Rapid 3D
Professional, Industrial & Production 3D Printers South Africa
3D Printing is generally associated with 3d printers that are low in price or, in capability. (Source: 3D printing - Wikipedia)
However, the terms 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing are still often synonymous in casual usage, but manufacturing industry experts make a distinction whereby Additive Manufacturing comprises industrial and serial production 3D printing, plus other technologies or other aspects of a manufacturing process such as automated post-processing of 3D printed components.
Other terms that have been used as synonyms include desktop manufacturing, rapid manufacturing — the logical production-level successor to rapid prototyping, and on-demand manufacturing.
We have a number of 3D printing articles and case studies below, where, rapid manufacturing has been employed in the manufacturing work-flow.
EnvisionTEC, a leading global manufacturer of 3D printers and materials, kicked off the holiday season by unveiling Aria, a new generation of entry-level desktop 3D printers that delivers reliable, premium performance. Priced at $6,999, Aria delivers best-in-class surface finish and accuracy. Built …
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Watch this Markforged webinar showing welding fixture implementation examples. Traditional fixtures for welding are either general-use and difficult to assemble or highly customized and costly. In this installment of the tooling and fixturing webinar series, we'll share how 3D printed welding …
Singularity University Cape Town Chapter in collaboration with KATO invites you to the Future of Manufacturing. Join us for an inspiring evening of learning and discovery. Spend time with South Africa's pioneers of the maker movement and additive manufacturing. Come and learn from Rob Steltman …
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John Goode from 3D Platform explains how you can optimise print speed, print strength and printing costs. As highlighted at RAPID + TCT 2017: 3D Platform launched a new line of High Flow Extruders that change the rules of additive manufacturing. Get stronger, high-fidelity prints at 16x faster rates …
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Adding Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) 3D Printing technology to your standard product development process could save you up to $50K (USD) a year. How is this possible? Tim Carraher, lead engineer at U.S. Architectural in California, USA, explains how his team approached new designs prior to …
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RAPDASA 2017 is approaching fast. One of the events for this year's 18th annual conference, is South Africa's biggest 3D Print Design Competition with great prizes to be won. Entries need to be in before the 1st of October 2017. Submit your entries online and stand a chance to win one of the great …
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Italian jewellery manufacturer, B.M.C. srl is to leverage a metal additive manufacturing machine developed by Cooksongold and EOS to offer a complete 3D precious metal service. The Precious M 080 machine will be used to enhance B.M.C.’s Specialised Services and Products operation. A Direct Precious …
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Markforged, the only 3D printing platform that prints the entire range of strong parts from carbon fiber to metal with a complete cloud managed 3D solution, today announced the addition of two new printers to the company’s Industrial Series. Markforged’s new X3 and …
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3D Platform showcased their extreme Benchy print that became quite popular on Reddit. Scale your print size from large to small with 3D Platform's large build envelope 3d printers. …
John Good talks us through these 3 main categories at Rapid 2017:Fast. Big. Affordable. …
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3D Platform Launches PRO Electronics Rebuild Program Give your x1000 or Workbench Machine the PRO Boost Rockford, Illinois, USA – April 25, 2017 – 3D Platform (3DP), a global leader in manufacturing large-format, industrial-strength 3D machines, has launched a PRO Electronics Rebuild Program for …
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3D Platform (3DP), a manufacturer of large-format, industrial-strength 3D machines, has produced a High Flow Extruder (HFE300) that quadruples the volumetric throughput of 3DP’s previous generation of extruders, making it the fastest 2.85 mm spool-fed extruder on the market.Quadruples the …
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These steps give you the ultimate mirror finish: Step one: PPG brand adhesive promoter DPX 801. Step two: Apply 4 coats as primer - PPG brand high-solid clear DCU 2002. Step three: wet sand the model in preparation for opaque finish. Step four: Apply a design, airbrush and apply final clear. Watch …
EnvisionTEC recently launched a new consumable product for its 3SP line of large-frame 3D printers that will reduce operating costs and downtime. This is an affordable Field-Stretchable Assembly (FSA) and value pack of high-quality FSA films for use with some models of its 3SP printers. That …
Creativity in 3D printing has expanded well beyond additive art and sculptures with 3D Platform enabling artists to unleash their creativity and bring big ideas to life. 3D Platform launched a new line of High Flow Extruders that change the rules of additive manufacturing. In the video below watch …
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