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…to conventional manufacturing technology. Redesigning plastics laser sintering Most of the announcements Materialise made at its recent annual conference (moved online like everything else these days) aim for the sustainability agenda. The first was Bluesint 12, a laser sintering specification that allows material reuse. Materialise says when residual powder from a previous 3D printing project is used, it creates an…
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…solutions by printing directly with plastic pellets instead of traditional filament. Pellet extrusion increases throughput and decreases material costs, while also expanding the variety of materials that can be 3D printed. Pellet Extrusion on the Atlas also enables the ability to print large, production parts due to the faster print speeds and higher throughput on the Atlas. Flow rates range…
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…benefits of their high R-values. Plastic strip curtains didn’t work either, as they would blow out, due to the positive pressure within the storage areas. High-speed, roll-up doors from an industrial door manufacturer were used with much better results. These flexible, temperature-separating fabric doors store inside a one-piece radial header above the opening, which minimizes the door’s overall footprint. Using…
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…shrinkage, density variations, elastic bending, plastic deformation, friction drag and more. The thermodynamic and mechanical transformations that occur during sintering take place under intense heat, making them difficult to observe without either halting the sintering process mid-cycle or installing windows in the furnace to observe distortions from images taken at high temperature. While such methods are potentially tolerable in R&D…
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…solutions by printing directly with plastic pellets instead of traditional filament. Image courtesy of Titan Robotics/Jabil. Together, the companies are driving the production of large-format tooling for applications in sheet metal forming, composite layups, welding fixtures, molding, casting patterns and end-use parts on Titan Atlas printers to meet a need for increased part strength and faster printing speeds, companies say.…
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…93% of respondents reliant on plastics material for the most part followed by resins (25%), composites (14%), metals (7%), and biomaterials (7%). While the report shows that 3D printing is still heavily used for prototyping and modeling, companies are looking for materials that offer high strength and high temperature resistance for end-use applications such as jigs, fixtures, and robotic end…
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…Ohio MEP Network and Ohio Manufacturers' Association; and Industry Sponsors The Plastics Industry Association and Alliance for Automotive Innovation. Additional sponsors include Stanley Black & Decker and Marvin. Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.
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…while 27% use SLA technology. Plastics (93%) and resins (25%) were the main materials used. Costs and technical expertise are major barriers to implementing 3D printing. 53% of respondents say that lack of budget is preventing them from fully using 3D printing, while 29% cite lack of technical expertise. Respondents expect the technology, materials and applications to develop over the…
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…previously not considered possible. Marcel Spiegler is director, Customer Innovation Center, Plastics, 3D Systems.
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…50 of them unique and plastic, to continuously adjust the pressure of the drive motor on the tire in response to sensored slippage, which optimizes performance regardless of road or weather conditions, officials say. ShareRoller initially opted to outsource parts production, but found it repeatedly faced challenges with part strength and surface quality. There were also long lead times and…
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…provide workers with masks and plastic face shields. Welcome to the post-Covid-19 industrial workplace. While companies are wrestling with the question of when to re-open shuttered factories and distribution centers that were not deemed essential, the even bigger question is how to operate those facilities going forward. Very narrow aisle could take on a whole new meaning. Our industry has…
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…that work with metals and plastics. Another 50 systems are in operation at production sites around the world. In 2016, BMW i Ventures – the venture capital arm of the BMW Group – invested in the Silicon Valley-based company Carbon. Further investments were made in 2017, when the BMW Group became involved with Desktop Metal, That same year, BMW i…
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…provide workers with masks and plastic face shields. Welcome to the post-COVID-19 industrial workplace While companies are wrestling with the question of when to re-open shuttered factories and distribution centers that were not deemed essential, the even bigger question is how to operate those facilities going forward. A very narrow aisle could take on a whole new meaning. Our industry…
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…design consisted of a single plastic material from tip to tip with a lattice structure to collect a sample at one end as opposed to traditional cotton swabs found in stores for consumer use, which have woven fiber at the tip. “Given that it’s only using one material, 3D printing is perfect for rapid output,” Oland explained. Dr. Gabriel Oland…
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…landed on a common clear plastic binder from Avery as the base for the mask. For rest of the face shields, the team is using FDM 3D printing technology. “It works like an advanced glue gun, melting down hard plastic and re-extruding it in a pattern, laying down layer by layer,” Perla says. “It is quick and we were able…
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