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Tooling

Research Partners 3D Print MIM Tool With Near-Contour Cooling

Compared to a conventional approach in machining, the use of an additive manufacturing process to produce a MIM tool reduces the total production time from around 8 weeks to approximately 5 days.

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Velo3D Founder on the 3 Biggest Challenges of 3D Printing Metal Parts

Velo3D CEO and founder Benny Buller offers this perspective on cost, qualification and ease of development as they apply to the progress of AM adoption in the future.

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Production

The Arrival of the AM Factory: How Proprietary Processes Deliver Production 3D Printing

Various recent articles report on companies using internally developed technology to equip factories and deliver on the promise of AM for production.

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Sustainability

Omni-Pac, HP Join Forces to Transform Molded Fiber Production, Reduce CO2 Emissions

The companies say this pioneering collaboration will drive digital transformation and sustainability in the packaging industry.

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Aerospace

How Norsk Titanium Is Scaling Up AM Production — and Employment — in New York State

New opportunities for part production via the company’s forging-like additive process are coming from the aerospace industry as well as a different sector, the semiconductor industry.

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Production

VOTE in The Cool Parts Showcase!

Your votes will decide the winners of our contest for the coolest 3D printed parts. Learn about the finalists and then cast your vote in each category: Best Bespoke Solution, Best Production Part and Best Proof of Concept. 

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Production

5 Big Themes in Additive Manufacturing at Formnext Forum: Austin

Formnext Forum: Austin, a two-day event at the end of August focused on additive manufacturing for production, includes a conference exploring important ideas in AM related to supply chains, bridge production, enterprise transformation and more.

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Blockchain

Platform Backed by Blockchain Provides Data Assurance for Additive Manufacturing

VeriTX’s Fortis platform offers “data assurance as a service” to protect digital information from tampering. The product is launching with an initial focus on files intended for 3D printing.

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Production

Partners Creating End-To-End Solution for Medical Device Additive Manufacturing

New alliance gives medical device OEMs a complete range of services to efficiently commercialize new, additively manufactured products to market.

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SLS

More Affordable Suture Anchors 3D Printed from PEKK: The Cool Parts Show #60

Selective laser sintering (SLS) of polyether ketone ketone (PEKK) is being used to produce medical implants that are more cost effective and perform better than their conventional counterparts. We highlight fasteners known as suture anchors in this episode of The Cool Parts Show. 

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