Metal Parts Follow Tough Plastics Act
Welcome to the world of additive manufacturing. AM is based on technologies that cure, sinter, lase, laminate, print, and weld materials including plastics, paper, and metals to produce prototypes, working models, jigs and fixturing, and, now increasingly, parts in low-production (serial) volume.
Manufacturing Engineer
April 2010 Vol. 144 No. 4
World’s Largest 3D Print
Get the inside scoop on 3D printing the world’s largest prototype - an aircraft engine. Using Stratasys’ patented FDM® (Fused Deposition Technology), this giant ABS rapid prototype was brought to life at RedEye On Demand – helping the engineering team confirm design and test assembly.
Machine Design
February 2010
What You Need To Know About DDM
Over the past 20 years, additive fabrication technology has migrated from use in rapid prototyping to become a full-fledged manufacturing solution, referred to as “direct digital manufacturing” or DDM. While the general concept of additive fabrication is the same as when it was introduced 20 years ago, the change is in its intended use: production, not just prototyping.
TimeCompression.com
November 2009
Eighth-graders tackle cup holder challenge with 3D printerIMM Staff
January 7th, 2010
Urban turbine redesign taps benefits of additive fabricationMichael R. LeGault details efforts to produce an anti-icing system for “small-wind” vertical-axis wind turbine blades.
Case Study from: High Performance Composites
Contributed by: Michael R. LeGault
June 18, 2009