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NeuBeam 3D Printing Process Is an Update for Electron Beam Melting
By: Stephanie Hendrixson
The recently introduced Calibur3 system from Wayland Additive overcomes challenges to bring new materials and capabilities to EBM metal 3D printing.
#metal
Reusable, 3D Printed Copper Filter: The Cool Parts Show #28
By: Stephanie Hendrixson
In this episode of The Cool Parts Show, we learn how controlled porosity obtained through binder jetting can be applied to build metal filters capable of trapping — and even eliminating — virus particles.
#metal #video #coolparts
Big Ideas in AM: 10 Examples of 3D-Printed Tooling
By: Stephanie Hendrixson
Additive manufacturing can aid conventional manufacturing through the production of tooling. This article showcases 10 clever uses of 3D-printed tooling.
#polymer #sand #assemblyconsolidation
Enter Your 3D Printed Parts in The Cool Parts Showcase
By: Stephanie Hendrixson
The first-ever contest from The Cool Parts Show seeks innovative parts made through additive manufacturing. Enter by August 13.
#video #coolparts
3D Printed Air Duct Based on Fluid Dynamics: The Cool Parts Show #26
By: Stephanie Hendrixson
Air ducts are ubiquitous, but are they all as efficient as they need to be? Computational fluid dynamics informed the redesign of this 3D printed air duct — made to serve a 3D printer.
#assemblyconsolidation #video #coolparts
Fiber-Reinforced 3D Printing Expands Control, Applications for Composites
By: Stephanie Hendrixson
9T Labs’ deposition process places continuous carbon fiber only where necessary to save material, reduce waste, and more precisely control the structure of preform composites.
#composites #polymer #brackets
Is a Gel Bath the Key to Scalable, Affordable 3D Printed Ceramics?
By: Stephanie Hendrixson
3D printed polymer-derived ceramics (PDCs) could find wider application through a process developed at the University of Texas at Dallas that extrudes preceramic material in a self-healing bath for support through printing and curing.
#ceramic
PrintSyst Automates AM Decision Making with AI (Includes Video)
By: Stephanie Hendrixson
The startup’s cloud-based artificial intelligence tool is designed to help companies adopting additive manufacturing make fast, easy decisions about what and how to 3D print.
#machinelearning #enterprise #video
More Than Meets the Eye to Cobra’s 3D Printed Putter
By: Stephanie Hendrixson
Cobra Golf drew attention in November 2020 with the launch of a limited-edition putter with metal 3D printed head. What this club says about product development, reshoring manufacturing and the future of consumer goods.
#metal
Why Dig a Pit in an Additive Manufacturing Facility?
By: Stephanie Hendrixson
At the end of 2019, Additive Engineering Solutions moved two of its BAAM 3D printers out of the way and began to dig a hole in the floor. How going lower allows AES to build higher.
#video #polymer #largeformat
3D Printed Cooling Bars Will Improve Observability of Antimatter
By: Stephanie Hendrixson
An experiment resuming in 2022 at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be better able to detect the paths of particles thanks to efficient cooling delivered by metal 3D printed tubes.
#metal
3D Printing Brings Custom, Affordable Bone Prostheses to Thai Patients
By: Stephanie Hendrixson
Meticuly was founded to provide custom bone implants for local patients in Thailand and regional countries who otherwise would be dependent on standard, imported devices. The concept could be a model for medical treatment in other emerging economies.
#supplychain #implants #metal