NASA may not have done much to accelerate the progress of space exploration since Apollo 17, but there are private companies doing their bit to hop us onto the next stage – Mars. Everyone’s a way off it yet, but in the next half decade it’s thought we’ll all know someone who has flown to …
3D Printing SpaceX Rocket Models with Oli and Formlabs Read More »
Markforged has today released H13 Tool Steel out of beta, making the material available for use with the Metal X 3D printer. H13 Tool Steel is an air hardening chromium-molybdenum hot work steel. It resists thermal fatigue cracking and is used in a wide range of applications. Typical applications include grippers, die inserts, dies, nut …
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MakerBot has announced an all-new 3D printer today. The MakerBot Method is their best 3D printer yet – an industrial-grade 3D printer that fits on a desktop. It “bridges the gap” between desktop and industrial 3D printing with a suite of features that are normally only found on industrial 3D printers. These include a circulating …
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Without stock-feeding capabilities, CNC lathes cannot automate part production. The solution is bar pullers, which advance parts along the production line. The way it works is simple. The puller presses onto the remaining stock after the part is finished and a powered chuck moves it along. The chuck is then secured, and the bar puller …
3D Printing a CNC Lathe Bar Puller with bmi CAD and Markforged Read More »
Formlabs is at the cutting edge of stereolithography, with their suite of resins being as expertly engineered as the hardware that prints them. Their latest resin is a reformulation of an existing one, High Temp v2. High Temp v2 is an updated version of High Temp v1, reformulated to be stronger and less brittle. The …
You know what the most frustrating thing about printing with an FDM or FFF 3D printer is? Layer lines. Well, really obvious ones that is. They stick out like a sore thumb and give the manufacturing method away at a mere glance. Layer lines are also very difficult to smooth out flawlessly without burning through …
The Zortrax Apoller smooths out layer lines in FDM prints Read More »
Gillette is offering the best 3D printed shaving handles a man can get thanks to a partnership with Formlabs. Customers are able to create, customise and send to manufacture their own shaving handle designs which are then 3D printed at a production facility in Boston using the Form 2. For a long time it has …
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You might remember in October Ultimaker announced a new composites-ready print core for the S5 at the TCT Show. The print core enables you to print with Owens Corning XSTRAND and DSM Novamid materials. Ultimaker has since announced an update to Cura software and it’s a biggie, offering a marketplace where you can access material printing profiles …
Ultimaker Cura 3.6 unlocks a huge material profile marketplace Read More »
Machining very large parts such as shafts 12″ in diameter is a time-intensive and expensive endeavour. Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company, specialise in manufacturing extremely large parts for railroads and the transport industry. They also make off-highway vehicles for mining, industry and construction. They became interested in large-format 3D printing as a tool to fabricate prototypes and develop …
3D Printing Large Mock Up Parts with Progress Rail and 3D Platform Read More »
On the production line, process automation is essential to control manufacturing output and guarantee a standard of efficiency. Hugard Inc. manufactures precision turned parts using CNC lathes, and a challenge they have always faced is how to collect parts as they’re parted off the lathe. Ordinarily, an arm and grip would grab the turned parts or …
3D Printing CNC Lathe Part Catchers with Hugard and Markforged Read More »
