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3D Printed Turbine Blades for More Efficient Power Generation: The Cool Parts Show #35
Blades made through additive manufacturing promise to let turbines run hotter, and therefore generate more power without increasing in size.
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The Cool Pen Show! (The Cool Parts Show Bonus Episode)
3D printing provides a means of economical U.S. production for a low-cost product.
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Reshoring Manufacturing With 3D Printing: The Cool Parts Show #34
Wet-dry vacuum maker shifts to additive manufacturing for first entirely U.S.-made product, a jackhammer accessory. More U.S. production to come via 3D printing.
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The Way Ahead for Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing
Tooling today, production tomorrow. The capability will advance as value is increasingly seen in lead time savings and design opportunities. Parts that today are cast offer a particularly promising application for a process that is “welding, except not.”
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Are Advances in Additive Manufacturing Being Led by Curmudgeons? AM Radio #4
Noting a pattern: Some of those winning positive gains with additive manufacturing are far from positive in discussing its promise. On AM Radio, Stephanie Hendrixson and Peter Zelinski unravel this seeming contradiction.
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Video: What Is Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF)?
Laser powder bed fusion is likely the most widely used metal additive manufacturing process. Here is how it works, including benefits, issues to consider and applications for this 3D printing technology.
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Flight Simulator Made Through Large-Scale 3D Printing: The Cool Parts Show #33
Our biggest cool part so far! Printing this massive structure in one piece saves cost and time for L3Harris.
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In Manufacturing, AI Is Clumsy Until It Is Invisible
Artificial intelligence is finding wide use in advancing additive manufacturing. We have seen a hint at how far this might go.
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8 Cool Parts From RAPID+TCT 2021: The Cool Parts Show #32
North America’s largest AM trade show resumed! Here are some of the coolest cool parts we found.
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Genetic Engineering for Metal: The Promise of Microstructure Control via Additive Manufacturing
“To design the alloy, design the microstructure,” says this Ohio materials science startup. Artificial intelligence is helping to realize a design tool for determining the properties of 3D printed metals.
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With Binder Jet Aluminum, Ford Prepares for Production 3D Printing at Automotive Scale
Component for popular car will be the first case of continuing applications of additive manufacturing to automotive-quantity metal part production.
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Is AM in Competition With Conventional Manufacturing? Tooling Is on Conventional’s Side
Recent articles consider the other way additive manufacturing is advancing production: not by 3D printing parts, but in the ways 3D printed tooling makes casting, machining, molding and other processes better.
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