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 …
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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 …
