Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.01
September 15, 2020
…required in production. Leading automotive manufacturers are relying on additive manufacturing (AM) to accelerate the product development cycle and also to reduce resources such as time and energy. AM is already transforming automotive production workflows, impacting R&D, supply chains and production. Iterative Research and Development AM has revolutionized R&D for vehicle manufacturers—increasingly being used to reduce development times, improve prototyping workflows and deliver innovative parts that would not be possible using traditional techniques. Light covers are just one example of 3D printed vehicle parts. Image courtesy of 3D Systems. In several major U.S. auto manufacturers, 80% to 90% of each…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.26
September 15, 2020
…produced using BigRep's technologies. Image courtesy of JAMADE/BigRep. Large-scale additive manufacturing (AM), and the BigRep One printer in particular, fit the bill because they deliver cost efficiencies along with better accuracy and quality compared to the high investment associated with traditional tooling, JAMADE founders maintain. That’s especially important in light of the company’s expectations for modest sales in Amazea’s first year as marketing and distribution efforts ramp up and customer demand builds. Just as JAMADE charts new waters with its manufacturing approach, other companies in industries like aerospace and automotive are beginning to see value in trading up traditional manufacturing…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.01
September 08, 2020
…sovereign capability. Developed by SPEE3D, Australian manufacturer of metal additive manufacturing technology, WarpSPEE3D is a large-format metal 3D printer that uses cold spray technology. The printer is capable of printing large metal parts up to 40 kg at a speed of 100 grams per minute. The process harnesses the power of kinetic energy, rather than relying on high-power lasers and gases, allowing 3D metal printing in the field, affordably. Prior to the trial, the team conducted 3D printing training at Charles Darwin University, teaching them the skills they need to design, print, heat treat, machine, test and install metal parts…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.94
September 04, 2020
Last week, the Autodesk Advanced Manufacturing Summit joined the list of annual trade shows that have gone virtual, delivering its keynotes and customer stories as live-streamed and on-demand events. In his opening, Srinath Jonnalagadda, VP of Go-to-Market Strategy, Autodesk, observed, “What we have seen in the last two months, is digital transformation that would have usually taken years compressed into a very short duration ... because of necessity.” His remarks echoed observations made by speakers at the recent IoT World. With travel restrictions and mandatory social distancing creating a new normal, Autodesk sees a new window of opportunity for its…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 28.46
September 03, 2020
…founder and CEO of DDM. “DDM's 3D printing technology will bolster our core offering and amplify our footprint in additive manufacturing,” says Marc Riquelme, president of Signicast. The partnership between Signicast and DDM highlights advancements in precision casting technologies and opens up new design opportunities. Signicast expects to transition this technology for full-scale production runs in addition to prototyping. Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.28
August 31, 2020
…ecosystem is central to the revolutionary shift to large-scale additive manufacturing and Essentium is committed to providing a powerful platform to help manufacturers drive significant performance improvements,” says Brandon Sweeney, Ph.D., head of R&D for Materials and co-founder, Essentium. “For customers, these new adhesives enable high-quality prints every time while also being solvent-free and environmentally friendly.” Essentium has developed four bed adhesives available immediately: Standard—Designed to work with a variety of 3D printing filaments Nylon Filaments—Designed to work exclusively with Polyamide filaments Flexible Filaments—Designed to work exclusively with TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane) filaments High-Temperature Filaments—Designed to work at high printing temperatures…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 36.66
August 27, 2020
…for industrial 3D printing, makes available its 2nd Annual Additive Manufacturing Post-Printing Trends Report via download on Tuesday, September 1, with a live webinar presentation on Thursday, September 3. Developed from their industry-wide 2020 survey, this year’s iteration reveals deeper analysis into key trends and statistics regarding post-printing challenges, growth plans and more. Some of the key highlights include: Image courtesy of PostProcess Technologies. For respondents using print technologies that are closest to production, these individuals are reporting the highest post-printing expenditures and most challenges with labor usage. Respondents using Material Extrusion, such as fused deposition modeling, have the most…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 26.39
August 26, 2020
…Motors (GM) is shifting its multi-decade road trip in additive manufacturing into high gear with accelerated efforts to expand tooling and manufacturing applications, including for its latest government contract to make ventilators and personal protective equipment (PPE) in the battle against COVID-19. GM has leveraged 3D printing for prototyping applications for years—in fact, 75% of the parts in the 2020 Chevy Corvette prototype were 3D printed. Now, fresh off a commitment to add 17 new Stratasys FDM 3D printers, GM is expanding 3D printing into production-grade applications like tooling and parts manufacturing. Today, more than 700 GM employees are trained…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 43.16
August 24, 2020
…publishes the full volume of ASM Handbook, Volume 24: Additive Manufacturing Processes in ASM Handbooks Online in the ASM Digital Library. The print volume wa scheduled to be published in August 2020. “ASM Handbook, Volume 24: Additive Manufacturing Processes,” edited by David L. Bourell, William Frazier, Howard Kuhn, and Mohsen Seifi, was developed to address the current and rapidly expanding importance of additive manufacturing (AM). This volume provides the latest knowledge in materials, processes and applications of AM, written by the leading experts in research and industry. The handbook begins with an introduction and history of AM, authored by some…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 41.34
August 20, 2020
FATHOM has acquired GPI Prototype & Manufacturing Services, LLC, a metal additive manufacturing services provider. Midwest Composite Technologies acquired FATHOM and ICOMold in 2019. With the GPI acquisition all four companies will be moving forward under the FATHOM brand. The combined company is positioned for growth as a leading privately held digital manufacturing company in the United States, and now offers expanded manufacturing capabilities to all customers. Founded in 2007 as a metal additive manufacturing services provider, GPI offers Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) additive manufacturing and CNC machining services, producing metal parts with complex geometries for on-demand manufacturing applications.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 38.57
August 14, 2020
…a whole, the company says. The new members are: Additive Industries, Currax, Open Additive, Photocentric, and TRUMPF. They join current Developer Council members: 3D Systems, Aconity3D, Altair Engineering, AON3D, ANSYS, Aurora Labs, Desktop Metal, EOS, ExOne, HP, Impossible Objects, NVIDIA, Plural, Renishaw and SLM Solutions. The Dyndrite Developer Council is a central component of the Dyndrite Developer Program, which provides tools, resources and community for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), independent software vendors (ISVs), service providers and educators developing on the Dyndrite platform. “Photocentric is excited to be a part of the Dyndrite Developer Council. Additive manufacturing is entering a new…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.54
August 11, 2020
…announced it's joining the Linux Foundation, bringing the fledgling additive manufacturing (AM) file format into one of the largest open source community. What benefits do 3MF's move bring to software and hardware vendors in the AM market? How will this change the dynamics between the established STL format and the emerging 3MF? For insights, we spoke to Luis Baldez, 3MF Consortium's newly appointed executive director and HP's market development manager. View or Stream Luis Baldez, Executive Director, 3MF Consortium, discusses the impact of 3MF joining the Linux Foundation. Image courtesy of 3MF. 3MF Consortium's members include Autodesk, Dassault Systemes, GE,…
