Additive Manufacturing
Vacuum Brazing Meets Additive Manufacturing for Optimized Conformal Cooling
Renishaw and Liechtenstein-based Listemann Technology have joined forces to service moldmakers with the optimum conformal cooling solution. Depending on the application and desired reduction in cycle time, the companies now jointly design and create conformal cooling channels either through vacuum brazing, laser sintering or a combination of both to find the most suitable and cost-efficient design for their customers.
Read MoreSLM Launches Updated AM Resources Website
The company has posted an updated site on the selective laser melting process.
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Matsuura USA Completes AM Platform Production Center
Matsuura USA completed the development of a Lumex Center of Excellence at its headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota. The facility installs Lumex Avance Series machines, which are AM platforms that combine additive and subtractive processes.
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Throwback Thursday: Worldwide Review and Analysis of Additive Fabrication
I wonder if Terry Wohlers knew just how accurate he was when he examined what was, in 2007, called “additive fabrication” and provided a pointed prediction of the future of the additive industry?
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Machine Combines Additive and Subtractive Processes for Quick Turn of Custom Parts
The Lumex Avance-25 is a product from the Matsuura Lumex Avance series, which are now available in North America from Matsuura Machinery USA, Inc. The series are made of powder bed, metal additive manufacturing (AM) platforms with subtractive capability that combine laser sintering and high-speed milling.
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A Racing Car Named Gwyneth Helps Teach UK Students about Manufacturing
Since making workforce development a special focus for MMT, I’m learning about so many more supplier companies that are blazing trails, in various ways, to engage the next generation of mechanical engineers. One of them is Renishaw.
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Driving a New Generation of Toolmaking
Audi is one car manufacturer making its production—including its toolmaking—fit for the future with Industry 4.0 and metal 3D printing.
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Technology Showcase: Machining, AM and Software
With Amerimold in our rear-view mirror for the time being, there are still several new products that have been released, or will be soon, to bring to MMT readers’ attention.
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Building a Better Tool
Design enhancements for a conformal-cooled insert leverage 3D-printing capabilities.
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Laser Optimization Brings AM to the Next Level for Moldmaking
Metal 3D printer manufacturer Sodick first launched its OPM250L at IMTS 2016, where Phoenix DeVentures of Morgan Hill, California, showcased its success with the new hybrid machine.
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