3D Printing has surged 23% in 2022 and is now a $13.5 billion industry. (A reprint from DesignNews) Photo courtesy of Design News. The fourth quarter of 2022 capped a strong year for additive manufacturing markets, according to SmarTech Analysis. Even in the face of uncertain economic conditions, the growth rate for all 3D printing hardware, materials, software, and services expand by 23% in 2022. The year-end spending on additive manufacturing hit $13.5 [...]
In this week's 2 Minute Tuesday, we delve into the Measure Menu of Geomagic’s Control X software, examining the features it offers. While most users of Control X are interested in producing color maps, whisker plots, dimension checks, and GD&T analyses of the scan as compared to the nominal CAD model, it is important to note that there are several “mesh-only” functions for measuring a scan model that do not require a nominal CAD model. [...]
Are you ready to elevate your machining experience with more powerful Multiaxis toolpaths? The Mastercam Multiaxis add-on is designed to provide practical multiaxis machining strategies for simultaneous 4- and simultaneous 5-axis machining. It’s an available add-on for Mastercam Mill 3D, Mastercam Router 3D, Mastercam Mill-Turn, and Mastercam for SOLIDWORKS. Whether your organization produces simple or highly complex parts, investing in this technology will provide you with more consistent, efficient, and precise machining practices. For those [...]
Desktop Metal has compiled the top 5 reasons we see the food and beverage industry moving to metal 3D printing. While mentions of 3D printing for food may bring to mind chocolate extruded into cool decorative shapes, additive manufacturing is actually transforming the industry behind the scenes – making food and beverage processing equipment safer, more productive, and delivering all-new innovations to the nearly $60 billion industry. If you’ve ever watched an episode of “How [...]
Live Sinter | 2 Minute Tuesday (Extended Edition) In this week's 2 Minute Tuesday, we take a look at effective ways to ensure that metal 3D printed parts meet form and dimensional requirements right out of the furnace.
Is third-party G-code simulation software necessary to safely run Multiaxis? The short answer is no, especially not starting out. Fundamentally, when we post out to our NC code, we are going from vectors in space to motion commands for our machines, with all their linear and rotary axes. The post processor is translating that motion into something that a specific machine can understand. In the past, this is where third-party simulation and verification software has [...]
Come join Penn State DuBois and Cimquest for an event on how to leverage Reverse Engineering, Inspection, and 3D Printing solutions! Date: Thu, April 6, 2023, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM EDT Location: DEF Room 202 1 College Place DEF Room 202/204 DuBois, PA 15801 During this event, you will have the option to come and go as you please. There will be an opportunity to network, review parts from the various technologies Cimquest represents [...]
The Cimquest family woke up on Monday, Mar 13, 2023, to the news that our beloved colleague and friend, Michael Sljaka, had succumbed to his longtime battle with cancer on Saturday, March 11th. Mike worked for Cimquest as a Senior Applications Engineer since the acquisition of Services Four Automation in October of 2011 where he worked since August 2007. Mike quickly became popular with customers and his fellow colleagues. He put in countless hours to [...]
