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Jabil has announced an additive manufacturing agreement with Renault F1 Team to speed the development and delivery of 3D-printed racecar parts for the Renault R.S.19, competing in the 2019 Formula One World Championship. Through the Jabil Additive Manufacturing Network, Renault F1 Team will gain fast and efficient access to top-quality parts. “We’re excited to be part of Renault F1 Team’s…
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Drones - Are They Ready To Transform Transportation, Or Are They Just A Sideshow? If you combine the public’s fear of a robotic takeover with a mashup of Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds,” you end up with this Audi parody commercial about drones (watch the video to the right). Ominous swarms of black octocopter drones descend on innocent bystanders, dropping packages…
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The ExOne Company, a provider of 3D printing machines, materials and services to industrial customers, has announced its initial X1 25PRO beta machine partnership with Kennametal Inc., a company involved in material science, tooling and wear-resistant solutions. During the beta period ExOne and Kennametal will have an opportunity to evaluate the new X1 25PRO machine and trial test new materials…
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Materialise, a software developer and 3D printing company largely known for its advances in the medical and automotive fields, hosted a meet-and-greet and factory tour at its facility in Plymouth, MI, on May 19, the night before RAPID+TCT event would start 30 minutes away in downtown Detroit. Several dozen customers and partners of Materialise, including Siemens, BASF and Stratasys, along…
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Royal DSM, a global science-based company has partnered with Adaptive3D, an additive manufacturing polymer resin supplier, to help produce, distribute and sell Adaptive3D’s newest product, Soft ToughRubber, a new 3D printable photopolymer. The new material allows manufacturers to explore applications in medical models and consumer products such as audio earbuds and footwear. The partnership will guarantee the availability of the…
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Essentium showcased the Essentium High Speed Extrusion (HSETM) 3D Printing Platform in action at RAPID + TCT 2019, making its public debut in the US. Essentium also demonstrated use cases for its electrostatic discharge (ESD) safe 3D printing material, which it says is critical to protect electrostatic-sensitive devices in electronics manufacturing, oil and gas and aerospace industries. Essentium says the…
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The latest Identify3D suite is designed to integrate intellectual property protection, manufacturing repeatability and traceability into a solution that counters the constantly evolving security threats faced by manufacturers throughout the digital manufacturing process. Identify3D says its Protect application enables industrial designers to create a secure container that encrypts manufacturing build files and couples them with business and production licensing rules.…
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Materialise NV has partnered with HP, Nikon and Essentium to bring improved productivity and connectivity to additive manufacturing operations. Materialise also announced that it will release a new version of its 3D printing operations management software, Streamics 8 in June 2019, and the availability of Materialise Simulation 2.0 as an optional module with Materialise Magics 23. HP and Materialise Collaborate…
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Maplesoft has announced a new release of MapleSim, a system-level modeling tool. From digital twins for virtual commissioning to system-level models for complex engineering design projects, MapleSim is designed to help organizations reduce development risk, lower costs and enable innovation. The latest release provides improved performance, increased modeling scope and more ways to connect to an existing toolchain, according to…
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Stratasys has established an authorized materials partner program designed to expand the range of high-performance polymers available to manufacturers leveraging Stratasys’ fused deposition modeling (FDM) process in 3D printing applications. As an initial step, Solvay has been selected to help launch the program and deliver new polymers for the Stratasys F900 3D printer. Under the authorized materials partner program, Solvay…
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3D Systems has announced June 2019 general availability of its Figure 4 Modular, as well as five new materials that will roll out over the coming months and will extend the company’s production workflows. The Figure 4 platform is a production system with configurations designed to allow customers to grow as their needs and businesses require. Figure 4 Modular is…
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Today, Locus Robotics, a market leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for fulfillment warehouses, and RightHand Robotics (RHR), a leader in providing integrated robotic piece-picking solutions, announced a partnership to deliver cross-platform robotics solutions for warehouse fulfillment operators. Locus and RHR will give a preview of their multi-stage fulfillment solution at Manhattan Associates’ Momentum Conference 2019 from May 20 -23rd…
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Sigma Labs announces PrintRite3D Version 5.0, an integrated, interactive system combining inspection, feedback, data collection and critical analysis for metal additive manufacturing. The product is being introduced at the RAPID+TCT Additive Manufacturing Conference in Detroit, May 20-23, 2019. The system pairs PrintRite3D SENSORPAK multi-sensors and hardware with PrintRite3D INSPECT, PrintRite3D CONTOUR and PrintRite3D ANALYTICS software modules for comprehensive management of…
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Dear DE Reader: Additive manufacturing (AM) has turned a corner. The long-sought goal of printing production parts in volume is becoming a reality. For metal AM specifically, the inability to analyze part structure during the manufacturing process has been a key factor limiting mainstream adoption. Thanks to a significant update, Sigma Labs now offers an independent solution for real-time structure…
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Manhattan Associates has announced the launch of the Manhattan Automation Network, a program designed to speed the development and implementation of modern distribution center automation and robotics in partnership with leading warehouse automation solution providers. The program is designed to deliver joint solution design, integration touchpoints and implementation approaches between some of the industry’s leading warehouse management solution and innovative…
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