3D Printing Processes
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Machine manufacturer Thermwood has achieved a milestone in the development of 3D printed composite molds for compression molding. The company, working in collaboration with Purdue’s Composite Manufacturing & Simulation Center, has successfully compression molded tests parts using 3D printed composite tooling. The project marks a step ahead for the use…
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Alexander Daniels Global, one of the very first firms to offer headhunting services specific for the additive manufacturing industry, has produced and now offers its first Additive Manufacturing Talent Market Whitepaper. The document provides market insight into the additive manufacturing / 3D printing talent market, which is not accessible elsewhere.…
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Liquid-in-liquid 3D printing was first presented in a BMW funded MIT project. Although the project initially seemed limited in scope the possibilities of 3D printing within a liquid medium opens new opportunities in terms of escaping gravitational pull and thus producing parts that require a more volumetric approach, such as…
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ExOne, a pioneer of binder jet 3D printing technologies, is introducing the tenth member of its metal 3D printer family: the X1 160PRO. The 3D printer, which builds on the company’s 20 years of experience in the binder jetting arena, is ExOne’s largest metal 3D printer to date and can…
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Inkbit, a developer of AI and machine vision-based 3D printing technology, has secured $12 million through an equity financing round led by Stratasys and DSM Venturing, the investment arm of Royal DSM. The new capital will enable Inkbit to accelerate the industrialization of its material jetting AM technology to meet…
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Desktop Metal, known for its desktop metal 3D printing technology, is entering the world of plastics today with the launch of Fiber, the first desktop 3D printer to combine miniaturized automated fiber placement (AFP) and fused filament fabrication. Fiber is capable of fabricating high-resolution parts using industrial-grade continuous fiber composite materials…
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3D printing company Stratasys has made a series of announcements today, including the release of new production-grade thermoplastics for its FDM platforms. The new materials, including Antero 840CN03, Diran 410MF07 and ABS-ESD7, are all suited for high-temperature applications and boast production-grade durability and chemical resistance. Stratasys has also introduced a…
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Fabrisonic, a specialist in solid-state metal 3D printing, recently teamed up with EWI and Luna Innovations to develop a smart baseplate to better understand the powder bed fusion AM process and how baseplates can influence print quality. As Fabrisonic does not work with powder-based AM, it utilized its low-temperature Ultrasonic…
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One Piece manga fans had a chance to get interactive with their favorite One Piece characters 3D printed in huge sizes for the publication’s 20th Anniversary celebrations. Fans used the event app’s augmented reality videos to film themselves together with the 24 giant 3D printed props and to customize the…
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Life-size 3D printing is emerging as one of the biggest – literally – consumer applications for 3D printing. The Life-size 3D Print Facebook Page is now the de facto global association for “Life-size 3D printeers” from all over the world and the projects they create and publish get more impressive…
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