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 …
Gillette and Formlabs team up to 3D print shaving handles Read More »
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 »
