There were many submissions to our Holiday Ornament challenge this year. The 1st and 2nd place winners were already announced a couple of weeks back. Another one of our favorites was the Christmas Star submitted by Forest Denton. We really liked his design for its geometric simplicity and also thought it would be a great example to have our friends at Desktop Metal 3D print it with a revolutionary process they are about to bring [...]
https://cimquesttv.wistia.com/medias/jhqp7yijg3?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 Inspecting a Part, Without Having a CAD file Control X’s ability to analyze regions in a 3D scan allows us to identify features and then perform inspection analysis, even in the absence of a CAD model.
Most successful businesses take advantage of legal tax incentives to help lower their operating costs. Did you know that you can immediately deduct the full purchase price of qualifying equipment and/or software? Section 179 of the IRS tax code lets businesses do just that. Much of the equipment businesses purchased to conform to COVID-19 restrictions will qualify for the Section 179 tax Deduction. 2021 is The Best Year Ever for Section 179 The 2021 Section [...]
https://cimquesttv.wistia.com/medias/d0ejf94sw5?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 Advanced Manufacturing East Recap - Part 2 Watch this week's 2 Minute Tuesday for the recap, part 2, of the Atlantic Manufacturing East tradeshow at the Jacob Javits Conference Center in New York City.
The Social Media voting on our 3D Printed Ornament Challenge ended last week and we are happy to announce the winners. Congratulations go to . . . Marcus Mitchell from New York - 1st Place Marcus will receive a $500 Amazon gift card for his "Wishing You a Toyful Holiday" ornament design. "My design was based on the classic children's stacking rings toy. I wanted to design a functional, decorative and entertaining ornament; using a [...]
https://cimquesttv.wistia.com/medias/a68s4xmtkg?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 Advanced Manufacturing East Recap - Part 1 Watch this week's 2 Minute Tuesday for a recap of the Atlantic Manufacturing East tradeshow at the Jacob Javits Conference Center in New York City last week.
Desktop Metal is offering an end-of-year trade-in promotion on a new Studio or Shop system on orders received by December 17th with delivery by the end of 2021. To qualify for this promotion the MSRP of the equipment replaced (at the time of original purchase) must be at least equal or greater than the discount applied to the order. This will require you to trade in or remove an existing piece of additive equipment in [...]
Xact Metal, the developers of affordable metal 3D printers, recently launched their new XM200G 3D Printer. The XM200G is built on the Xact Metal XM200C metal AM machine but uses a high-performance galvanometer system. This new architecture allows faster manufacturing times and supports multiple lasers and utilizes metal laser powder-bed fusion (LPBF) technology. With the launch of this new printer, Xact Metal aims to make high-speed metal 3D printing available for more customers. The XM200G [...]
