Tooling
How to Improve Polymer AM Productivity 20X
A fast cycle time is critical to efficient production 3D printing, but it’s not the only thing. How you choose the right parts for AM, prepare jobs for production, and manage post processing will have just as big an impact on total 3D printing throughput. It all needs to work together to achieve maximum productivity.
WatchMicro 3D Printer Complements Micro Moldmaking Capabilities
For micro mold provider Accumold, the Nano Dimension 3D printer provides a way to produce micro-scale prototypes and rapid tooling.
Read MoreFor Automated Machining Business, 3D Printing’s Value-Add Keeps Adding Up
Through robot grippers, assembly aids, custom kits and coolant hardware, additive manufacturing impacts every stage of production.
Read More3D Printing Reduces Time, Cost of Building Molds for Composites
Massivit 3D’s cast-in-motion technology uses a 3D printed gel to expedite production and lower costs associated with making molds for large, fiber-reinforced composite parts.
WatchReshoring, Tooling, Sustainability and More: Top 10 Stories of 2021: AM Radio Episode #9B
Reviewing our most-viewed stories of the year revealed some of the topics that have been top-of-mind for additive manufacturers. Read or listen to the countdown.
ListenBinder Jetting Is Also a Tooling Technology
A portfolio of 3D printing solutions involving infiltrated sand and metal covers tooling needs for casting, thermoforming, molding and composites.
Read MoreSLM Solutions Outfits MacLean Additive for Serial Production
MacLean Additive is the additive manufacturing startup within MacLean-Fogg Component Solutions, a Top 100 supplier to the North American automotive industry.
Read MoreFinland Sees Swifter Castings Through Hybrid Manufacturing
Combining sand 3D printing with casting has enabled Hetitec Oy to meet the underserved small-batch Finnish casting market — in some cases, producing high-priority parts in under a week.
Read MoreThe Way Ahead for Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing
Tooling today, production tomorrow. The capability will advance as value is increasingly seen in lead time savings and design opportunities. Parts that today are cast offer a particularly promising application for a process that is “welding, except not.”
Read MoreExOne Launches X1 Tooling Industrial-Grade 3D Printed Tooling Solutions
X1 Tooling offers manufacturers fast, affordable and local tooling options for the final production of metal, plastic and composite designs.
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