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6 Cutting Tools for Machining Made Via 3D Printing
By making tools, additive manufacturing aids so-called “subtractive” manufacturing (better known as machining). Here are examples of how 3D printing balances performance, coolant flow and weight in small and large cutting tools.
Read MoreCumberland Additive: EBM Development and AM Community Among the Benefits at Neighborhood 91
“Digital transparency” is key, says regional director Mark Straszheim, as employees oversee resources in both Pennsylvania and Texas.
Read MoreStudy Indicates AM Users Familiar with Generative Design More Open to Pivoting Production
A paper published by Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) found that firms with generative design experience were more agile in pivoting to make pandemic-response items, regardless of whether they applied these design tools to do so.
Read MoreWho’s Who Shaping Additive Manufacturing?
Here are some highlights from an episode of AMT’s new IMTS+ series, “Moving on, Moving up,” which features four additive manufacturing leaders discussing their view of the industry’s top trends and challenges.
Read MoreVoxel Developing AI Alternative to Generative Design
Newly opened Ohio facility is where geometric cells are made and tested to inform the machine learning system that will “know,” without computation, what 3D printed form satisfies a given set of needs.
Read More6 Flexible Polymer Parts Made With 3D Printing
Additive manufacturing in polymer offers a way to realize various engineered properties, including just the right level of cushion or springiness in the part.
Read MoreThe Cold Spray Solution to the Casting, Forging Supply Chains
Startup HAMR Industries performs additive manufacturing work at Neighborhood 91 that provides an alternative to traditional casting and forging. Success so far has led to redefining the limits of its additive equipment.
Read More4 Weeks from Design to Molded Part for Medical with Metal 3D Printed Tooling
Mold builder Westminster Tool applied the Trueshape process from Mantle to produce tooling to take a medical device from prototype mold to full-scale production in a matter of weeks.
Read More4 Weeks from Design to Molded Part, with 3D Printed Tooling
Mold builder Westminster Tool used Mantle’s TrueShape metal 3D printing technology to develop tooling that it then applied to injection mold more than 7,000 medical parts for its customer, in less than one month.
Read MoreFormnext Sparks AM Surge: Insights for IMTS 2024 and Beyond
Formnext events are helping the additive manufacturing industry set a course for a more productive, sustainable industrial future with pioneering AM technologies.
Read More5 Observations From Dr. Tim Simpson About the State of Additive Manufacturing So Far
The outgoing co-director of Penn State’s CIMP-3D takes stock of how far AM has come, aided in no small part through the work of the organization he helped to lead.
Read More4 Ways the Education and Training Challenge Is Different for Additive Manufacturing
The advance of additive manufacturing means we need more professionals educated in AM technology.
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