With additive manufacturing (AM) as an established part of many companies’ product development and manufacturing processes, there has been a greater understanding of the technology’s technical and business advantages. With that, more users are benefitting from lighter and more durable parts, increased design freedom and on-demand part production. But that’s just Read More
3D Printing & Additive Manufacturing
This is a channel about 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing (AM) for manufacturing professionals. AM is a fast-moving area of manufacturing technology and there are a wide variety of technologies use to 3D print or build objects, such as stereolithography (SLA), fused deposition modeling (FDM), digital light processing (DLP), direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) and more. At Advanced Manufacturing Media, we partner with RAPID - the leading conference and exposition for 3D printing -- and cover all AM methods, including emerging ones, such as Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing (UAM).
New 3D Printer Makes Fully Isotropic Parts, Virtually Eliminates Post-Processing
One of the “dirty secrets” of 3D printing is the universal need to take additional steps to render the output usable, including removing the part from its support, curing the part, or improving the surface. Aside from additional cycle time and cost, these steps often require or emit toxic chemicals, necessitating special ventilation and making them unsuitable for a standard Read More
Advanced In-Process Control Boosts Hybrid Machine Accuracy
Meeting tight part tolerances with any machine tool often requires some form of in-process control, but that’s especially true in a hybrid additive/subtractive machine. And, as Mitsui Seiki USA CEO Robb Hudson said, “Additive is not a perfectly predictable process, particularly in hybrid machines that use blown powder as opposed to a powder bed. Atmospheric conditions affect Read More
Automation Cell Integrates 3D Printing with Post-Process Machining
Methods Machine Tools Inc. (Sudbury, MA), a leading supplier of precision machine tools, 3D printing technology and automation, recently introduced an automation cell designed to greatly boost 3D manufacturing throughput. The cell, which Methods said is a first-of-its-kind, combines additive manufacturing with robotics and subtractive processes, providing fast, efficient Read More
GE Now a User and a Major Seller of AM Technology
General Electric Co. (Boston) has been very public about its use of additive manufacturing (AM) technology to build critical jet engine components, starting with the fuel nozzle for its LEAP engine. The company began experimenting with AM back in the 1980s and gobbled up the company that demonstrated the capability to build that LEAP nozzle (Morris Technologies) back in Read More
SLM Solutions Group signs long-term cooperation pact with multi-machine order
LUBECK, GERMANY, June 19, 2017 – SLM Solutions Group AG, a leading supplier of metal-based additive manufacturing technology, signed a long-term cooperation agreement with BeamIT S.p.a., which is based in Fornovo di Taro, Italy. The cooperation concerns the joint development and testing of various parameters for setting the machines when using various metal powders. BeamIT Read More