Additive Manufacturing

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Dramatic New Potential for Circuitry Printed on Plastics

Novel nano-silver and nano-copper inks reduce costs and complexity, while opening up new applications.

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Space: Where 3D Printing Innovates?

It鈥檚 called the 鈥淔inal Frontier鈥 but maybe space is actually a closer to a present-day trendsetter. What does that mean?

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Arburg ‘Technology Days’-6700 Visitors and Several Novelties

The first metal-powder injection molded smartphone frame, PP-IML containers molded in under 2 sec, a new additive-manufacturing development center, and hints of innovations yet to come.

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Additive Mfg. Materials Evolve as Market Moves from Prototyping to Production

Both Stratasys and Arkema have recently launched new materials with improved aesthetics and performance.

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Artificial Joints Make Strides with 3D Printing

Metal parts are made by laser sintering, and plastic prototypes are made by inkjet or FDM processes. Plastic production parts could be next.

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K 2016 Proves Additive Manufacturing Has Staying Power

K 2016 made clear that additive manufacturing is establishing a prominent position at the triennial show among long-running mainstays like injection molding, extrusion, blowmolding and thermoforming.

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3D-Printed Plastic Molds: K Exhibit Would Make You a Believer

Perhaps you have heard that additive manufacturing鈥攁.k.a. 3D printing鈥攃an be used to make injection tooling inserts out of plastics鈥攔elatively quickly, at relatively low cost, and with little human labor involved.

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Large-Scale 3-D Printed Structure at Design Miami Show

Techmer ES partnered with ORNL to create this structure which utilizes a bamboo fiber-reinforced PLA.

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Braskem’s Green PE Used to 3D Print Parts in Space

Braskem worked with Made In Space to produce green PE specifically for 3D printing in zero gravity.

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Solvay to Fast-Track its Position in Additive Manufacturing

The combination of Sinterline technology and MMI Technyl Design is shaping the future of 3D printed functional automotive parts.

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