Rapid Prototyping
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The newest Cree LED lights were produced using investment casting models additively manufactured on a VX1000 3D printing system from voxeljet. Cree Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of LED lights. The company using a VX1000 3D printing system from voxeljet, in order to make prototype construction significantly faster…
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There is often a tendency in media coverage of the AM industry to position additive manufacturing as a game-changing technology that will replace traditional manufacturing processes. Now that the industry has come into its own, it now seems clear that the technology (indeed a game-changer) has been adopted as a…
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RIZE Inc., a Boston, USA-based, next-generation additive manufacturing company, and PSMI, a world leader in providing metal removal solutions and engineering expertise for the world’s largest manufacturers, today announced a partnership to offer a new business model for providing an unprecedented additive manufacturing solution for the industrial manufacturing market. Additive…
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French 3D printing service Sculpteo has announced it is now operating the largest HP production center in France since the recent acquisition of a new HP Multi Jet Fusion unit. The new addition is the third Multi Jet Fusion 3D printer to be installed at Sculpteo’s French factory. Sculpteo says…
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Within the automotive industry, there are countless ways that 3D printing has been adopted, from 3D printed metal replacement parts, to full-colour prototypes, to custom detailing. Recently, Corona, California-based Design Infini highlighted another automotive application for additive manufacturing: wheel design. Founded by Suny Chung in 1995, Design Infini has spent…
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German auto manufacturer Audi has announced that its Pre-Series Center and Plastics 3D Printing Center in Ingolstadt, Germany have adopted Stratasys’ J750 full-colour, multi-material 3D printer for producing faithful prototypes and accelerating the design verification process. Audi has found a range of uses for additive manufacturing in its development and…
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In the automotive manufacturing industry, 3D printing technologies are drastically impacting prototyping processes and turnaround times. However, benefiting from additive technologies isn’t quite as simple as installing printers into a workflow. As Hyundai Motor Company recently demonstrated, in order to fully exploit the advantages of 3D printing—including increased automation and…
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Vitamix is a global leader in high-performance blending equipment for home and commercial use. With nearly 100 years of product design and development history, Vitamix has been at the epicenter of the healthy lifestyle movement, enabled by its innovative blender products known for their performance, versatility, and ease of use.…
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Steelcase, founded in 1912, is the largest global B2B contract furniture company in the world. In a competitive, innovation-driven market, Steelcase designers have to work quickly and efficiently in order to develop winning products. A key process in furniture design is the testing of new ideas through model-making. Accurate models…
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Leading desktop and benchtop 3D printer manufacturer Ultimaker announced that Robert Bosch GmbH, the leading global supplier of technology and services from Germany, will invest on a global scale in Ultimaker 3 Extended printers. After comparing several desktop 3D printers, the Bosch 3D printing division selected Ultimaker as the most reliable,…
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