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April 2021
HP and Ford Team Up to Convert 3D Waste Into Auto Parts
reprint from Digital Engineering
Companies found way to extend life of already-used 3D printed powders and parts, turning them into auto components for Super Duty F-250 trucks, creating closed-loop on waste.
Ford says 3D printing has potential to revolutionize customization of low-volume vehicle parts, accelerate sustainability. Image courtesy of HP and Ford.
Ford is seeking to drive the future of automotive 3D printing, this time teaming […]
Design for Additive Manufacturing: Internal Features and Channels
Additive manufacturing is rapidly rewriting the rules of how metal parts are made, and it’s doing it with the help of a new design language – Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM).
Developed to take advantage of the enormous design freedom that comes with 3D printing, DfAM allows manufacturers to unlock a host of benefits – from highly complex geometry to the use of generative design tools to the ability to create internal features and channels – […]
3DGence Announces the INDUSTRY F350 3D Printer
3DGence announced a new industrial 3D printer for their INDUSTRY line, the F350.
The 3DGence F350 production 3D printer
Previously the company launched the F340 and F420. The new F350 seems to fit in-between the previous two models, as you might suspect. However, unlike most “mid models”, it isn’t just about a build volume that fits in-between. 3DGence has implemented an interesting combination of […]
What is the Universal CMM?
The Universal CMM (Coordinate Measuring Machine) is a software-only alternative to many of the cryptic and clumsy programming software products that ship with CMM’s and Head controllers. The Verisurf AUTOMATE module provides communications between Verisurf software and the CMM giving you a simple user interface to address authoring inspection programs from a variety of supported CMM’s.
Tolerating outdated metrology software is now a thing of the past, especially […]
Verisurf Mesh Utilities for 3D Data Preparation
The powerful Verisurf Mesh utilities allow you to create high-quality meshes for 3D printing, machine from STL, and use as nominal models for inspection.
Power Mesh simultaneously can create, merge, clean up, refine, smooth, hole fill, and extend the mesh. Advanced options control mesh density and can close mesh volume. Power Mesh can create water-tight mesh, a natural first step in […]
March 2021
HP Partners With Solize to 3D Print Spares On-Demand for Vintage Nisan GT-RS
Japanese manufacturer SOLIZE has worked with multinational printing firm HP to 3D print spare parts for heritage models from Nissan’s NISMO line of sports cars.
Using 3D modeling and HP’s Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) platform, SOLIZE’s engineers have been able to design and 3D print discontinued parts for vehicles such as the Skyline GT-R on-demand. Working as part of Nissan’s Heritage Parts program, the firms effectively demonstrated how the carmaker could benefit from digitizing its inventory, […]