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Companies have started to embrace the digital revolution and are beginning to see the full potential of Supply Chain 4.0, according to a recent study from LogisticsIQ. The report outlines how real-time product visibility, strategic sourcing and optimization, end-to-end visibility, inventory visibility and optimization, real-time manufacturing asset intelligence, micro fulfillment, efficient last mile delivery and dynamic demand and supply synchronization…
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Robots made exclusively of hard materials prove their worth every day in industrial applications, excelling at repetitive, physically demanding and dangerous tasks that human counterparts cannot take on. Some robotics providers, however, want to steer the design and construction of these machines in a new direction. Driven by robotic use cases in healthcare and cooperative human assistance applications, designers have…
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BASF New Business GmbH has formally agreed to acquire the online 3D printing service provider Sculpteo. The agreement was signed on November 14, 2019, and is expected to become effective in the next few weeks pending regulatory approval by the relevant authorities. The acquisition of the French 3D printing specialist based in Paris and San Francisco will enable BASF 3D…
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America Makes and Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials & Manufacturing Directorate Structural Materials, Metals Branch (AFRL/RXCM), announce an additive manufacturing (AM) Modeling Challenge Series, comprised of four individual Challenges, with $150K to be divided among awardees. The AFRL AM Modeling Challenge Series represents another approach America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, and AFRL are taking to advance the…
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UVision360 was able to bring the LUMINELLE hysteroscopy diagnostic scope to market in less than two years thanks to Protolabs’ 3D printing services. Image courtesy of Protolabs. 3D Printing Accelerates Medical Device Launch UVision360 saved $250,000 and months of development time using Protolabs’ 3D printing services and MicroFine resin. Developing and marketing new medical devices can involve lengthy regulatory and…
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Royal DSM, a global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living and Shapeways, a technology platform for product creation through 3D printing, are announcing a partnership to develop custom and industrially scalable 3D printing solutions using Shapeways’ technology and digital manufacturing expertise and DSM’smaterials. The partnership between DSM and Shapeways will allow DSM to continue its ongoing commitment to…
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Stratasys introduced a new work order management software solution for shops that provide centralized 3D printing services. GrabCAD Shop is designed to streamline work order management processes by improving the way engineers, designers and shop operators collaborate on 3D printing orders, the company says. According to Stratasys’ analysis, approximately 15% of work hours in a typical 3D print shop are…
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Optomec has integrated its Huffman brand AutoCLAD vision system with its traditional LENS metal 3D printer family. AutoCLAD is an integrated vision and software system that generates a custom toolpath for each part prior to processing. Originally developed for the Huffman brand, the system has been used in production extensively by major manufacturers and servicers of aircraft engines and industrial…
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EnvisionTEC, developer of professional-grade 3D printing solutions, and Sartomer, a business line of Arkema, introduced E-Aquasol water-soluble resin at Formnext 2019. Developed through a collaboration between the two companies, E-Aquasol resin is designed for use on EnvisionTEC's cDLM 3D printing platform and incorporates Sartomer's N3xtDimension UV-curable resin technology. E-Aquasol resin is made for printing molds in a wide variety of…
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During FormNext 2019 in Frankfurt, Germany, Additive Industries launched a new initiative to pool the volume of generic consumables and services. The Additive Manufacturing Quality Co-operative (working title) is a not-for-profit entity that unites the customers of Additive Industries and allows them to pool the volume of metal powders, gases and generic services like testing of witness coupons, hipping of…
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At a press conference at the Formnext 2019 trade fair, Stratasys announced its Rail Industry Solution to help passenger trains—from long-haul to urban metros—runs on time more frequently and potentially save thousands of euros a day. By using its ULTEM 9085 resin and Antero 800NA material with Stratasys Fortus 3D printers for production, rail operators will be best positioned to…
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Oerlikon AM, the additive manufacturing unit of technology group Oerlikon, and Siemens AG announce a strategic agreement in which Siemens will provide Oerlikon AM with digital enterprise solutions that will help Oerlikon accelerate the industrialization of additive manufacturing. The integration of Siemens’ Digital Enterprise Portfolio into Oerlikon’s software landscape in its AM production and R&D sites will support Oerlikon in…
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NVIDIA makes available a new kind of graphics processing unit-accelerated supercomputer in the cloud on Microsoft Azure. Built to handle demanding artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing applications, the largest deployments of Azure’s new NDv2 instance rank among the world’s fastest supercomputers, offering up to 800 NVIDIA V100 Tensor Core GPUs interconnected on a single Mellanox InfiniBand backend network, NVIDIA…
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The Robotic Industries Association (RIA), part of the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), today announced that North American robot unit orders are up 5.2% through the third quarter, compared to 2018 results. So far this year, North American companies have ordered 23,894 robotic units, valued at $1.3 billion. Looking at third-quarter results only, North American companies ordered 7,446 robots, valued…
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Siemens has launched and made available the Siemens Additive Manufacturing (AM) Network, following pilots and successful implementations with customers and partners, including Decathlon, Siemens Gas & Power, Siemens Mobility, HP and Materialise. The Siemens AM Network provides an advanced cloud-based solution to foster collaboration and process orchestration between engineers, procurement and suppliers of 3D printed parts. The Siemens Additive Manufacturing…
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