3d Printing is the Future: 2020

Friday, November 13, 2020

ParallelQSlim: Simplifying Complex 3D Scanned Meshes

A new open source tool could greatly aid the simplification of basic 3D scans.

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by Kerry Stevenson via Fabbaloo

How Did 3D Printing’s Largest Event Translate To The Digital?

Now that Formnext 2020 is a wrap, in the digital form of Formnext Connect, we can take a step back and gauge the value of a massive virtual event.

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by Sarah Goehrke via Fabbaloo

Who Is AM Ventures, And What Do They Do?

I had a chat with Adrian Maier-Ring, Investment Manager at AM Ventures, to find out more about his company.

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by Kerry Stevenson via Fabbaloo

Ice Cold: A New Day For Thermal Desalination And 3D Printing

Charles Goulding Jr. dives into 3D printing used for thermal desalination applications.

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by Charles Goulding Jr. via Fabbaloo

Autodesk Adds Powerhouse Manufacturing Tools to Fusion 360

Autodesk announced during its recent Advanced Manufacturing Summit that some of its powerhouse manufacturing tools would be added to Fusion 360, including PowerMill, PowerShape and PowerInspect.

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by ENGINEERING.com via Fabbaloo

Thursday, November 12, 2020

Additive Industries Lands An Important Partnership

Additive Industries announced a partnership with Makino, and this should enable the company to provide significant additional functionality.

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by Kerry Stevenson via Fabbaloo

The Jig Is Up: 3D Printing Fixtures Is About To Be Much More Efficient

Stratasys and nTopology execs share a look at their new collaboration, starting with an impressive FDM Assembly Fixture Generator.

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by Sarah Goehrke via Fabbaloo

Additive Assurance’s Revolutionary Quality Control System, AMiRIS

A startup company has developed a unique method of certifying the quality of 3D printed metal parts.

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by Kerry Stevenson via Fabbaloo

Back To The Garage For 3D Printing Innovation

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi consider innovation in 2020, when many are returning to their own garage setups.

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by Charles Goulding via Fabbaloo

CAD Exchanger Adds CATIA, DWG, U3D, FBX Support

If you’re a user of multiple CAD platforms and 3D creation apps...

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Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Pop Up 3D Prints Of The Future

Researchers have been experimenting with techniques to 3D print objects that can be unfolded into their full size after printing.

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by Kerry Stevenson via Fabbaloo

Prusa Research’s Amazing New Materials Table

Prusa Research has released an extremely interesting and highly useful materials table.

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by Kerry Stevenson via Fabbaloo

Connecting At Formnext Connect

The biggest event in additive manufacturing looks a bit different this year, as Formnext Connect connects us virtually.

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by Sarah Goehrke via Fabbaloo

Mimaki Introduces “Accessible” Full Color 3D Printer

Continuing on its mission to bring 10 million colors to 3D printing, Mimaki has just announced a new “baby” in its family: the 3DUJ-2207 UV-LED 3D printer.

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by Sarah Goehrke via Fabbaloo

Conversational Commerce Versus Traditional Customer Sales Processes

Adam Friedman and Ryan Donley examine AI-driven conversational commerce, which was growing technology in 2018 and 2019 and is experiencing rapid growth in 2020 due to the pandemic.

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by Charles Goulding via Fabbaloo

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

INTAMSYS Has Big Plans For 2021

In a briefing earlier today I learned about INTAMSYS’ plans for 2021, and they are quite ambitious.

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by Kerry Stevenson via Fabbaloo

SLM Solution’s “Miracle Machine”: The NXG XII 600

SLM Solutions has released a breakthrough metal 3D printer, the massive NXG XII 600.

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by Kerry Stevenson via Fabbaloo

Desktop Metal Continues AM Software Focus With Live Sinter

Sintering is a necessary step in metal 3D printing, and a new software application targets accurate compensation for distortions.

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by Sarah Goehrke via Fabbaloo

Two Manufacturing Processes That Excel In The Art Of Jewellery Making

It is quite challenging trying to fathom how two industrial techniques are used to create delicate jewelry. 3D printing is an additive process and CNC machining uses a subtractive technique, but both methods produce fine pieces.

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by Marinus Nutma via Fabbaloo