Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 35.00
January 17, 2019
…The Optomec LENS family offers a full range of additive manufacturing solutions for creating, enhancing and repairing metal components using high-powered lasers to build structures layer by layer directly from powdered metals, alloys, ceramics or composites. “The agreement enables Phillips to continue to provide the best additive manufacturing solutions to maintain the readiness of the military and advance the research and development of new innovations and ideas throughout our government,” says Mr. John Harrison, vice president of Phillips Federal. “We’ve seen an increase in the demand for additive manufacturing solutions and our partnership with Optomec will allow us to continue…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 34.96
September 06, 2019
Additive Industries North America, Inc. announces the purchase of six MetalFAB1 systems by an aerospace company located in California. This firm order validates the Additive Industries’ concept of production-based metal powder bed fusion systems for overall equipment efficiency. When the order for six machines arrives at the customer site later this year, it will bring the installed base of MetalFAB1 systems to 10 with more possible in 2020, Additive Industries reports. This customer was able to consolidate approximately 700 kg of powder in June with the four laser MetalFAB1 systems currently in operation. The application represents an inflection point in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 34.80
May 30, 2019
…launched 3Diligent Consulting, a new division that works with manufacturing businesses to develop strategies and designs that that can provide them competitive advantage for Industry 4.0, according to the company. As a division of 3Diligent, which also has a manufacturing division with a global manufacturing footprint, 3Diligent Consulting combines on-the-ground manufacturing expertise with the pedigree of a top-five global management consulting firm. 3Diligent Consulting is led by Cullen Hilkene, CEO of 3Diligent and formerly of Deloitte Consulting’s Strategy and Operations practice. “There are a number of companies delivering Industry 4.0 consulting services, but none have the unique perspective of actually…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 34.52
October 24, 2024
…virtual one-day event, which spans from hallucinating CFD to additive manufacturing’s 4th industrial to simulation-driven design. Digital Engineering is a sister publication of Robotics 24/7 and owned by Peerless Media. The summit welcomes guests to spend a couple hours learning beneficial insights from industry experts on use of artificial intelligence (AI) in simulation, how to optimize your designs for additive manufacturing, discovering real-world engineering use cases for digital twins and considering the business benefits of simulation. Attendees are invited to attend the kickoff keynote and any or all of the following. Learn more about the Design & Simulation Summit -…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 34.44
September 24, 2019
…The partners were to showcase 3D printed parts for manufacturing during the upcoming TCT Show September 24-26, 2019. EnvisionTEC’s new open access material program allowed for a collaboration with Henkel to further drive additive manufacturing towards the mass production of functional parts across various industries. Under the agreement with Henkel, EnvisionTEC certified Henkel´s materials for use on its 3D printers and aligned the Loctite materials portfolio to the EnvisionTEC printer solutions. Henkel will provide 3D printing solutions to its customer base across more than 800 industry segments based on EnvisionTEC's continuous Digital Light Manufacturing (cDLM) and DLP technology platforms. “We…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 34.36
April 03, 2019
…the funds to continue to scale up its global manufacturing footprint as well as its software development, application engineering and sales teams. “Additive manufacturing is increasingly becoming the logical direction for future supply chain strategies, blurring the lines between physical and virtual warehousing for products in many industries,” said Scott Price, chief strategy and transformation officer at UPS via a press statement. “Fast Radius’ technology platform and additive manufacturing design processes are bringing the virtual warehouse vision to life for their customers, complementing UPS’ global time-definite logistics expertise.” Fast Radius’ technology platform and manufacturing footprint are intended to help customers…
Found in Robotics Companies & Businesses, with a score of 34.34
January 01, 2018
Midwest Prototyping is a leading provider of additive solutions for rapid prototyping and low-volume production. Offering seven distinct 3D printing technologies on 20 machines, the ISO 9001:2015 certified service bureau also houses extensive urethane casting and finishing capabilities at its facility in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin. Named to the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest growing companies for the sixth consecutive year, Midwest Prototyping was recognized as a 2017 Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year award winner.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 34.11
November 18, 2019
…will be exhibiting at Formnext 2019 sector show for additive-based manufacturing, with an expanded product range and a new brand presence. Sector specialists are invited to meet B3DPS specialists in person from November 19 through 22 at Booth D21, Hall 12.1 at the Frankfurt Trade Fair. With the introduction of its new Forward AM corporate brand, B3DPS continues to pursue its goal of driving industrial scalability as the next phase of additive-based manufacturing, the company says. “Forward” stands for future-oriented, leading-edge materials and technology, while “AM” stands for “additive manufacturing”. The new arrow-symbol brand logo and “Innovating Additive Manufacturing” baseline…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 34.10
March 15, 2019
…and documentation of key production and technical data for additive manufacturing (AM), according to the company. With TRACE, users have a simple and streamlined process with a user-friendly interface that enables traceability through all aspects of the AM workflow. It also maintains all the relevant information required for the safe and compliant operation of additive manufacturing facilities. The tool has benefited from feedback received during the TRACE pilot program. TRACE has been evaluated by a number of collaborators, including the Renishaw Inc. Solutions Center, USA, the Quad Cities Manufacturing Lab—Western Illinois University, Northern Illinois University and America Makes. The tool…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 34.06
July 23, 2019
…software suite. For companies entering into or scaling their additive manufacturing, 3YOURMIND software helps identify AM suitable parts from existing inventories. For companies and 3D printing services who are already actively 3D printing, the software suite becomes their digital access point for accurate pricing, file management, automated order processing and transparent tracking of the production floor. In 2019, in addition to building out machine connectivity, 3YOURMIND will focus on interlinking their software suite with machine learning to improve depth of optimization, lower processing costs and move additive manufacturing towards automated production streams. This is 3YOURMIND’s vision for Agile Manufacturing. More…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 34.03
March 20, 2020
…support for the following: 3D printing respirator valves; Mass additive manufacturing of custom medical components; Materials and 3D printing filament (ABS, Polycarbonate, and TPU); and Existing users of our FDA-approved 3d printer. Image courtesy of Airwolf 3D. “We are ready to 3D print valves and other components at a moment’s notice. We urge medical personnel to continue to reach out if anything is needed,” explains Airwolf 3D co-founder Erick Wolf. By order of the Local Health Office, Orange County, CA, is effectively in quarantine. As such, Airwolf 3D will be operating with a reduced staff. For general questions, feel free…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 33.89
September 26, 2019
…4 Production Black 10 (PRO-BLK 10)—a production material for additive manufacturing applications that enables manufacturers to directly produce end-use plastic parts without tooling. This results in parts produced the same day versus weeks required with conventional tool-based approaches. Figure 4 PRO-BLK 10 is 3D Systems’ photopolymer for additive manufacturing that exhibits thermoplastic behaviors, providing a combination of speed, accuracy, strength and durability previously only associated with injection molding output. The material works with a simple isopropyl alcohol (IPA) wash and does not require a secondary thermal post-cure process, which significantly improves throughput yield and significantly reduces the extensive solvent cleaning…
