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ArcomedLab Utilizes Biomedical 3D Printing for 700 Successful Craniomaxilofacial Implants in Latin America, and More News of Note

Accufacture develops Alchemist 1 Robotic AM cell engineered with Meltio’s wire-laser metal 3D printing technology | Formlabs’ Form 4 3D printer offers new levels of reliability and speed for stereolithography

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Defense

Freeform: Binder Jetting Does Not Change the Basics of Manufacturing

Rather than adapting production methodologies to additive manufacturing, this Pennsylvania contract manufacturer adapts AM to production methodologies. In general, this starts with conversation.

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Binder Jet

Video: Binder Jetting Production Workflow at Freeform Technologies

Additive manufacturing via binder jetting includes a sequence of downstream steps. During a visit to the Pennsylvania metal 3D printing part producer, I had the chance to walk through this process.

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Lightweighting

3D Printed Tennis Racket Serves a Collaborative Win

The collaboration between All Design Lab and Protolabs led to the creation of a 3D printed tennis racket via direct metal laser sintering, called Hìtëkw. This project not only pushed the limits of additive in terms of design capabilities but revealed how important active communication between customer and manufacturer can be for a project’s success.

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Machining

Designing a 3D Printed Part with Machining in Mind

Designing extra stock and mounting features into a 3D printed part can aid in machining processes downstream. 

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Metal

Video: Ergonomics and Economics of Really Big Laser Powder Bed Fusion

The DMP Factory 500 solution currently operating at CIMP-3D offers a look at the equipment and steps necessary to 3D print metal parts at large scale.

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Automation

The Softer Side of Robots: Automating Additive Manufacturing

Robotic applications are expanding in additive manufacturing thanks to rubber and silicone-based systems that can easily adapt to parts of varying sizes and shapes without reprogramming. 

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FFF

UltiMaker Targets Light Industrial Applications With 3D Printer Designed for the Factory Floor

The company’s Factor 4 3D printer introduced this week is designed to complement conventional manufacturing equipment including CNC machining and automation.

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How Machining Makes AM Successful for Innovative 3D Manufacturing

Connections between metal 3D printing and CNC machining serve the Indiana manufacturer in many ways. One connection is customer conversations that resemble a machining job shop. Here is a look at a small company that has advanced quickly to become a thriving additive manufacturing part producer.

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Production

Southern Indiana’s Thriving AM Part Producer — What I Saw at Innovative 3D Manufacturing: AM Radio #49

Recorded just after the visit to the laser powder bed fusion contract manufacturer, here is a conversation exploring observations and impressions of this company and its metal 3D printing work.

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DED

Push-Button DED System Aims for Machine Shop Workflow in Metal AM

Meltio M600 metal 3D printer employs probing, quick-change workholding and wire material stock to permit production in coordination with CNC machines.

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Multimaterial, Self-Sensing, 3D Printed Scoliosis Braces

Startup Fited and Brightlands Materials Center have developed a lighter weight, thinner CFRP corrective brace, including pressure sensors made from continuous carbon fibers.

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