Quality Assurance Control | Metrology and Inspection for Additive Manufacturing
Additive Manufacturing is certainly the ideal manufacturing tool to fabricate components that one could not manufacture with conventional manufacturing processes but there is one thing we tend to forget: this technology does not benefit...
Pulsed Electrochemical Machining: An Alternative Postprocessing Method for AM
While metal additive manufacturing has incredible capabilities, a few notable restrictions ultimately inhibit its progress: part resolution, minimum wall thickness, and surface quality, naming a few. Some advanced technologies seek to resolve these issues,...
AddUp and ECM Group to develop thermal treatment solutions for metal 3D printed parts
Metal 3D printer manufacturer AddUp and heat treatment equipment manufacturer ECM Group join forces to develop thermal treatment solutions dedicated to metal 3D printed parts. As a manufacturer of L-PBF and Directed Energy Deposition...
Xioneer launches a support removal station for FDM 3D printing
Ever since it has been acquired by BellandTechnology AG, 3D printer manufacturer Xioneer has remained in stealth mode. At the time, the company had just unveiled its flagship product, an industrial-grade 3D printer.
Fast forward...
PROTOTEC relies on AM Solutions’ S1 System to streamline post-processing operations for 3D printed parts
With the growing production of larger product batches, PROTOTEC, a Germany-based 3D printing service bureau, decided to streamline its post-processing operations by relying on AM Solutions’ S1 System.
Showcased at formnext 2021 and currently utilized...
AviaTOOLS becomes the latest company to tackle depowdering challenges for metal 3D printed parts
If there is a segment in the AM industry where supply is considerably inferior to demand, it’s depowdering. This step of the manufacturing process that we have already discussed several times (here and there...
heliguyTM optimizes its 3D printed drone parts using AM Solutions’ M1 Basic
heliguyTM is a commercial drone innovator who has integrated Additive Manufacturing and its associated ecosystem of technologies to facilitate agile in-house manufacturing.
With the goal of enhancing the surface of their 3D printed parts, therefore to...
How to remove support structures from 3D printed components made from photopolymer resins? AM Solutions told us.
Photopolymer resins often lead to extremely delicate high-precision 3D printed components. The thing is, removing the fine structures that appear on such parts, can be quite complicated if one does not have the right tools.
Indeed,...
PostProcess Launches Solution for Automated Wax Support Removal
Expert in post-printing solutions PostProcess develops a new solution for wax support removal. The solution is the result of extensive development and testing of a chemistry formulation, PLM-601-SUB, which allows wax support removal on even...
Post-processing Segment: A closer look at surface treatments in metal 3D Printing
Remember when we told you that post-processing is an umbrella term that covers a variety of stages that 3D printed parts have to undergo before being used for the final purpose? With the goal of providing...
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It is definitely possible to 3D print electronics on a real hand
Researchers at the University of Minnesota 3D printed electronics on a real hand. According to them, additive manufacturing would provide real‐time feedback control and...
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Stratasys and USA Luge will additively manufacture customized racing sleds for 2018 Winter Games
Stratasys announced its collaboration with USA Luge to exploit additive manufacturing into a quest for gold in Pyeongchang, South Korea this month. Leveraging the...
