Additive Manufacturing

Distribution Partnership Offers Office-Friendly Plastic, Metal Additive Technologies

The partnership will enable Stratasys resellers to represent Desktop Metal’s metal 3D printing technologies.

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Trade-offs with AM

Current design tools and process workflow are inadequate to meet our needs.

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Tooling Is the Underappreciated AM Application

One of the significant impacts of industrial 3D printing will be its aid to conventional production.

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Airbus, Dassault Systèmes Hold Dual Grand Openings at Wichita State University

The two companies kicked off their respective residencies on WSU’s campus with facilities intended to collaborate with students and faculty in education and industry research.

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Why Are Holes Circular?

Geometries that are easy to machine may not be easy to fabricate additively.

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Sodick Breaks Ground on New, Larger Headquarters

The new facility is planned to include twice the square footage, including a dedicated additive technology tech center.

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Aerospace

Additively Manufacturing a Large Component with a Small Work Envelope

Airbus successfully reduced the weight of an aircraft partition by redesigning it for additive manufacturing. The large component was produced in pieces, with connection features built-in.

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Producing Big Parts from Small Blanks Through Laser Cladding

The integration of laser-based additive manufacturing with WFL mill-turn machines is enabling the production of large parts in a single setup.

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Automation

Modular Machine Decouples Material Handling, Processing Units

Concept Laser’s “AM Factory of Tomorrow” concept combines multiple machines and systems to enable automated, digitized and interlinked industrial series production.

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Automotive

Manufacturing News of Note: April 2017

Sandvik Coromant opens a special automotive engineering project and training site, Stratasys launches an additive manufacturing consulting service, and other industry news.

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