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July 2019
HP Jet Fusion 3D Printing Shortens Time to Market – Part 3
Last week we discussed the “value of functional prototypes” in rapid prototyping and today we are going to continue with a discussion about the color capabilities of the HP Jet Fusion technology.
Color Capabilities of HP Jet Fusion Technology
There are many ways to improve the value of a prototype, but one that is often overlooked is the addition […]
Indirect Investment Casting
This article is a reprint from the Formlabs blog.
So far we’ve covered some metal casting basics, as well as direct investment casting in our blog series on casting. Today we are moving to indirect investment casting.
The process of making patterns from molds or tooling is referred to as indirect investment casting because it requires creating molds for producing the patterns in addition to […]
Adding New Toolpaths to Defaults File in Mastercam 2020
This article will show you how to add new toolpaths to your defaults file in Mastercam 2020. If you have used the migration utility to update a previous version default file you may have encountered the error message below. This can be fixed easily by following a few simple steps.
If you select a new toolpath, for instance, the Surface […]
HP Jet Fusion 3D Printing Shortens Time to Market – Part 2
The value of functional prototypes
Picking up where we left off on our article about “How HP Jet Fusion 3D Printing customers shorten their time to market” today we will discuss the value of functional prototypes.
In addition to print speed, the material properties of parts from HP Jet Fusion 3D Printing Solutions are ideal for prototyping and enable customers to make decisions about their final parts.
HP Multi Jet Fusion technology allows for […]
Direct Investment Casting
Last week we covered some metal casting basics and today we are going to pick up where we left off. Today we will talk about direct investment casting.
The direct investment casting process moves straight from creating a pattern to surrounding that pattern with investment material. Since the wax injection method of creating a pattern requires multiple steps, it is considered indirect.
Direct investment casting is best for short runs of parts or initial testing of a […]
Mastercam 2020 Migration
Today we will outline how to update your previous Mastercam version resource files to Mastercam 2020 using the Migration utility. To start, create a temporary source folder for the Migration utility to access called “update.”
You will use this to hold copies of the contents of the Shared Mcam folder, which will leave the previous installation […]