by David | Aug 7, 2020 | Aerospace and Aviation, Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Military
A team from Tinker Air Force Base has built the first 3D-printed metal part for a jet engine already in service. Members of the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex, a wing of the U.S. Air Force Sustainment Center, successfully tested the component that marks a...
by David | Aug 7, 2020 | 3D Printing Services, Companies, Manufacturing and Supply Chain
Service bureaus offer the ability to have prototypes and parts fabricated on professional equipment (especially important as some designers may not have access to any 3D printing resources) and in most cases bring extensive expertise to the table to help with design...
by David | Aug 6, 2020 | 3D News, 3D Trends, Maker Movement, Manufacturing and Supply Chain
In this series, previously we looked at how we’re creating a system designed to spit out less able things and that these things may be better but will be less robust and more challenging to repair. As the tip of the spear grows ever sharper, it also becomes more...
by David | Aug 6, 2020 | 3D News, 3D Trends, Maker Movement, Manufacturing and Supply Chain
As the tip of a spear grows ever sharper, it also becomes more brittle. Much has been said about planned obsolescence where companies engineer products to fail earlier than they should. . Part 2 Part 3 Part 3. Rather than make a product last as long as it can, they...
by David | Aug 6, 2020 | 3D News, 3D Trends, Maker Movement, Manufacturing and Supply Chain
Roman spears were often brittle by design (perhaps). Sharp, tough spears were useful, but had the disadvantage that the weapon you threw at the enemy could be picked up and thrown back at you. . Part 1 Part 3 If we believe some scholars, Roman javelins and throwing...
by David | Aug 6, 2020 | 3D News, Companies, Construction, Design / Engineering, Manufacturing and Supply Chain
Amidst the pandemic-fueled housing boom, newly launched company Mighty Buildings offers an attractive solution to the nation’s lumber and labor shortages: 3D-printed homes that can be built with 95% fewer labor hours at twice the speed of conventional construction. ....
by David | Aug 6, 2020 | Automotive, Companies, Manufacturing and Supply Chain
GM , the American automaker, has been at the forefront of using 3D printing in automotive industry. The company is using 3D printing since 1989 for prototyping. It is moving faster than many companies to seize a competitive advantage. . GM, till the end of 2019, had...
by David | Aug 6, 2020 | 3D News, Geopolitical Regions, Manufacturing and Supply Chain
COVID-19 has exposed the limitations of traditional manufacturing supply chains when it comes to continuing ‘business as usual’ by quickly responding to major disruptions like the ongoing pandemic. . The virus initially gripped China, which holds a...
by David | Aug 6, 2020 | 3D News, Electronics, Nanotechnology
A pixel – which actually is short for ‘picture element’ – is the smallest unit used to record or display a digital image. For instance, if your camera has an 8 megapixel sensor, that means it has a resolution of 3,264 x 2,448 pixels, i.e. there are close...
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