Exploring the: Machining & Direct-Metal Manufacturing Zone
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- Aerospace Parts from Powder
- Additive manufacturing using a new laser sintering process may soon enable this Nebraska company to carve out a niche creating aircraft ducting from high-temperature PEEK polymers.
Article Published: 3/17/2011
- Rapid Tooling: Poised for Rapid Takeoff
- Developments in rapid tooling make this technology even more attractive for quick, low-cost, customizable, and even environmentally aware manufacturing.
Article Published: 1/11/2010
- Direct Metal Laser Sintering
- Laser sintering is an additive process that deposited metals, such as Titanium, to create complex machinable workpiece blanks.
Article Published: 12/28/2009
- Is Direct-Metal Manufacturing Ready for Production?
- Not yet, says one manufacturer—but almost. This company is getting its customers ready for the day when additive manufacturing will be much more mainstream.
Article Published: 10/1/2009
- CNC Machining As A Prototyping Technology
- Designcraft has many more machining centers than additive devices. Here is why.
Article Published: 10/1/2009
- Optimized Mold Temperature Control Using DMLS
- This white paper describes the use of additive manufacturing to produce mold tooling with conformal cooling channels.
Article Published: 9/8/2009
- Addressing the Design Issues of Rapid Manufacturing
- This white paper from a manufacturer that added an in-house rapid manufacturing center describes how additive technologies both complement and differ from manufacturing processes relying on CNC machining.
Article Published: 9/8/2009
- Fast via Machining and Molding
- Thanks to a cluster of processors running a home-grown algorithm and lean manufacturing shops in the U.S., Japan and Europe, Proto Labs can deliver machined or molded parts in as little as a day.
Article Published: 9/1/2009
- 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 tools that have decided benefits for injection molding and die casting.
Article Published: 7/1/2009
- Direct Manufacturing Gets a High-Flying Boost
- A consortium of companies is working with a German university to advance the state of additive manufacturing processes.
Article Published: 1/1/2009
