What is 3D printing? This article goes over the basics of 3D printing, otherwise known as additive manufacturing, covering its engineering principles and applications.
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E2IP Technologies manufactures Flexible Heaters using Screen Printing Technology. This is one of the most important segments of printed and additive electronics with applications in cars, homes, and industrial settings.
Here’s what to do if you notice clicking noises, under-extrusion, or other print quality issues caused by extruder skipping on the Ender 3 by Creality.
Unwanted lines in 3D prints can show up for many reasons and take different forms. Here we look at the most common types of lines in 3D prints and how to eliminate them.
KIT researchers are developing a process with which, for the first time, mirrors with a reflection of more than 99 percent can be printed in variable sizes
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Commercially pure copper is a highly desirable material for heat exchangers and electrical components due to its excellent thermal and electrical properties. While these properties are beneficial for the application, they also turn the process of using copper in AM into a challenge.
For a startup manufacturer getting that first product right is crucial for your reputation and future sales. First impressions really do count when you are building up your company and brand equity.
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For Carl Zeiss Optical Components, a subsidiary of Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik, precision matters – sometimes down to the hundredth of a millimeter. The company manufactures microscopes, multi-sensoric machines, and optical sensors for industrial measurement and quality assurance purposes
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Find out more about how 3D printing can be used for implants, medical devices and custom-made products, as well as an outlook to what the future could hold for 3D printing in this field.
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In this episode, we talk about the first full-size soft tissue 3D printed heart, an AI algorithm that knows what music is best for you, and the newest weather-monitoring satellite.
Fullermoto cut down production time to 25% compared to traditional production method by adopting the scan to print workflow
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Metal 3D Printing is an advanced manufacturing method that builds metal parts from a CAD file using a layer-by-layer technique known as additive manufacturing.
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From the subtle stipple of your laptop’s casing of to the geometric grip of your toothbrush handle, texture is a key consideration in the design process for any and every physical product. Read further to learn how I use nTop Platform to apply texturing to products I design.
A major factor that influences design decisions during the product development of medical devices is time-to-market. Accelerating or automating your design processes can give you a distinct advantage over your competitors.
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Fast Radius had an internal design challenge to create a shoe that could be printed as one part using an elastomeric material on HP's Multi-Jet Fusion technology. They designed workflows within nTop Platform as a way to explore the industrial design of the shoe.
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Engineers from nTopology, Stress Engineering Services, and Origin joined forces to redesign a family of clamps used on the F-16 aircraft. The result was an optimized design that was 2x stiffer, easy to assemble even with one hand and manufacturable on-demand.
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Additive manufacturing (AM or 3D printing) has made design-driven production a reality. Any shape that can be constructed in a 3D CAD program can be produced with AM, providing product designers maximum geometric design freedom to realize new design concepts.
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