Additive Manufacturing

Workshop Helps Molders Reimagine Components, Assemblies & Finished Products

How would you change a plastic product’s design if you weren’t constrained by the limits of injection molding?

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Evonik Acquires U.S. 3D Printing Materials Technology Startup

Acquisition of Structured Polymers complements Evonik’s existing activities with high-performance polymers in additive manufacturing. 

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Carbon, Ford Collaborate on 3D-Printed End-Use Parts

At the 2019 North American International Auto Show, Carbon unveiled the first digitally manufactured polymer parts in production for Ford Motor Co.

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Automotive

Self-Driving Shuttle Built on Giant 3D Printer

LM Industries builds eight-person shuttle vehicle on 40-ft printer.

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NPE

Plastics Technology’s Top 10 Most-Viewed Blogs of 2018

Nylon 66 supply issues, 3D printing, injection fill time tips, NPE2018 news and more—here are the 10 most-viewed blogs at PTOnline.com in 2018.

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Full Plate of New Technologies on the Table at EVCO Plastics

A new low-pressure molding process, 3D printing of production parts and prototype tooling, collaborative robots, and process monitoring with automatic QC are all on the menu.

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Software Offers Three New Capabilities for 3D Printing

Scheduling, production monitoring, checking parts’ economic suitability for AM, and simulation that predicts part distortion—all specifically for additive manufacturing.

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Several 'Firsts' Characterize Winners of SPE Auto Innovation Awards

With the addition of an ‘additive manufacturing’ category, the winners of all nine categories exemplify continued innovation and transferability in the use of plastics.

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LM Industries Accelerating 3D-Printed Vehicles

LM Industries’ subsidiary Local Motors is reinventing traditional auto manufacturing as the original gold standard for 3D-printed vehicles.

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How a Prototyping Company Became a Production Company with 3D Printing

After two decades of rapid prototyping with 3D printing, The Technology House is now leveraging this process for production.

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