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3D Control Systems has just launched a new AM (additive manufacturing) workflow management software, dubbed ZAP, powered by AI and ML (machine learning). “The automated workflow platform integrates disparate 3D printer systems, frees users of risk for future technology integrations, and eliminates costs for system migration, deployment, and upgrades. This makes the new ZAP platform the ideal solution for advanced…
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Fathom Manufacturing announces the acquisition of Summit Tooling and Summit Plastics, a precision tooling and injection molding services provider specializing in small-to-medium prototype injection molds for the domestic market. This acquisition will expand Fathom's domestic injection molding capabilities, companies report. “Summit's focus on customers during the design, prototyping and low-volume production stages of a product's life cycle perfectly aligns with…
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3D printing offers a means to improve current manufacturing limits across economic sectors such as transport, construction, and medical and dental industries allowing rapid prototyping and on-site production and repairs, according to IDTechEx. Progress in 3D printer development has led to faster, larger and more accurate printers, but these require more functional materials, IDTechEx adds. The company has released a…
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The Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (QIF) recognizes creative Ph.D. students, providing them with funding, mentoring and other resources to pursue innovative research. This year, five UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering teams were awarded fellowships—four from Computer Science and Engineering and one from Electrical and Computer Engineering. “This is the most QIF awards UC San Diego has ever received in…
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NGMedical, a German medical device manufacturer focused on creating technologies for spinal application, announces FDA clearance for its additively manufactured titanium cervical BEE cage. The BEE cage is designed to challenge the limits of additive manufacturing, company says. The honeycomb endplate design reduces the risk of subsidence while allowing fusion. The honeycomb structure allows for bony ingrowth and demonstrates the…
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SME, the professional association committed to advancing manufacturing and developing a skilled workforce, today recognized 20 successful female leaders working to broaden the use of robotics and automation in the smart manufacturing market globally. This international group of women represent a comprehensive cross section of technologies in robotics and automation. Their common thread: a heightened awareness of the inherent impact…
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Xerox and the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) announces a strategic collaboration focused on advancing additive manufacturing research, specifically 3D printing, which has the potential to transform the way the military supplies its forward-deployed forces, organizations note. As part of a Collaborative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), NPS was the first to receive an installation of the Xerox ElemX Liquid Metal…
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Protolabs has launched its new digital quoting and design analysis platform to its U.S.-based customers, after a launch late last year to its European-based users. “Protolabs was founded on a digital manufacturing model that would dramatically reduce the time it took to get parts—and it was a success. Twenty years later we’ve reinvented manufacturing once again with the launch of…
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Kindred and S&H Systems will partner to integrate Kindred’s SORT robot technology with S&H Systems’ existing material handling and software product portfolio to provide a fully-automated order fulfillment solution for e-commerce and retail operations. S&H Systems offers automated equipment, picking technologies and processes to provide scalable, flexible solutions that drive maximum throughput and order accuracy for all fulfillment workflows and…
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AIDT, Alabama’s state workforce development agency, has announced a statewide program in collaboration with Hyundai Power Transformers (HPT), the division of Hyundai Electric Systems that specializes in the manufacture of power transformers used in electrical grids across the U.S. Built in collaboration with immersive learning startup TRANSFR, the partnership is making job training in one of Alabama’s fastest-growing industries accessible…
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Nexa3D makes available its Everlast Membrane, a new interface layer technology that extends the useful life of membranes for series production operations on the NXE400 3D printer. Nexa3D Everlast Membrane reportedly overcomes the constraints of currently practiced alternative membrane technologies including clouding, chemical instability and doming effects. Made from a durable and resilient substrate that can extend the printer’s useful…
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Siemens Digital Industries Software and MaRS Discovery District, a Toronto-based innovation hub, have partnered to provide over 1,400 Canadian science and technology companies with access to Siemens’ Xcelerator portfolio of software and services to support and accelerate the development of autonomous and connected vehicle technologies. The design and simulation software can help companies in the MaRS ecosystem conduct early design…
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Vacuum cleaner dust extractor prototype illustrates J850 Pro 3D printer from Stratasys. Image courtesy of Stratasys. Stratasys Ltd. has unveiled a new solution in the company’s family of multi-material enterprise PolyJet 3D printers. The new J850 Pro 3D printer offers J8 series capabilities tailored specifically to engineering needs, without full color. It enables engineers to produce prototypes for concept verification,…
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Desktop Metal’s new Studio System 2 enables high-quality metal parts production in an office environment with a simplified two-step solution that eliminates the need for a solvent debind phase, the company explains. The simplified, office-friendly metal 3D printing technology offers a means to print metal parts in low volumes for pre-production and end-use applications. “As additive manufacturing adoption advances worldwide,…
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Essentium Inc. announces the second in a series of findings from independent global research on the current and future use of industrial 3D printing. The survey found that investments in 3D printing at an industrial-scale are paying off, with companies reporting benefits, including high part performance (46%), cost reduction (46%), and speed to part (45%). Changes over the last year…
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