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July 2022
Design X Essentials – New Light Version of Design X
Design X is a remarkable product that enables the creation of a fully-featured CAD model from a scan or point cloud from any device that can produce one of these files. It can return planes, sketches with constraints, dimensions, features, and can generally build completely native, history-based CAD models for a variety of the most common CAD systems including Solidworks, Solid Edge, Inventor, Pro-e, Creo, and NX.
Today, the requirements for a fully native CAD model […]
Metrology Minute – Fitting Deviation
Fitting Deviation is a settable option in the GD&T family of tools available with Control X. When checking for a GD&T value, such as Flatness, this option enables you to not only see what the fit deviation is but also shows you the results in a clear unambiguous color map display. This lets you see the exact conditions of the surface and not just whether it is in or out of tolerance. For example, the […]
June 2022
Desktop Metal Shop System Reduces Costs and Increases Revenue
The world’s first metal binder jetting system designed for machine shops, the Shop System is capable of printing complex metal parts with the benefits that standards machine shops expect: unparalleled productivity with superior print quality while maintaining high levels of accessibility throughout the entire process.
In addition to process and product innovations, exceptional productivity, print quality, and reliability, the Shop System delivers another key […]
Ultimaker Announces Metal 3D Printing Capability
Reprinted from Fabbaloo
Metal parts made on an Ultimaker S5 3D printer [Source: Ultimaker]
Ultimaker announced the “Ultimaker Metal Expansion Kit”, which enables metal 3D printing on their S5 model.
Metal 3D printing is usually a rather costly affair, involving specialized equipment, metal powder, complex HVAC environments, expensive post-processing equipment, sophisticated thermal simulation software, and a squad of engineers. As […]
Integrating Production-level Metal 3D Printing Into a Traditional CNC Machine Shop
Based in Karnes City, Texas, PGV has more than three decades of experience manufacturing equipment for the oil and gas, aerospace and robotics, and automation industries. Along with traditional manufacturing via CNC machining, the company is now moving into next-generation processes by integrating production-level metal 3D printing into their capabilities.
“We could have chosen to invest in more CNC lathes or CNC mills, but we […]
3D Printed Silicon Carbide Enables Safer Nuclear Power Generation
A reprint from Additive Manufacturing.
Binder jetting provides a way to create pure silicon carbide fuel structures that can withstand the harsh environment of a nuclear reactor and provide a strong barrier against the release of radionuclides.
Dr. Kurt Terrani, the executive vice president at Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation’s Core Division, was on the team that developed a process for 3D printing […]