With all the new 3D printing technologies coming to the Additive Manufacturing market, one can be flooded with options and confusion. - monochrome, full color, materials, functionality, prototyping, production? “Lyons, tigers and bears, oh my!” Often you may find you need to sacrifice one for another. Why is that, and do we see this changing? For the sake of this article - let’s explore Full Color. What is Full Color? Full color is the process [...]
Metal 3D Printing - Desktop Metal Shop System Designed with the modern machine shop in mind, the Shop System offers superior surface finish and resolution on metal parts. And it does this without the labor-intensive support removal found with traditional metal systems. https://cimquesttv.wistia.com/medias/8grqwzmuzr?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640
by Tom Wakeley, 3D Printing Application Engineer Often companies that are looking to get into the additive manufacturing space come to us with a benchmark file for us to print on the system they are interested in. This can be a great way to see if the machine in question can give you what you are looking for. However, coming in with a realistic expectation of what you are really looking to get is important. [...]
PMI Integration - Webinars on Demand Driving inspection criteria from your CAD system Our next installment in our Webinar series continues the discussion on how to apply 3D laser scanning to part inspection. In this episode the nominal CAD model will be prepped for inspection using the same part with Solidworks. We will demonstrate how to use the PMI Import Wizard to get all the inspection criteria from Solidworks into Control X and establish a [...]
Formlabs response to Covid-19 - Webinars on Demand In this On Demand Webinar that aired on April 14th, you’ll discover how Formlabs revamped its 3D printer farm to produce 100K Covid-19 Test Swabs per day. By teaming up with Northwell Health and the University of Southern Florida Health, they were able to develop and optimize the design in only one week. https://cimquesttv.wistia.com/medias/55ln9jfnnw?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640
https://cimquesttv.wistia.com/medias/xe9wbz1ofv?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 3D Printing for Dental Equipment Development A-Dec first started using 3D printing for Dental Equipment Development for prototypes and fixtures, but soon realized they could produce end-use replacement parts for their older subtractive machines.
Geomagic Reverse Engineering - Modeling Wizards In this webinar on demand we demonstrate how Batch processing in Control X can be used to create one inspection process that can be applied to multiple parts and or scans automatically with the advantageous component of it being an unmanned process. Watch as we uncover how to develop a singular Control X inspection program then capitalize on it by using it for any other subsequent inspections. https://cimquesttv.wistia.com/medias/3rlrxoysep?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640
Tough 2000 Resin is a reformulation of Formlab’s popular Tough Resin, offering more advanced mechanical properties and a new dark grey finish. Compared to Tough Resin, this material reformulation brings: Reduced brittle failures: Increased elongation by more than 100%. Improved strength and stiffness: Increased flexural strength and flexural modulus by roughly 15%. Better performance at elevated temperatures: Increased heat deflection temperature by roughly 25%. Professional-looking parts: New grey color. Tough 2000 Resin is the strongest [...]
