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Production AM Demands Process and Procedures — More Machines Will Come Later
Arch Additive has transitioned to full production of implants made through electron beam melting. The transition has involved practices and personnel, not equipment. As customer products win approval and go to market, here are 5 operational moves the AM implant manufacturer has made.
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Artificial Intelligence and Additive Manufacturing Are Connected: AM Radio #36
Stephanie Hendrixson and Peter Zelinski discuss how AI and AM go together. There are already plenty of uses of AI in 3D printing for design, process planning and process monitoring, and the link will grow stronger as the “frictionlessness” of AI blends with that of AM.
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Success With AM Involves Not Just the Part but Also Its Purpose
The founder of Keselowski Advanced Manufacturing says additive makes the conversation with the contract manufacturer different from the beginning.
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3D Printed Cutting Tool for Large Transmission Part: The Cool Parts Show Bonus
A boring tool that was once 30 kg challenged the performance of the machining center using it. The replacement tool is 11.5 kg, and more efficient as well, thanks to generative design.
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The New Misperceptions Of AM: AM Radio #35
Tim Simpson and Peter Zelinski discuss a way additive manufacturing has advanced: The misperceptions have shifted. Knowledge of AM among manufacturers is more sophisticated now. The concerns that inform the perceptions of newcomers have therefore changed.
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The Robot Craftsman: Force Sensing and Vision Help Realize Automated AM Postprocessing (Includes Video)
Automated production via additive manufacturing will need automated postprocessing. This UK startup is equipping robots with the capabilities needed for critical, fine-detail finishing of metal 3D printed parts.
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How AM Enables Cobot Automation for Thyssenkrupp Bilstein (Includes Video)
The shock absorber maker has responded to its staffing shortages through extensive use of collaborative robots. In-house 3D printing makes this possible by providing the related hardware needed to complete the cobot-automated cells.
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Additive Manufacturing Is Subtractive, Too: How CNC Machining Integrates With AM (Includes Video)
For Keselowski Advanced Manufacturing, succeeding with laser powder bed fusion as a production process means developing a machine shop that is responsive to, and moves at the pacing of, metal 3D printing.
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What Does AM Want? Here Are 4 Aims (Maybe 5) That Additive Manufacturing Is Driving Toward
Certain freedoms and contributing factors allow additive manufacturing to realize its full promise for production.
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Look for The BuildUp, Our New Newsletter
The BuildUp is our new newsletter. Find quick reads from our editors about the developments they’re seeing.
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3D Printed Valve Part Protects Pipes by Preventing Cavitation: The Cool Parts Show #56
The Fisher Cavitrol Hex trim from Emerson divides the fluid flow into numerous parallel streams thanks to geometry made possible through additive manufacturing.
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Why AM Leads to Internal Production for Collins Aerospace (Includes Video)
A new Charlotte-area center will provide additive manufacturing expertise and production capacity for Collins business units based across the country, allowing the company to guard proprietary design and process details that are often part of AM.
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