3D Printing Accelerates Innovation in China’s Commercial Vehicle Industry
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by Natasha Mathew
7h ago
China's commercial vehicle market accounts for over 40% of total global sales. Playing a key role in China’s success is the industry’s willingness to adopt new disruptive technologies like industrial 3D printing to pave the way for a new generation of production in custom commercial vehicle manufacturers such as CNHTC. At the helm of this transformation is Dr. Dong, a visionary engineer, who established one of China’s largest 3D printing centers within CNHTC, the third-largest commercial vehicle manufacturer in the country. With Chinese domestic demand for commercial vehicles projected to i ..read more
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3D Printed Spare Parts: On-Demand Solutions for Aerospace, Defense, and Industrial Manufacturing
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by Natasha Mathew
1w ago
A broken or defective part could mean a reduction or even a total halt in production while waiting for the replacement to arrive – an expensive inconvenience for manufacturers. One of the areas where 3D printing has been most disruptive is in the fabrication of temporary spare parts. These printed components can often meet functional requirements until a longer-lasting solution can be sourced or produced. This allows industries to continue production, which increases machinery uptime and minimizes supply-chain uncertainties. In this article, we'll examine some common challenges for aerospace ..read more
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Symbiosis of Art and Technology Through Large-Format 3D Printing
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by Natasha Mathew
1M ago
US contemporary artist Welly Fletcher builds a bridge to prehistoric cave art with a Large-Format 3D printed sculpture made with BigRep ONE. 40,000 years ago, cave-dwelling Homo sapiens carved out a sculpture of a lion man into an ivory tusk using primitive chisels and tools. The sculpture, which was discovered almost 100 years ago in a cave in south Germany, remains the earliest known example of Homo sapien art - and serves as a stark reminder of the extraordinary cognitive traits which have allowed our species to develop societies, religions, and technologies. After experiencing the prehi ..read more
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Finished to Perfection: Post Processing Techniques for 3D Printed Car Parts
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by Natasha Mathew
1M ago
From upgrading vintage cars to powering high-performance race cars, 3D printing caters to a range of automotive applications replete with professional-grade finishes. While some prints are good to go fresh off the print bed, some need finishing touches before reaching their final functional form. 3D printing builds parts by laying layer upon layer of melted plastic leaving pronounced ridges, especially with lower print resolutions. Also, support structure removal can leave behind a marred surface that needs to be further processed. Different post-processing techniques smoothen and treat the ..read more
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3D Printing Powers Wind Turbine Research at TU Berlin
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by Natasha Mathew
2M ago
On average, wind turbine blades are a massive 80 meters long. When it comes to reengineering these towering blades, no other technology offers the freedom, precision, and adaptability to scale parts quite like 3D printing. While replicating them in a university lab might be near impossible, a scaled prototype with 1 meter blades is very much in the wheelhouse of a large-build volume 3D printer. Here, researchers go big by starting small. Based on 3D-printed rotor blades, TU Berlin offers a course - Wind Turbine Measurement Techniques that imparts skills to measure the performance of the bla ..read more
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Winds of Change for Vestas: 3D Printed Tooling Transforms Wind Turbines
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by Natasha Mathew
3M ago
There aren’t a lot of technologies that can propel towering wind turbines to new heights of time and cost efficiencies, but large-format additive manufacturing rose to the challenge and delivered with its eclectic range of applications.     Vestas, a global leader in sustainable energy solutions, designs, manufactures, installs, and services wind turbines across the globe. With more than 160 GW (billion watts) of wind turbines in 88 countries, the renewable energy giant has harvested more wind power than anyone else in the game.    When Vestas needed to replace ..read more
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3D Printing Reinvents the Bass Drum Without Missing a Beat
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by Natasha Mathew
3M ago
What possesses someone to reinvent a musical instrument that’s been around for thousands of years?   Oliver Deeg, a product engineer, and musician will tell you: boredom, curiosity, and a firmly rooted knowledge of additive technology. His dream? To create drums that aren't confined by traditional manufacturing limitations. His tool of choice? Large-format 3D printing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWWZEfa-Y00 Defying Conventional Constraints Oliver Deeg is a man of talents and passions; CAD design, additive 3D printing technology, and e-commerce being the mainstays. His razor ..read more
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A Definitive Guide to 3D Printing: The Past, Present, and Future
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by Natasha Mathew
3M ago
From its humble beginnings as a niche technology for rapid prototyping to its current spectrum of capabilities to create forms that are virtually impossible to build any other way, 3D printing has spawned a brand-new generation of manufacturing. In this article, we’ll take a look at the origins of 3D printing, its big moments in history, its applications, and explore the future it holds. Table of Contents 1. The Basics of 3D Printing 2. Types of 3D Printing Technologies 3. Real-World Applications 4. 7 Steps to Find the Right 3D Printer 5. The Future of 3D Printing 1. The Basics o ..read more
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BLADE 3.8.0 Released!
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by Hossein Shamloo
5M ago
Software Improvements Auto orientation plugin now operates via a tool bar Add Tab Anti Warping plugin (https://github.com/5axes/TabAntiWarping v1.3.0) BigRep materials now have a link to their web page PRO.1 and PRO.2 Added material profile: HI-TEMP ONE.4 Added PEX CU 1mm and PEX CU 0.6mm New material profile: Pro HT for PEX CU 1mm New material profile: HI-TEMP for PEX CU 1mm New material profile: HI-TEMP-CF for PEX CU 1mm Download Installer Download Source Code ..read more
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BigRep Turns Up The Heat With HAGE3D Acquisition
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by Natasha Mathew
5M ago
Reinhard Festag (Managing Director, BigRep), Matthias Katschnig (CTO, HAGE3D), Sven Thate (Managing Director, BigRep), and Thomas Janics (CEO, HAGE3D) at Formnext 2023. In our quest to offer exceptional Additive Manufacturing technology, solutions and expand our capabilities, today marks a monumental day in the history of BigRep as we announce the acquisition of HAGE3D. This partnership signals a giant leap toward our vision of becoming a full-solution ecosystem for a range of low to high-temperature applications, offering a powerhouse of innovation and possibilities.  The collaborat ..read more
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