What can it do for you, really?
Metal printing is here. And it’s revolutionizing industries across the globe.
Binded by the light. (AM goes commercial)
Reverse engineering. Data storage and transmission. Metrology.
Do more. Do it better. And with the right materials.
If you’ve searched the periodic table and found no reference to ‘Inconel’, you aren’t alone. Inconel® is a “superalloy”, very deserving of the descriptor and ideally suited to 3D printing! About Inconel Properties of Inconel Cool, But What’s It…
Aluminum. Common! But NOT boring. We’ll intro this blog post with some of the basics about this amazing metal and its alloys, and then move on to what we suspect will really grab you — its utility in 3D printing…
In light of the series of ASTM F42 committee dedicated to updating and continuing their work on AM standards, this article has been updated and re-released. This article is fairly length and discusses: Why Standards Matter How Standards Can Benefit…
Pill containers. Plastic furniture. Containers for cleaning fluids. Rubbermaid storage bins. Since its origins in 1951, polypropylene (PPE) has become one of the most common thermoplastics, accounting for over 22% of global plastic production (73.7 million tonnes of 330 million…
It is spring and around the globe, more and more are sprouting, and it’s easy to understand why people would choose to have one. After all, they are inexpensive, fast-growing, attractive — and green. No, you haven’t clicked on the…
This is an account of two industrial machine-tooling and sales companies and how they each choose to produce the same new product. Both make intelligent and strategic choices. Yet those choices are very different — because the two companies and…
(This article was produced in collaboration with Eplus3D and is the second article in our Mind of Metal series. If you missed it, the article that introduced this series is here.) pre-processing … processing … POST PROCESSING Perhaps you’ve designed…
Four Additive Design Benefits When Lightweighting Metal 3D Printed Parts Design freedom. Of the vast benefits offered by additive manufacturing, this is one of the most often cited. The incremental ‘layered’ building process allows for inclusion of component variations and…
Shining 3D worked with the Harbin Institute of Technology to design a heat exchanger to address a problem that had been plaguing electric race car. This brief webinar features their efforts and tools. Enjoy!
