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Month: August 2022

Digital Orthodontics at Scale at the UK’s Largest Ortho Lab

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Customer Story – Digital Orthodontics at Scale at the UK’s Largest Ortho Lab PROFILE: Ashford Orthodontics is the largest orthodontic laboratory in the United Kingdom with a 12,000 square foot facility and over 50 employees, offering specialist orthodontic technical services to orthodontic and dental professionals. CHALLENGE: The lab had to adopt digital orthodontics workflows to …

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Enhancing 3D-Printed Aerospace Tooling with AMT PostPro

Aerospace, AMT, Case Studies, Customer Stories / By

3D printing is an invaluable manufacturing tool for aerospace innovation with the ability to produce complex external shapes and internal geometries. No other manufacturing tool lets aerospace engineers prototype and produce end-use parts to exceptionally low tolerances, with unequalled repeatability at minimal cost in-house. However, the technology – which builds models layer by layer – …

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A Step-By-Step Walkthrough of The Markforged 3D Printing Software

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Introduction   The global 3D printer industry is emerging faster and is expected to cross the revenue of $21billion by the end of 2022. The major portion of this huge revenue from 3D printing comes from using 3D printing in the manufacturing industry. Car parts 3D printing is one example, and Markforged Eiger Software for …

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Keeping Trains Moving With Silicone 3D-Printed Parts

Case Studies, Customer Stories, Engineering & Manufacturing, Lynxter, News / By

Train maintenance problems are becoming commonplace due to parts shortages and manufacturing constraints. Grounding a train is the last resort, but operators are faced with no alternative if serviceable parts are unavailable. A railway sector company recently faced this problem when the silicone boot seal for a train braking system got damaged and needed replacing. …

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Finishing 3D Printed Prosthetics with PostPro Chemical Vapor Smoothing

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Post-Processing 3D printed prosthetics for comfort, safety and strength with AMT PostPro. One commonly cited limitation of 3D printing is the surface finish of 3D printed parts, which usually have visible layers – the opposite of injection moulded parts, which are perfectly smooth and ready to go. Thankfully, you can achieve the injection-moulded look with …

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Improving Formula Student Engine Performance with 3D Printing

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Improving Engine Performance with Markforged 3D Printing & AMT Vapor Smoothing. Formula Student is the event European automotive engineering students look forward to each year. The single goal is to design and build a single-seat racer that is faster and more consistent than over 100 other efforts. Over the years, 3D printing has become a …

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3D Printing Ergonomic Tank Extenders with MonkeyGripp and BCN3D

Automotive, BCN3D, Case Studies, Customer Stories, News / By

How do MonkeyGripp Use BCN3D technology to print tank extenders for motorbikes?   Solving problems like geometry constraints and slow prototyping times brought about by traditional manufacturing techniques is 3D printing’s speciality. However, while faster 3D printers are more valuable, speed cannot come at the expense of quality because designers need perfect physical parts to …

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How SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital 3D Prints Anatomical Models

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When we think of 3D printing in hospitals, imagining a future of additively manufacturing organs and limbs isn’t so farfetched. While we aren’t quite there yet, 3D printing is being used to assist with surgeries and operations today. SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital uses 3D printing to plan, simulate, and refine around two hundred surgeries annually. …

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