Additive Manufacturing

Software

Meltio Offers Toolpath Generator Software for Metal 3D Printing

Meltio Horizon uses the laser-wire metal deposition process with the Meltio M450.

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4 Ways 3D Printing Is Changing Medical Implants

Additive manufacturing provides new ways of making medical implants, but its impact is greater than this. How 3D printing is changing medical manufacturing and improving patient outcomes. 

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Does Metal Additive Manufacturing Belong in a Machine Shop? The Answer Is Mixed

Machining is a necessary capability for metal part production through 3D printing, but succeeding with metal AM demands a role and procedures much different from those of many machining providers.

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Meltio Launches Laser Calibration System for Metal 3D Printing

The system features a laser alignment camera that is placed under the printhead to provide a clear view of the focus point of the lasers.

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Saving Time and Money on the Shop Floor with AM

The ways additive manufacturing is presented sometimes miss the most practical and valuable ways it can be used.

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10 Ways Additive Manufacturing and Machining Go Together and Affect One Another

Forget “additive versus subtractive.” Machining and metal additive manufacturing are interconnected, and enhance the possibilities for one another. Here is a look at just some of the ways additive and machining interrelate right now.

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An Additive Manufacturing Machine Shop

Finish machining additively manufactured implants requires different pacing and workflow than cutting parts from stock — different enough for an experienced manufacturer to warrant a dedicated machine shop.

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Siemens Partners With Desktop Metal to Scale AM

The collaboration will integrate Siemens technology in Desktop Metal’s AM 2.0 systems, including operational technology, information technology and automation.

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SolidCAM Wants to Help Machine Shops Get into Additive Manufacturing

SolidCAM's partnership with Desktop Metal is aimed at making additive manufacturing more accessible to job shops and other manufacturers.

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Little Wins Create Value in Additive Manufacturing

How to create value with a multi-level approach to additive manufacturing.

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