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New 3D printing technology Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) may appear to be a replacement for selective laser sintering (SLS) after all both build parts from thermoplastic nylon but MJF is faster, more precise and produces more consistent mechanical properties throughout the part.
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3D printing offers many benefits to the oil and gas industry including guaranteed quality standards, greater flexibility of design parts, less product development time, reduced carbon emissions, less waste, reduced costs and rapid turnaround from order receipt to product delivery.
Accelerate development and reduce production costs to create agility throughout your product life cycle
This video will look at a common problem when designing parts for injection moulding, undercuts. The most common piece of advice you will get, is avoid them if you can, but sometimes you can’t. With this in mind, we will give a handful of tips that can help alleviate design issues caused by them.
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Sustainability itself is a weighty topic, so this video will focus on how sustainability relates to the 3D printing process, how it stacks up against other manufacturing methods.
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Try these tips to optimise your design for STL—the common CAD format used in additive manufacturing
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Forgtin, which was developed with Protolabs, supports those with tinnitus by limiting its effects by anywhere between 30 and 100 percent.
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EDM is a non-traditional machining method that offers high-precision, no-contact manufacturing for conductive materials.
The new CMM Fixturing Module of the FDM™ Fixture Generator streamlines fixture design for inspection in Coordinate Measuring Machines. The tool enables QA engineers and technicians to generate & 3D print custom fixtures with just a couple clicks.
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The U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) leveraged nTopology and architected materials to develop an additively manufactured CubeSat bus assembly from Inconel 718 that was 50% lighter and 20% stiffer than the original aluminum assembly.
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Modern Day Technology in Traditional Craftsmanship
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Digital twins can help bridge the gap between the physical and virtual, but they’ll need to converge with other emerging technologies for Industry 4.0 to realize their potential.
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As an engineering designer, there is a lot to be said for keeping a design simple. Just because you can achieve more complex shapes and more precision does not mean that your part needs it, and often costs you more. This insight provides tips on designing for 3 axis CNC machining.
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Metal parts have always been the gold standard in applications, so it may come as surprising that many industries are now replacing metal parts with plastic injection-moulded ones. This video looks at some reasons for this including, weight, finishes, strength, longevity, recyclability, cost.
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Getting the right material is just as important as how the part is machined, the wrong decision can cost money. This video will go through some key CNC materials, looking in detail at their costs, characteristics and how to create your own shortlist.
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