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 [...]
3DGence extends their portfolio of industry-focused solutions with a new high-speed printer and Material Management System 3DGence, the Industrial 3D Printing Company, launches the next version of their class-leading FFF INDUSTRY portfolio, the INDUSTRY F421. In conjunction with this launch, 3DGence will release an AS9100 Certified PEEK Aero Filament for Aerospace, Space, and Defence applications, as well as a Material Management System (MMS) with pre-programmed configurations for proper storage, preparation, and annealing of industrial filaments [...]
A reprint from TCT magazine Binder jetting enables the production of cams oil and gas or chemical processing applications in a single printing step. Desktop Metal has added another material to its list of qualified metals for its additive manufacturing Production System. The company has announced D2 tool steel, which has been qualified in accordance with ASTM testing requirements, will join 420 stainless steel, nickel alloy IN625, 4140 low-alloy steel, 316L stainless steel, [...]
The optimal workflow in Control X for inspection is to compare the scan of a manufactured part to its corresponding nominal CAD model. This is done by first aligning the scan to the CAD model, typically utilizing datums for the alignment. Once the alignment is complete, any type of dimension, whether feature size, distance, GD&T, etc. may be derived by essentially comparing the dimensions of the scan to those of the nominal CAD model. The [...]
