Additive Manufacturing
Guidelines for Advanced Hot Runner Manifold Channel Design
Recent simulation research highlights the difference between a drilled, straight manifold channel design and a curved channel design produced via additive manufacturing.
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Powder Bed Fusion Printer Creates Molds with Increasingly Complex Geometries
Global metal additive manufacturing company AddUp Inc. introduces the FormUp 350 powder bed fusion printer, which uses very fine powders for the development of complex molds and industrial parts.
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Cutter Considerations for Hybrid Additive Manufacturing
Four tips for applying the right cutting tools in hybrid additive manufacturing.
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3D Printing, Scanning Solutions Increase Application Accessibility
Shining 3D highlights its new 3D printer and professional-grade 3D scanner, the AccuFab-L4K 3D and Transcan C 3D.
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What Is Additive Manufacturing's Place Alongside Traditional Moldmaking?
Technology improvements and design freedom solidify 3D printing’s role in mold manufacturing.
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The Mold Builder’s Guide to Additive Manufacturing
An overview of mold building needs that AM can address and specific AM techniques best suited to each.
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Desktop Metal Qualifies D2 Tool Steel for Additive Manufacturing
The company says its Production System binder jetting technology enables production of cold work tool and die parts with high hardness, wear resistance and compressive strength.
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Vertical Machining Center Designed for Moldmaking Alongside Metal 3D Printers Brings Virus Face Masks to Market Quickly
Speed and accuracy of a new vertical machining center are vital to a two-process approach for quickly producing much-needed face mask molds.
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Roadmapping Workshop Reveals Key Pain Points and Leverage Areas of Advanced Tooling Manufacturing
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and The University of Toledo, College of Engineering workshop reveals the challenges facing U.S. mold builders and identifies efforts needed to decrease dependence on offshore tooling.
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Mold Builder Insight Guides R&D Efforts
Results of road mapping workshop identify three areas of technology and education improvement to advance mold manufacturing.
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