Composites
Next-Gen Horse Trailers to Be Built With Robotic 3D Printing
Double D Trailers is currently developing a prototype horse trailer that will be made with large-format additive manufacturing. The technology brings potential benefits for labor, weight and design features to this subset of recreational vehicles.
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Markforged’s FX10 Industrial 3D Printer Replaces Metal Parts With Advanced Composites
This fifth-generation print system features built-in automation for quality assurance and print routines designed to deliver strong, accurate parts every print.
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DOE Awards Nearly $3 Million to Develop Additive Manufacturing of Modular Wind Blades
The industry partners received the award to develop automation in additive manufacturing of tooling for large-scale wind blades that can accommodate continuous changes in blade geometry and scale.
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AIM3D Study Shows 3D Printing Ultem 9085 Pellets Offers Lower Cost, Higher Tensile Strength
The material qualification testing indicates many benefits of creating components with AIM3D’s ExAM 510 printer using the composite extrusion modeling process, which uses standard pellets rather than the more expensive filaments required by other platforms.
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Shape Lab Develops MyCera to Reinforce 3D Printed Clay Structures
Mycelium is an intelligently oriented fiber reinforcement that can increase the structural performance of 3D printed unfired clay elements and enable bio-welding of fired elements.
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Catalysis Additive Tooling Licenses 3D Printed Tooling Technology in Europe
The innoMold company will spearhead the tool manufacturing operating under the name “Catalysis Additive Tooling GmbH,” beginning operations in October 2023.
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Louisville Slugger Uses Formlabs Technology to Accelerate Innovation
Louisville Slugger relies on Formlabs’ Form 3 stereolithography 3D printer to create both prototypes and manufacturing aids for designs of the composite and aluminum bats swung by youth and collegiate players.
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3D Printed Preforms Improve Strength of Composite Brackets: The Cool Parts Show Bonus
On this episode, we look at a pin bracket for the overhead bin of an airplane made in two composite versions: one with continuous fiber 3D printed reinforcements plus chopped fiber material, and one molded from chopped fiber alone.
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To Improve Performance of Compression Molded Composites, Add 3D Printed Preforms
9T Labs' Additive Fusion Technology enables the manufacture of composite structures with as much or as little reinforcement as is necessary, using 3D printed continuous fiber preforms to add strength just where needed.
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Better, More Compact Radio Frequency Devices Through 3D Printing
3D printing technology company Fortify is applying its photopolymer process and material developed with Rogers Corporation to serve the expanding RF market.
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