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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.
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A prototype of an efficient mobile manipulator robot to automate the internal logistics of preparing gas cylinders baskets. The procedure is currently performed manually.
The new Protolabs whitepaper describes how additive manufacturing has established itself as a driver of innovation in medicine in recent years and what role 3D printing will play in the industry in the future.
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3D scanning technology has radically improved to now offer immense value in applications as diverse as reverse engineering to contactless dentistry.
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Picking of metallic objects belongs to one of the most commonly solved problems within the automation. This solution enables the automation of parts picking and their precise placing to a predefined location within the desired cycle time.
The laboratory for additive manufacturing (LaF) at Landshut University, deals with the process of reverse engineering headed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Norbert Babel.
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Flexible 3D printing filaments open up a lot of possibilities for designers and engineers. Complex elastic forms can be produced easily in-house, then used in a variety of different ways – from prototyping flexible features to creating custom tools.
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Mass customization: production strategy aimed at satisfying customer needs while preserving the efficiency of mass production. At .Zero here's how we view mass customization, and how we are using nTop Platform helps us achieve it successfully.
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Our third episode is an interview with key members of the Ultimaker team, who share their knowledge and insight into the evolving role of FFF 3D printing, in both manufacturing and design.
In the near future, 3D bioprinting will allow medical professionals to engineer and 3D print patient-specific organs for organ transplants in a few hours.
There is a small 3D printing revolution happening within astronautics and aeronautics.
Entryphone have developed an entry phone product that perfectly meets the demands of the 21st century. Keen to get their exciting new product to market as quickly as possible, Protolabs' high-speed low-volume production model provided the support needed.
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