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This industrial 3D printing white paper explores the properties of thermoplastic and metal materials available with stereolithography, selective laser sintering, and direct metal laser sintering technologies. It also includes a quick-reference guide of material attributes.
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Surgeons, students, dentists, do you know that 3D printing is becoming one of the main tools of the medical industry?
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nTop Platform is helping companies realize products with Additive Manufacturing by integrating the Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) workflow and removing inherent barriers to iterative redesign necessary to create breakthrough new products.
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Could 3D design serve as a new bridge between current standards and a breakthrough in athletic feats?
Read below to see how a Ph.D. student used nTop Platform to help him realize complex design intent
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Meet Mathilde Berchon, faithful member of the Maker community, Women in 3D Printing ambassador as well as 3D printing consultant & author.
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With just under a week before submissions close we share two very different ways to use COR Alpha from some of the incredible designs entered in the challenge.
A potentially life-saving monitoring system for hospital patients on general wards is one step nearer to reality thanks to Protolabs’ European Cool Idea Award.
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Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Heidelberg have developed a photoresist for two-photon micro-printing with which, for the first time, three-dimensional polymer microstructures with cavities in nano-size can be produced.
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In the past few years, we have heard a lot about 3D printing in mass media, as if it was something that just came fresh out of the oven.
One of the most surprising and promising applications of 3D scanning and 3D printing is happening as we speak, as far away as possible from engineering labs.
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As 3D printing becomes more and more sophisticated, engineers and designers are increasingly relying on the technology to shrink their product development processes, quickly iterate new concepts, test prototypes, optimize designs and so much more.
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Ethan Chiu and Pallavi Gunalan from Respira.Works discuss the design process, challenges, and motivations for building an open-source ventilator to combat COVID-19.
We will go through all the advantages of additive manufacturing for this sector, and see what the latest innovations and evolutions are regarding 3D printed garments!
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Strategic management of your manufacturing supply chain is critical during product development and life cycle planning. This white paper illustrates how on-demand manufacturing can be used to reduce financial risk and accelerate speed to market through the implementation of supply chain safeguards.
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