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Is 3D Printing Competing with Casting? AM Radio #27B
On this episode of AM Radio, we discuss two examples of companies that are shortening supply chains by using 3D printing instead of casting.
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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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Aluminum Gets Its Own Additive Manufacturing Process
Alloy Enterprises’ selective diffusion bonding process is specifically designed for high throughput production of aluminum parts, enabling additive manufacturing to compete with casting.
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Optimized Castings, Fast Turnarounds with Sand 3D Printing
IMTS 2022: ExOne’s S-Max Flex pairs industrial robots with an end effector printhead design that deposits binder into a 1,900 × 1,000 × 1,000 mm (74 × 39 × 39") telescoping build box that grows as the parts are built layer by layer.
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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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AM 101: Additive Manufacturing Materials
In processes like machining, the material is a known quantity. A part starts as a block of material, or perhaps a forging or casting. Its form changes in the machining process, but its inherent material properties are already set. In additive manufacturing, however, the material properties are being established alongside the geometry of the part.
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Massivit 10,000 Additive Tooling System for Composites Manufacturing
Rapid + TCT 2022: The system utilizes the the company’s Cast In Motion technology, which is said to enable direct printing of complex molds using high-performance casting materials.
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Desktop Metal’s Robotic Additive Manufacturing System for Sand Printing
The ExOne S-Max Flex system use single-pass jetting technology to deliver 3D printing at high speeds for low-cost parts.
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