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How Innovative Plastics Is Using Desktop Metal 3D Printing

By |2020-09-16T08:34:13-04:00September 16th, 2020|Categories: 3D Printing / Additive Mfg, Desktop Metal|

Using the Studio System by Desktop Metal, Innovative Plastics created mold cavities and cores in far less time - and at significantly less cost - than traditional methods. In addition, the company was able to incorporate features like internal channels into the molds, reducing molding cycle time and increasing their productivity. The most common manufacturing method for plastic parts, injection molding works by forcing melted plastic into a mold under pressure. Within seconds, the plastic [...]

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Check Tool Reach – Mastercam 2021

By |2020-09-15T07:38:20-04:00September 15th, 2020|Categories: 2 Minute Tuesdays, CQTV, Mastercam 2021 Video Series, Mastercam Video Series|

https://cimquesttv.wistia.com/medias/u4lebgbi3k?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 Check Tool Reach - Mastercam 2021 This utility is used to scan a part model and see if the selected tool has the ability to reach all the features you would want to machine. Using this utility you can create STL geometry of the result of the scan.

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Cimquest Partners with XACT Metal

By |2020-09-11T08:09:31-04:00September 11th, 2020|Categories: 3D Printing / Additive Mfg, News / Promos, Xact Metal|

Cimquest has teamed up with the State College, Pennsylvania-based Xact Metal to bring their low entry cost and small footprint, laser powder bed fusion metal 3D printer to budding enterprise shops and manufacturers without sacrificing quality or accuracy. For a number of years, Metal Laser Powder Bed Fusion technologies have been somewhat out of reach to small to mid-size machine shops due to cost, space, or inaccurate perceptions about what it takes to adopt the [...]

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How To Choose Your First 3D Scanner – Part 3

By |2020-09-09T08:15:36-04:00September 9th, 2020|Categories: 3D Scanning, 3d Scanning & Reverse Engineering|

Welcome to Part 3 of our Metrology Minute series. In parts one and two of this three-part series, we explained several key components in choosing your company’s first scanner; Field of View (FOV), Accuracy, and Resolution are the first considerations. For a quick review . . . Field-Of-View (FOV) is the volume envelope that your scanner can ‘see’. Ideally, the FOV is large enough to scan your largest parts yet still maintain the accuracy and resolution [...]

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3D Printing Proves to be a Powerful Tool for Egar Tool and Die

By |2020-09-04T08:15:20-04:00September 4th, 2020|Categories: 3D Printing / Additive Mfg, Desktop Metal|

Based in Cambridge, Ontario Canada, Egar Tool and Die is a leader in the production of automotive stamping dies, production stampings and welded assemblies. The company has been supplying North American Tier 1 and 2 automotive companies for more than 40 years. The Challenge The automotive industry consists of a vast network of suppliers and vendors producing millions of parts for the thousands of assemblies and subassemblies that go into every vehicle on the road. [...]

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Innovative Manufacturing with BASF Ultrasint TPU01 and HP 3D Printers – Webinars on Demand

By |2020-09-03T14:16:03-04:00September 3rd, 2020|Categories: 3D Printing Webinar, Webinar On Demand|

Innovative Manufacturing with BASF Ultrasint TPU01 and HP 3D Printers Ultrasint® TPU01 is a multi-purpose thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) powder, ideal for the production of parts requiring shock absorption, energy return or flexibility. 3D Printed TPU drives prototyping, customization, and manufacturing by opening the design and functionality of parts that could never be injection molded. This gives manufacturers the ability to customize plastic parts for the individual, including leveraging lattice internal structure to lighten or help [...]

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