Additive Manufacturing

Software Reduces Print Iterations and Optimizes Part Designs in Additive Manufacturing

Startup company Araqev’s software applies machine learning to nominal design files and scanned point cloud data from printed products to simulate deviations and modify designs.

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Mack Prototype Adds Three Additive Manufacturing Platforms

Between equipment, software and infrastructure, Mack invested approximately $750,000 in its business adding Carbon CLIP DLS, HP Multi Jet Fusion and Formlabs SLA machines.

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Addifab and Nexa3D Partner for Larger, Faster 3D Printed Tooling

The companies say this collaboration will allow five times larger build plans, up to 20 times faster printing and much lower initial investment costs.

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Westminster Tool and Mantle Partner on 3D-Printed Mold Technology

The Connecticut mold maker will be one of two beta-testing sites for Mantle’s TrueShape metal 3D printer, with a medical device already borne out of an ongoing collaboration.

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Stratasys Donates 3D Printers to University of Minnesota Medical School

3D printing allows physicians, researchers, and medical device product developers to iterate, create, and test existing and new medical devices in anatomic models that mimic actual anatomy and pathology.

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Captive Molder Goes AM Route for Short-Run Project

Pivoting from injection molding to additive manufacturing helped a maker of automotive wire routers save about $1 million in project costs and eight weeks of lead time.  

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Carbon Launches New M-Series Printers

The printers have a wide range of high-performance materials tailored for applications across industries, including automotive, life sciences, dental, consumer products, and industrial.  

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High-Speed Metal 3D Printing

Xact Metal to present its showcase its XM200G printer series at PTXPO.  

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15 Headlines I’d Like to See in ’22

Extrapolating from recent news and trends, I twisted the dial from “Reasonable Possibilities” to “A Bit of Fantasy”

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Predictions for the 3D Printing and Recycling Sectors in 2022

A look at what to expect in 2022 for both 3D printing and recycling.   

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