The die casting is a conformally cooled insert that was produced using Fraunhofer ILT's gantry-type, multi-laser Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) machine with MacLean-Fogg's L-40 tool steel powder. A ...
[Chris Borge] has made (and revised) many of his own tools using a combination of 3D printing and common hardware, and recently decided to try metal casting. Having created his own tapping arm, he ...
Integrating 3D printing with standard casting methods shortens lead times and enhances production agility. Combining additive manufacturing and milling automates processes, reduces waste, and ...
Consumer-grade 3D printing is good for prototyping and making relatively soft plastic stuff. If you wanna make tough things, though, it’s really hard to beat the strength of metal. [Shake the Future] ...
DETROIT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Velo3D, Inc. (NYSE: VLD), a leading metal additive manufacturing technology company for mission-critical parts, today announced that Atomic Industries, a creator of ...
It was only a matter of time before the tool and die industry turned to metal 3D printing to speed it processes. The Velo3D’s metal additive tools that Atomic Industries is using include a Sapphire ...
US-based company Tooling & Equipment International (TEI) expands additive manufacturing capacity with third VX4000 3D sand printer As a supplier to General Motors, TEI is using the world's largest 3D ...
Although the overall U.S. manufacturing sector ended 2023 on a sour note and has stayed there so far this year, one sliver of manufacturing called additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, is still ...
MIT researchers have designed a printable aluminum alloy that’s five times stronger than cast aluminum and holds up at extreme temperatures. Machine learning helped them zero in on the ideal recipe in ...