Metal AM
Video: HP on Additive Manufacturing for Production
HP’s Timothy Weber discusses VW’s plans for making metal parts via AM and the way forward to implementing additive as a production process.
April 19, 2019 - Peter Zelinski
Production
What Your CEO Needs to Know
Additive manufacturing promises to affect far more than manufacturing alone. When evaluating AM, the perspective needed is the view that sees the impacts all across the enterprise.
March 18, 2019 - Peter Zelinski
Automotive
Video: Industrializing Additive Manufacturing for Automotive
A number of components for the Bugatti Chiron sports car spoiler were reimagined for additive manufacturing, unleashing several performance improvements.
April 18, 2019 - Brent Donaldson
Polymer AM
How to Calculate the Full Cost of Additive Manufacturing Versus Injection Molding
A true evaluation of additive includes a look at materials, speed, quality, scalability and cost. Bruce Bradshaw of Evolve Additive Solutions explains how to evaluate AM in an injection molding environment in terms of these 5 factors.
April 17, 2019 - Christina M. Fuges
Aerospace
Additive Technology Delivers Small Satellites to Space
Researchers at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have developed a reusable rocket engine specifically for the launch of small satellites. The complex injector heads are 3D printed which unlocks additional performance, reduces the parts count, speeds up production time, and reduces weight and costs.
April 15, 2019 - Barbara Schulz
Automotive
Ford in Production with On-Demand AM Polymer Parts
Ford and Carbon presented the first digitally manufactured polymer parts in production for the Ford Motor Company, created with Carbon’s digital light synthesis technology.
April 12, 2019 - Brent Donaldson
Metal AM
Metal 3D Printing in a Machine Shop? Ask the Marines
A hybrid system combining metal 3D printing with machining gives the Marine Corps perhaps its most effective resource yet for obtaining needed hardware in the field. It also offers an extreme version of the experience a machine shop might have in adding metal AM to its capabilities.
April 10, 2019 - Peter Zelinski
Polymer AM
AMUG Conference Highlights Industrialization of Polymer 3D Printers
Exhibits at the conference this year included various examples of 3D printers being rethought and redesigned in pursuit of the speed, economy and reliability of industrial production. Polymer printers are leaving behind their roots in prototyping.
April 5, 2019 - Peter Zelinski
Education
2019 AMUG Conference Introduces Technical Training Lab Sessions
The largest version of the event so far gave technology suppliers a context for interactive deep-dive tutorials on their own products. It seemed to work.
April 4, 2019 - Peter Zelinski
Inspection
Collaboration Develops Image-Based Workflow for 3D-Printed Part Validation
A team from Synopsys, North Star Imaging and ANSYS developed a process using 3D imaging, processing and CAE to examine the performance of as-manufactured components.
April 3, 2019 - Stephanie Hendrixson
Metal AM
Carnegie Mellon University and Argonne National Laboratory Seek to Understand Gas-Driven Micro Defects in Metal AM Parts
Better understanding of "keyhole" formations resulting from boiling metal will lead to better control over laser powder-bed fusion.
April 1, 2019 - Peter Zelinski
Videos
Video: Selective Laser Sintering for Production of Large Parts
SLS offers a production option enabling large, precise plastic parts to be made cost-effectively in quantities generally too low for injection molding.
March 29, 2019 - Peter Zelinski
Metal AM
Three Cool Uses for Directed Energy Deposition
Most machining professionals don’t like to admit that they ever make mistakes, but every now and then wouldn’t it be nice to have an “eraser” to go back and repair a gouge or fix a nicked edge? Or maybe you took off a bit too much material on that last machining pass and you’d like to add it back? Well, directed energy deposition (DED) enables you to do that and more.
March 28, 2019 - Timothy W. Simpson