NextGenAM – pilot project for automated metallic 3D printing proves a complete success. Joint project between Premium AEROTEC, EOS and Daimler demonstrates huge potential for the production of replacement parts and series-production components.Joint project between Premium AEROTEC, EOS and …
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Oil and Gas Company 3D Printing Case Study
The company needed to create a tape pad handling machine to reducing changeover time and increase plant throughput. The Challenge The manufacturing technology group at a Canadian integrated energy services company needed to create an automated handling machine to load large glass reinforcement tape …
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EOS Presents New Materials and Processes for Series Additive Manufacturing
Four new EOS metal materials open up new application possibilities. Comprehensive data on the material properties provide transparency and standards for production. EOS, the world's leading technology supplier in the field of Industrial 3D printing of metals and polymers, presents the four new metal …
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Introducing Blacksmith AI with VP of Product Jon Reilly
Struggling to accurately print 3D parts? Marforged is solving this problem with Blacksmith AI — the world's first AI-powered software for manufacturing. Join VP of Product Jon Reilly as he explores the future of software and AI in manufacturing. In this live webinar, Jon explains how Blacksmith AI …
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Which is better? FDM versus SLA 3D Printing Technologies
3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, is used to describe one of many processes available that involve the conversion of a digital file into a solid, three dimensional object. A 3D printer will repeatedly lay down or fuse successive layers of material together, tracing the file’s cross …
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3D Printing a 1.1 m long Radio Controlled Truck Body
3D Printing an RC truck body for a high profile rugby promotionThe Currie Cup is a series of high profile rugby games held throughout the summer in South Africa. As part of a promotion, AFGRI wanted to sponsor the Blue Bulls rugby team with a not-so-miniature radio controlled (RC) truck. The …
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EOS Metal Material Mania: new applications thanks to the expansion of our material and process portfolio
The data sheets for our new EOS metal materials now contain even more information, such as the number of specimens underlying the mechanical properties. High-resolution SEM images also offer further insight into the quality of the EOS materials.EOS Titanium Ti64 Grade 5 for applications …
Get an inside look into the complex world of manufacturing medical implants
Medical implants are one of the most highly regulated and technically complex engineering sectors. Get an inside look into the complex world of manufacturing medical implants. In 2018, Executive Engineering installed an EOS M290 Metal 3D Printer in their Cape Town facilities, and together with their …
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Markforged Forges Ahead with Over 100 Metal X 3D Printers Shipped
Markforged began shipping the Metal X in April of this year, and today the company announced that it has already shipped more than 100 machines. Markforged expects to double that number by the end of the year. Its shipments already represent 10% of the market. Markforged may always be known as the …
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Using Large 3D Printed Jigs and Fixtures in Manufacturing
Applications like 3D printed organs are big news, but 3D printed jigs and fixtures are the true silent heroes — changing how modern manufacturing works. Tools are always needed in manufacturing. Various jigs, fixtures, templates, and gauges can significantly improve the efficiencies in the process, …
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3D Printing Gaining Traction in Agriculture
You may not know it, but agriculture is one of the industries starting to make the most of the cutting-edge technology that is 3D printing. The benefits of 3D printing for agriculture include: Agriculture and technology are increasingly working together. Food production, farm equipment, farming …
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Deutsche Bahn chooses additive manufacturing to maintain its trains
Custom train parts for the electronic onboard information systems of the ICE trains operated by Deutsche Bahn. The fleet of third-generation ICE trains operated by Deutsche Bahn features just under 160 units from various production series. Every single one of them still looks and feels modern, …
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Altair Introduces a Disruptive New Licensing Model for the solidThinking Software Suite
solidThinking™ units are a market-first licensing model providing on-demand flexibility to access Altair's entire simulation-driven design portfolio on the desktop and in the cloud. Altair announced the introduction of a new software licensing model for its solidThinking™ suite of simulation-driven …
South African Jewellery Manufacturer Upgrades to EnvisionTEC 3D Printers for Quality Results
Chandlers Manufacturing Jewellers PTY Ltd (Chandlers) is situated at the pivot building, Monte Casino Boulevard, Johannesburg, South Africa. The business has been operating for more than 25 years and during the past decade has grown to a staff of 40+ individuals. Chandlers was founded as a …
Rebuilding Faces with 3D Printing
Most of the time, a car accident victim with trauma to the face will undergo hours of surgery in the operating room, as doctors work to rebuild the damaged area based on their best analysis of how the face might have looked before (usually using a CT scan). But 3D printing is transforming all of …