Additive Manufacturing Magazine, May 2018
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Category: 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing
3D Printing Saves the World, Part 1 & 2
Part 1 What are some of the world’s biggest problems? Education, healthcare, natural...
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Nucor Steel Tariffs and 3D Printing
by Charles Goulding R&D Tax Savers | Mar 12, 2018 Nucor is America’s leading steel company...
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AM Continues Rapid Ascent, Targets New Markets
CO). Additive manufacturing (AM), commonly known as 3D printing, is a vibrant and dynamic field....
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The Future of 3D Printing
The Future of 3D Printing by Scott Fawcett Now more than ever, manufacturers are having to respond...
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Bossard Enters the Emerging Market of Additive Manufacturing
March 05, 2018 The Bossard Group is entering with three partners the emerging market of 3D...
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Global Applications for the Stanley+Techstars Additive Manufacturing Accelerator Now Open!
HARTFORD, Conn., Feb. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) and Techstars...
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The Future Looks Bright for Additive Manufacturing
As more companies embark on their digital transformation, they are increasingly reevaluating their...
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Meeting Mass Customization Demands with 3D Printing
Today’s buyers are different than previous generations. They are living in a world of...
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R&D Tax Aspects of 3D Printed Fasteners
Fasteners are literally what hold the world together. A fastener is essentially any hardware that...
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World’s Largest Titanium Additive Manufacturing Facility Opens in New York
Sometimes additive manufacturing is simply outclassed by traditional techniques like molding,...
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A Love Affair with Flying
GE Engineer Credits Grandfather for Introducing Him to Aircraft, Flying At the young age of two,...
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World’s First 3D Printer Capable of Producing High Precision Metal Objects Available Now
Digital Metal begins commercial production of its 3D metal binder jet printers, offering...
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Bringing Competitive Excitement to Additive Manufacturing
As the impact of additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, on business continues to surge, the need...
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NanoSteel Launches 3D Printable Tool Steel
New Case-Hardening Steel Designed for Laser Powder Bed Fusion Printed Industrial Die Demonstrates...
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Alien Technology: How 3D Printing Will Help Colonize Mars
NASA continues to award money to the 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge, a $2.5 million competition that...
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This Start-Up is Using Robots and 3D Printers to Staff a Factory with Almost No Humans
Self-driving cars have captivated the world. Now, a Brooklyn-based start-up called Voodoo...
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Xometry Secures Investments from BMW i Ventures, GE Ventures and Highland Capital Partners
GAITHERSBURG, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)—Xometry, the leading on-demand manufacturing...
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Arconic Pushes the Boundaries of 3D Printing with Parts for Space Exploration
Four small vents—each the size of a one-liter water bottle—represent one giant leap for deep space...
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Mind Meld: How GE And A 3D Printing Visionary Joined Forces
Few people know more about 3D printing than Greg Morris. The entrepreneur bought his first...
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New 3D Printed Superalloys Improved with Nanomaterials
Working with newer technology requires understanding the associated machines, materials and...
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Mad Props: A 3D-Printed Airplane Engine Will Run This Year
GE Aviation’s Advanced Turboprop (ATP) engine will be the first commercial aircraft engine in...
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3 Tips to Maximize the Impact of 3D Printing
3D printing may be associated with consumer products manufacturing with short product lifecycles....
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Laser Metalz: Bionic Design Is The Next Frontier For 3D Printing
“Bionic design allows you to adapt structures from nature and find the most optimal solution,”...
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A Guide to Additive Manufacturing Metals
Additive Manufacturing (AM) machines making metal parts have been around for many years, maybe...
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GE Selects More Than 400 Schools to Receive 3D Printers
In its commitment to developing pipelines of future talent in additive manufacturing worldwide, GE...
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The Tech Column: The Future of 3D Printing
3D printing is, of course, one of the major areas that will usher the industry into its next...
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GE: 3D Printing Opens A ‘New, Unlimited Dimension’ For Manufacturing
Carlos Haertel, who runs the GE Global Research center in Munich, says additive manufacturing...
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How Additive Manufacturing is Going to get Bigger and More Efficient
In the world of production technology, additive manufacturing is a prime candidate for huge...
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Stratasys Moves 3D Printing Into Manufacturing
While 3D printing has exploded on the scene with ready-made prototypes and spare parts, many have...
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Best Practices for Prototyping in the Age of Advanced Manufacturing
“Fast prototyping should no longer be the goal. Smart prototyping should be.” When the...
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Fit To Print: See Firsthand How GE’s Additive Business Is Changing The Way We Make Jet Engines, Jewelry And More
A few years ago, a team of eight GE Aviation engineers decided to give additive manufacturing a...
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Stratasys Takes on the Next Additive Roadblock
At RAPID, Stratasys unveiled another new concept in 3D printing, the Stratasys Continuous Build 3D...
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Metal Parts Now 5x Cheaper Thanks to New Development in 3D Printing Plastics
Pittsburgh, Wednesday May 10, 2017: 3D Hubs today announces it’s bringing low cost metal parts to...
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Should You 3D Print That Part? SME Launches ITEAM at RAPID to Answer That Question
It’s an age old question. Should I use additive manufacturing or another process to create my...
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On The Right Foot: This 3D Printing Incubator Is Liberating Engineers (And Much More)
Hailing from the Outer Banks, a long, sandy necklace of islands hanging from North Carolina’s...
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SME – Additive Manufacturing Fundamentals Certification
Official Co-Sponsor Learn the Fundamentals of Additive Manufacturing To achieve the Additive...
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Five Ways 3D Printing is Changing Manufacturing
As 3D printing is becoming a major part in manufacturing in production. No longer just for...
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Tooling U-SME Introduces Additive Manufacturing Training Solutions Including Industry-First Certification and Apprenticeships
(CLEVELAND, May 2, 2017) — Additive manufacturing is a rapidly developing market, and the...
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NCDMM Appoints Rob Gorham as New America Makes Executive Director
Ed Morris, NCDMM VP and America Makes Director to Retire on May 31, 2017 Youngstown, Ohio — May 1,...
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The Proto Labs “Industrial 3D Printing For Dummies” eBook ExplainsAM’s Role in Product Development
Need to know more about 3d printing? Just starting out? The Proto Labs “Industrial 3D Printing For...
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The Heirs Of Gutenberg: GE Is Adding The Next Chapter Of Its 3D Printing Push In Germany
When the German inventor Johannes Gutenberg developed the printing press during the Renaissance,...
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Additive Manufacturing Standards to Support Industry Accreditation
Fifteen newly-proposed standards from ASTM International’s committee on additive manufacturing...
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Wohlers Associates to Partner with Materialise on a Design for Additive Manufacturing Course in Belgium
FORT COLLINS, COLORADO, USA, April 18, 2017—Wohlers Associates, Inc., a consulting firm focused on...
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MIT Additive Manufacturing Expert Discusses the Future of AM and a New Comprehensive Training Course
Following years of research, there is now a high level of interest in additive manufacturing (AM)....
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Boston Engineering Speeds Prototyping by Using Their Rize One 3D Printer
Driven by making meaningful impact. That’s the philosophy of Waltham, Massachusetts-based Boston...
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Does Additive Manufacturing Make Sense in a “Subtractive” Machine Shop?
Chris Joest, president and third-generation owner of Imperial Machine & Tool, a CNC machining...
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Small Wonders: 3D Printing ‘Microfactories’ Are Coming To Abu-Dhabi, Dubai
“Micro” isn’t a word that comes to mind when people talk about the United Arab Emirates, the home...
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Making the World of the Future
Additive manufacturing, hyper-customization and 4D printing are putting the future at your...
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WOMEN IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING: HAVE WE MOVED THE NEEDLE?
By Julie Reece, VP Marketing Last week, I participated in a panel at the Additive...
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Verifying Structural Integrity of Metal 3D-Printed Parts
For safety-critical components, it is important to know if voids or inclusions are present in...
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Better Watch Out! This Italian 3D Printing Workshop Is Taking A Leaf From Saint Nicholas
Every December, pilgrims from all over the world descend on the southern Italian seaport city of...
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RAPID + TCT 2017: Additive Manufacturing Disrupts; Creates Innovation, Opportunity and Challenge
(PITTSBURGH, March 14, 2017) – Additive manufacturing has, since its beginning, forced new ways of...
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3D Printing Is Already Starting To Threaten The Traditional Spare Parts Supply Chain
The race is on to use 3D printing to produce small-series parts, on demand and on location, for...
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An Epiphany Of Disruption: GE Additive Chief Explains How 3D Printing Will Upend Manufacturing
Jet engines are large and complicated machines. But sometimes surprisingly small parts can make...
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Futuristic Oceanscapers are Floating Villages 3D-printed from Algae and Plastic Waste
These 3D-printed floating villages could be a means to future energy independence. The structures,...
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Renault Trucks Builds Lighter, More Compact Engine with Metal 3D-Printed Parts
The Renault Trucks Lyon Powertrain Engineering department has designed a prototype DTI 5...
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How to Implement Additive Manufacturing into Your Business Model
In the decades since its invention, additive manufacturing (AM), aka 3D printing, has proved to...
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SAP Taps 3D Printing for Worldwide Distributed Manufacturing
As 3D printing shifts from a prototyping tool to a production technology, manufacturers will be...
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3D Opportunity for Business Capabilities: Additive Manufacturing Transforms the Organization
Successfully implementing and scaling additive manufacturing (AM) technology to an industrial...
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Every Beginning is Hard! The story of the X3D Expandable 3D Printer
The beginning stages of a new company involve a lot of trial and error to get the final product....
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3D Printing Will Change The Way We Make Things And Design Them In 2017
Although a lot of talk has been around robots and internet technology in manufacturing, 3D...
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Just Press Print: GE Is Building A 3D Printing Vending Machine For The Jetsons
When biomedical researchers are looking for a new drug, they study hundreds of chemicals at a time...
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Partners Unveiled New 3D Printer at Humtown
LEETONIA, Ohio – Representatives of Humtown Products, America Makes and Youngstown State...
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Liquid Metal 3D Printing Holds Promise As Revolutionary Manufacturing Method
3D printing by the Vader Systems’ liquid metal 3D printer works by melting an...
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GE to Develop Competitive Financing to Stimulate Growth in Additive Manufacturing
BOSTON, MA – Today GE (NYSE: GE) announced its GE Additive business will collaborate with GE...
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How to Overcome 3D Printing Challenges for Aerospace
While there are all sorts of fun ideas and projects to be realized through modern 3D printing...
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3-D Manufacturing Hub ‘Cut a Path for Others’
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – America Makes serves as a model for the diverse manufacturing hubs that have...
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What Happens When You Link 3D Printing and the Internet?
The industrial fringe of Greenville, South Carolina, isn’t the most obvious place to go looking...
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Top 10 3D Printing Stories of 2016
As 2016 winds to a close, it’s time to take a look back at the most popular stories of the year....
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GE’s 2017 Annual Outlook: Changing The Game With A Digital Industrial Strategy
Every year, GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt hosts a meeting with analysts and investors to walk...
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3D Printing and Printable Electronics Combine to Change the Way We Manufacture Electronics
Pulse Electronics printer can print conductors and circuits directly onto 3D surfaces....
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Arconic Strengthens Its 3D Printing Collaboration With Airbus
Arconic to Supply 3D Printed Nickel and Titanium Parts for Airbus Airplanes Under Two New...
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$5 Million Grant to Improve Metal Powders for Additive Manufacturing
Bringing 3D printing into an industrial setting is difficult. While less of an issue when working...
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Oerlikon to Build Production Facility for Additive Manufacturing Materials
Oerlikon has announced that it will be building a manufacturing facility in Plymouth Township,...
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SAP, Stratasys Accelerate Distributed Manufacturing Innovation Across Network of 3D Printing Labs
WALLDORF — SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) announced it is establishing a global network of 3D printing...
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The Essential Guide to 3D Printing – 101 Questions Answered!
This 3D printing guide is split into 101 questions. To help you find the right answer, please...
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How 3D Printing Is Changing Auto Manufacturing
Thanks to 3D printing, auto manufacturing demands and regulations could more easily be met. The...
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From the Hackspace to the Production Line: Why 3D Printing is No Longer Just for Hobbyists
It may have reinvigorated the maker movement, but beyond the hackspace, large-scale consumer uses...
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6 New Recycled and Renewable 3D Printing Plastics
This bunch of new recycled, biodegradable, plant-based, and otherwise sustainable plastics for 3D...
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Ai Build to Bring Artificial Intelligence to Additive Construction
The nascent additive construction industry is slowly starting to take shape as an increasing...
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GE’s New Aviation Plant In The Heart Of Europe Will Build 3D-Printed Engines For Next-Gen Cessna Planes
ngineering marvels such as the gothic Charles Bridge spanning the Vltava River below the Prague...
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30 Most Influential Women in 3D Printing
Since its inception the 3D printing industry has been male-dominated, reflecting the global...
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Manufacturing: It’s Unbelievably Exciting and Nothing Like the Past!
The revolution will not be televised—but it will be digitized! Taken from a famous poem and song...
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3D Printing Industry Trends Q3-2016
This Trend Report provides a comprehensive overview on the state of the 3D printing industry for...
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Faster Than a (3-D Printed) Speeding Bullet
If you set up enough Google News alerts and RSS feeds, you can fill your inbox with incredible...
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Demand for Machining Centers Remains High Despite Additive Growth
Although additive manufacturing has made some impressive gains over traditional subtractive...
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7 Startups Driving Innovation in 3D Printing
The hype of consumer 3D printing might be fizzling, but the excitement continues to build for...
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Humtown Products Will Build 3-D Labs in Leetonia
S-Max+ industrial production 3-D printer from Humtown Products is coming to Northeastern Ohio....
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GE, BMW & Nikon Just Poured Millions Into This Hot 3D-Printing Startup
3D-printing startup Carbon now has $222 million in total funding. Big manufacturers and auto...
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Six Thoughts on Stratasys’ Blockbuster Industry Announcement
To recap, the company revealed a startlingly deep development relationship with two industries,...
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GE To Acquire Two Top 3D Printing Companies For $1.4 Billion
Just a few years ago, 3D printers lived mainly inside labs and on garage desktops where hobbyists...
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Auto, Aerospace Industries Warm to 3D Printing
New 3D printing technology unveiled this week sharply increases the size of objects that can be...
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How are Boeing, Lockheed-Martin and NASA Using Additive?
AM in Aero at IMTS The Additive Manufacturing Conference (AMC) at IMTS 2016 is just two weeks...
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See inside Honeywell Aerospace’s new aluminum 3D printing lab in Phoenix
Honeywell Aerospace now has an aluminum 3d printing lab in Phoenix, AZ as a part of its...
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U.S. CEO Outlook 2016 | CEOs mobilize for the fourth industrial revolution
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is here, and it’s upending business models, blurring lines...
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What is 3D Printing?: The definitive guide to additive manufacturing
From the basics, to the pros and cons, the technologies, and everything in between, 3d Hubs has...
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3D Opportunity and the Digital Thread
Click the image below to open/download 3D Opportunity and the Digital Thread by Deloitte...
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ASTM and 3MF Sign Liaison Agreement
ASTM International (ASTM) and the 3MF Consortium (3MF) signed a liaison agreement today to...
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