Binder Jet 3D Printing: Print Speed & Its Effects
Binder jet 3D printing or binder jetting is one of the latest 3D printing technologies. Binder jet (BJ) printing is done with powders and liquid binder agents. These two are bound together to produce...
Silicone 3D Printing, a newcomer in the additive manufacturing family
So far, the production of silicone parts has always been made possible via conventional manufacturing processes such as injection molding, casting and compression molding; processes that remain expensive given the high cost of molds....
High-performance materials, their mark in manufacturing
Imagine if the security scanner that detects gas residue in a public environment malfunctioned due to the breakdown or failure of a material used in the manufacturing process of a given part. When we...
Additive Manufacturing Interoperability
As manufacturers more and more recognize additive manufacturing (AM) as a viable production alternative, they find themselves facing new challenges in informatics or systems integration. Every day, operators answer and raise several questions related...
Industrial Additive Manufacturing: Misconceptions & Stereotypes
Like so many other groundbreaking technologies, there is a need to strike a fair balance between what additive manufacturing technology is capable of doing and what is merely impossible. Several challenges in various sectors of...
Comparing the potential & limitations of binder jetting and MIM
The rise of ‘Metal Injection Moulding-like’ Additive Manufacturing processes seems to be linking to previous technologies that were leveraged way before the fast adoption of metal AM technologies. In the following dossier, Ralf Carlström...
How to choose a SaaS solution for additive manufacturing?
The more digitalization increases, the more SaaS (Software as a Service) solutions evolve and become valuable assets for businesses. One advantage we all agree with, is their ability to integrate alongside and ideally inside...
Focus on 3D printed electronics
3D Printed electronics is one of the young areas of application of additive manufacturing. In his analysis of the 3D printing market in 2018, President Nano Dimension USA, Inc. Simon Fried, told us that...
SIMULATION SOFTWARE: use, advantages & limitations
Systems used in the manufacturing industry have a lot of dependences, that are not static. So far, simulation appears to be one of the rare tools that can analyze and improve these complex and...
Materials: The impact of metallic powders on the final part
Metal powders are the base materials for powder metallurgy operations such as uniaxial pressing and some types of additive manufacturing processes. These operations have already demonstrated that somehow, metal powders characteristics play a big...