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…customers including Extol, specializing in plastics engineering and innovation with industry leading plastic assembly technology, custom automation and engineering services; GKN Powder Metallurgy/Forecast 3D, a provider of advanced industrial 3D printing, short-run manufacturing and high-volume production; Henkel, high-impact adhesives and engineering solutions provider; Oechsler; and Prototal, one of Europe’s parts manufacturers. New Professional Services, Expanded Alliances In additional news, HP…
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…a 3D printer where unsterilized plastic is brought into the chamber. The possibly contaminated plastic is sterilized by the printing process and packaged maintaining the sterile field. This system was initially designed for a U.S. government agency to allow sterile medical materials to be printed at locations where commonly used sterilization methods might not be possible. “Because this printer can…
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…things you can do with plastic printing to compensate for the anticipated morphing or to fix it post-printing, but metal is much less forgiving,” Barkai says. “The harder the metal, the less forgiving it is. So printing in titanium, for example, gives you less room to work with than aluminum.” 3DXpert uses the Amphyon simulation kernel, developed by Additive Works.…
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…developed a certification program for plastics for additive manufacturing called Blue Card. According to UL, the Blue Card presents the data necessary to ensure the integrity and usefulness of materials intended for 3D printing and 3D printed components and products. A Blue Card is automatically issued when a material intended for 3D printing receives a UL Recognized Component Mark. UL…
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…printed frames, with clear, full-face plastic shielding,” the company writes in its dedicated page for COVID-19 response. To put its plan into action, the company is calling on 3D printing shops and service bureaus with volume-production capacity. It also has an online form for institutions to request shipments of easily assembled protective shields. 3D printer maker Stratasys organized a face…
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…machines spent their days unloading plastic pallets and manually trimming and stacking them for transport to the warehouse using forklifts or pallet jacks. The repetitive and physical work at the 400,000-square-foot facility made it difficult to retain workers, while forklifts on the floor lead to safety concerns. A new fully automated production line including mobile robots (Mobile Industrial Robots, or…
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…self-sealing mailer bags. These malleable plastic bags have become the preferred packaging method in e-commerce due to the lower shipping costs versus cardboard boxes. Modex 2020 is scheduled to be held March 9-12 at Georgia’s World Congress Center in Atlanta. The tradeshow will showcase the latest manufacturing, distribution and supply chain solutions in the materials handling and logistics industry. Modern’s…
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…Currently distributing over 10,000 injected plastic units across all of southern Europe, the production team says it recognized that it needed a quick and efficient solution for functional validation that would allow the company to achieve better results in less time, reducing their products’ time to market while maintaining quality results. Prior to integrating 3D printing, the product design team…
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…now offer BASF 3DPS’s ABS plastic, carbon fiber PET and recycled PET materials. Ultrafuse ABS is created from acrylonitrile, butadiene and styrene polymers. It has a strong, flexible and heat-resistant nature, according to the companies. It can be used for those looking to manufacture low-cost prototypes, or anyone who wants to create plastic products with ease. Ultrafuse PET CF15 from…
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…and Sebastian Celis Sierra Deadly plastic bottles The first step to clear the landmines is to pinpoint their locations beneath the ground. It's a lot harder to detect modern landmines with conventional radar because they are often housed in plastic containers. This is certainly the case with many landmines left in Cambodia. “Rebels fashioned them with whatever materials they happened…
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…industrial 3D printing of ultra-high-performance plastics. The AON-M2 2020 is a high-temperature printer designed to work with a wide variety of plastics including several ultra-high-performance open standards materials. It also works with carbon fiber-filled variants. The AON-M2 2020 was designed for part accuracy and repeatability, as well as reliability in industrial settings. The chamber is all stainless steel with minimal…
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…potential synergy between their respective plastics processing technologies. In a joint press release, the companies said it became clear that the range of products and services offered by each to the market was complementary, citing the “flexible and dynamic nature” of the Feldkirchen-based startup as key to the acquisition. The new owners have confirmed German RepRap will continue to operate…
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The Pennsylvania State University, a 3D printing institution that operates the Center for Innovative Materials Processing through Direct Digital Deposition (CIMP-3D), has increased its capabilities for advances in 3D printing by choosing a new FFF solution, ROBOZE One+400 Xtreme. CIMP-3D includes several additive manufacturing (AM) systems as well as a design studio and prototyping laboratory. Current research activity within the…
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…print an expanding array of plastics, including PEEK, ULTEM, PEKK, polycarbonate and hundreds of other materials. This enables cutomers to print parts for demanding applications and environments, such as harsh chemical environments, extreme temperatures and intense mechanical stress. AON3D has committed to the open materials standard since its founding; customers can print hundreds of different materials on open materials 3D…
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…produce, and deliver high quality plastic and metal final parts at scale leveraging HP‘s Multi Jet Fusion and Metal Jet 3D printing solutions. The release of ESTANE 3D TPU M95A will allow Lubrizol customers to effectively target a variety of commercial TPU applications with an advanced additive manufacturing technology. Applications for the new material include footwear and prostheses (lightweight performance…
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