by David | Jan 27, 2020 | 3D News, 3D Trends, Companies, Manufacturing and Supply Chain, People
Additive manufacturing has evolved from a niche tool to a key production process. The Engineer spoke with experts from leading additive companies Stratasys, 3D Systems and HP Inc to find out where the technology currently is and where it’s going. Philipp Jung (PJ)...
by David | Jan 27, 2020 | 3D News, Companies
Sometimes, if you want to see the most interesting stuff at a trade show, you’ve got to look past the curtain drops and flagship machines and dig a little deeper. . This was the case with Xerox at last year’s Formnext where, though the company rightfully focused the...
by David | Jan 27, 2020 | 3D News, Education and Research
When it comes to middle school, students might expect to learn math and English, but at McClintock Middle School in east Charlotte, 6th-grade students are using 3D printers to solve real-world problems. . As part of project ‘Lead the Way,’ the students this semester...
by David | Jan 27, 2020 | 3D News, 3D Trends, Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Materials
Swiss scientists at ETH Zurich announced they have developed a 3D printing process that will produce geometrically complex objects from glass. . Today, glass is a commonplace item. Glass clads buildings across the world, contains the liquids that we use, warps itself...
by David | Jan 27, 2020 | 3D News, Automotive, Manufacturing and Supply Chain
During this month’s AM Focus Automotive, we mapped the most accurate and up to date scenario for automotive additive manufacturing in final part production. We presented an analysis of the latest progress made by each major automaker group and some of the key...
by David | Jan 27, 2020 | 3D News, Aerospace and Aviation, Companies, Manufacturing and Supply Chain
Additive manufacturing history is in the making today with the first flight of the Boeing 777x. That’s because each of the two GE9X engines powering the aircraft has almost 300 additive manufactured components. . These parts were produced by GE teams at Avio Aero in...
by David | Jan 25, 2020 | Printers and Accessories, Product Reviews
Number of Views: 3 3D printers seem like something from the future, but the future is here now, and 3D printers have quickly become an essential tool for anyone who is in the business of making things. That means everyone from the dudes building cars in Detroit to...
by David | Jan 25, 2020 | 3D News, 3D Trends, Manufacturing and Supply Chain
In the aerospace industry, there are plenty of research dollars to be had and the slightest improvement in weight reduction to an aircraft part can reduce fuel costs significantly. Though there is less of an impetus for innovating as quickly in the field of heavy...
by David | Jan 25, 2020 | Automotive, Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Materials, Metal
What sets additive manufacturing apart from 3D printing is all the processes performed besides printing. . AM begins with designing a part specifically for additive, followed by programming it, optimizing the process, printing the part, and finally postprocessing it....
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