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As much as we’d like to think that our first ideas are always the best, that isn’t always the case. Making changes to your design is an incredibly important concept and one that is sometimes easy for us all to forget.
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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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Need a material that bends but doesn't break? Discover how ductility shapes design and performance
From Functional Prototypes to Complex, Low-Volume Parts.
Nylon parts are used widely, but when standard nylon is not tough enough, glass filled nylon is a good candidate. This polyamide engineering plastic offers higher strength, stiffness and heat resistance by adding powdered glass to nylon resin or compounding nylon with glass fibres.
MJF 3D printing is a polymer powder-bed fusion process engineered for high throughput and mechanical consistency. Unlike legacy methods, it delivers functional, end-use parts with near-isotropic properties, making it a highly viable alternative to injection molding for low-to-mid volume production.
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When you are manufacturing components for mining, power stations, and heavy industry, getting the dimensions right is only part of the job. The bigger question is whether a new component will actually fit where it needs to go.
A reference chart for converting between surface finish units, plus Ra values by manufacturing process and the relationship between surface
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Manufacturing will be led into a greener future through the game-changing ability of cloud-based procurement and collaboration tools.
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As much as we’d like to think that our first ideas are always the best, that isn’t always the case. Making changes to your design is an incredibly important concept and one that is sometimes easy for us all to forget.
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Andy Gleadall, Lecturer at Loughborough University develops FullControl GCode Designer in the hope to empower people to do the impossible with scripts and slicers.
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In 3D printing, a material’s flexibility refers to how much it will bend when load or force is applied – as well as its ability to return to its original shape after bending. Flexibility is often defined as the flexural modulus (MPa).
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The tools created from the collaboration between Stratasys and nTopology enable manufacturers to generate and 3D print custom fixtures with just a couple of clicks.
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Improve the appearance and performance of injection-moulded parts by eliminating cosmetic issues early
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Working more efficiently and effectively is a goal of essentially every organization, regardless of sector or industry. Using 3D printing, many companies around the world can do just that in warehouses, assembly lines, and factories, enabling them to achieve results otherwise impossible.
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PETG vs PLA is a question asked by many newcomers to FFF 3D printing, with both materials offering important benefits. Choosing between them often comes down to the requirements of the project.
This article shares an example of using nTopology to optimize a part and export it as a CAD body, then using Abaqus to calculate the stress intensity factor of cracks that develop perpendicular to the highest tensile principal stress.
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Concrete printing can drastically reduce raw material consumption and greatly increase construction speed in the future.
The customer decided to automate the process of picking 6 different types of pipe parts from a bin and placing them into a swedging machine. The solution consists of a Staübli TX2-90L robot equipped with a Photoneo PhoXi 3D Scanner.
He was a runner-up in our Make It Real 3D Printing Challenge. His idea was to create a very low-cost brain-controlled prosthetic arm.