCo
The consumer products giant used to wait weeks and spend thousands on each iteration of a prototype blow mold. Now, new blow molds are available in days and cost just a few hundred dollars.
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Autonomous Cobot Automation Increases Production 3D Printer Output for Ford (Includes Video)
A mobile robot that travels to each Carbon machine to unload builds lets the automaker run an additional three to four builds per machine per day. Autonomous robots fit well with 3D printing, but their role in production will extend beyond just the additive machines.
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Casting With Complexity: How Casting Plus 3D Printing Combine the Strengths of Both
Aristo Cast is advancing a mode of part production in which casting makes the part, but 3D printing enables the geometry.
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Qualification Today, Better Aircraft Tomorrow — Eaton’s Additive Manufacturing Strategy
The case for additive has been made, Eaton says. Now, the company is taking on qualification costs so it can convert aircraft parts made through casting to AM. The investment today will speed qualification of the 3D printed parts of the future, allowing design engineers to fully explore additive’s freedoms.
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Robot Deposition Makes Giant Industrial Mixer Blade: The Cool Parts Show Bonus
Wire arc additive manufacturing produces a large component formerly made through casting, and allows for redesign of its internal cooling geometry.
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