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The benefits of additive manufacturing for part consolidation
AM is uniquely capable of producing complex geometries that can’t be manufactured using traditional methods of manufacturing. A mechanical assembly…
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DESIGN FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Design for manufacturing (DFM) has typically meant that designers should tailor their designs to eliminate manufacturing difficulties and minimize costs.…
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Additive Manufacturing Application Trends
The development of innovative, advanced additive manufacturing technologies has progressed quickly yielding broader and high value applications. This accelerating trend…
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7 Principles for Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM)
3D printing started in the 1980s and since then quite a few different technologies have developed. DfAM (Design for Additive Manufacturing)…
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Additive Manufacturing Advantages over Conventional Manufacturing
The growing success of additive manufacturing is due to its advantages over conventional manufacturing. However, these strengths often come along with…
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5 Major Benefits of Additive Manufacturing
Since the introduction of 3D printing in the 1980s, the benefits of producing small amounts of complex parts have been…
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What is Additive Manufacturing?
Additive Manufacturing (AM) is an appropriate name to describe the technologies that build 3D objects by adding layer-upon-layer of material, whether the material…
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Rapid Tooling: Faster, Better, and Less Expensive
Don’t think of rapid tooling purely for prototyping or short runs. Additive tech is making it possible to produce steel…
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What are the Different Types of Rapid Prototyping?
Stereolithography (SLA) or Vat Photopolymerization This fast and affordable technique was the first successful method of commercial 3D printing. It…
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WHAT IS RAPID PROTOTYPING? T IS RAPID PROTOTYPING?
Rapid prototyping is the fast fabrication of a physical part, model or assembly using 3D computer aided design (CAD). The…
