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October 2022
Bring SLS 3D Printing In-House
Outsourcing vs. In-House: When Does it Make Sense to Bring SLS 3D Printing In-House?
Do you ever wonder about the value proposition of bringing selective laser sintering (SLS) 3D printers in-house and how it compares with outsourcing SLS parts from a service bureau? Or have you ever wondered about what it would be like to post-process these parts?
In “Outsourcing vs. In-House: When Does it […]
Tuccamirgan’s Pipe of Peace: Scanned and 3D Printed
A reprint from Hunterdon Historical Record, by Russ Lockwood
Tuccamirgan’s peace pipe and its two 3D replicas made with a 3D printer.
On October 19, 1925, the Case family donated a Native-American pipe made of soapstone to the Hunterdon County Historical Society (HCHS). Indeed, members of the Wickcheoche Tribe and Wickcheoche Council attended the donation ceremony at the Lenape Chief Tuccamirgan’s grave in the Case family cemetery on […]
Evaluating 3D-printed Footwear
The First Environmental Evaluation of 3D-Printed Footwear
A team of graduate students at Yale’s Center for Business and the Environment worked with HILOS and with data provided by their supply chain partners – BASF Forward AM and AMT – to examine each piece of their environmental impact. They then benchmarked the results against traditional footwear supply […]
HP, Sculpteo, and Athos Launch World’s First 3D Printed Climbing Shoes
Reprint from 3D Printing Industry
3D-printed climbing shoes, launching soon, are a “world-first” according to ATHOS, a Spanish sportswear start-up. The forthcoming range will be created with HP, a global technology company and makers of Multi Jet Fusion 3D printing systems, plus Sculpteo, an online 3D printing bureau.
ATHOS 3D printed climbing shoes. Image via ATHOS
“Changing the sports footwear industry” with 3D printing
“3D […]
Join Us For a Metal 3D Printing Technology Tour
Join us for a day of metal 3D printing & learn why it has become additive manufacturing’s hottest growth engine.
In less than a decade, Desktop Metal has helped to invigorate the additive manufacturing industry. Founded in 2015, they have endeavored to make metal 3D printing accessible to all engineers, designers, and manufacturing professionals. They’ve also invested in Metal Binder Jetting (MBJ) and Bound […]
Metrology Minute – Product Manufacturing Information (PMI)
Product Manufacturing Information (PMI) is a topic that continues to grow legs throughout our Control X user community. It allows for the seamless transfer of manufacturing data to other systems for downstream applications. For example, the connecting arm below was created in Solidworks, one of the many CAD systems that support PMI. Notice that datums, dimensions with tolerances, as well as GD&T callouts are placed onto the 3D model in Solidworks. These PMI tools are […]