Metal additive manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D printing, has been in the manufacturing spotlight for some time. Its ability to offer unrivaled design freedom with a wide range of materials has made it a pivotal technology for design prototypes. More recently, metal AM has become mo...
What is Additive Manufacturing, sometimes referred to as 3D Printing, is an industrial production technique in which digital design data is used to build up a component in layers
The concept of additive manufacturing dates back to 1945 and the publication of Murray Leinster’s short story, ‘Things Pass By.’ However, this early idea was not really developed until 1971 when Johannes F Gottwald patented the Liquid Metal Recorder, a continuous inkjet metal material device t...
What is Additive Manufacturing?The article presents information on the process of additive manufacturing that uses three-dimensional printing for the transformation of engineering design files into functional and durable objects created from ...
Directed energy deposition (DED): This is a form of metal 3D printing in which a metal, such as stainless steel, is introduced, in the form of a powder or wire, directly to an energy source, such as a laser or electron beam, melting it layer by layer. ...
Directed Energy Deposition (DED) is a metal additive manufacturing process where an energy source – usually an Electron Beam, Laser or Arc (PAW, GTAW, TIG) – is directed toward a plate or other substrate material where it impinges with wire or powder feedstock material and melts, leaving de...
Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a term used to identify the manufacturing processes performed by 3D printing through layer-by-layer construction. In addition to avoiding the generation of waste through the use of precise geometries and exact quantities of material, these controlled processes can be mu...
Metal additive manufacturing SLM/DMLS process. 2) Material Extrusion Material extrusion is an additive manufacturing process in which beads of thermoplastic filament are melted to be extruded and selectively dispensed through a nozzle. The heating power in the nozzle’s head controls the flow of melte...
Nails are fasteners consisting of a smooth cylindrical-shaped piece of metal. They have a sharp point on one end and a flat head on the opposite end. This otherwise basic design allows them to be easily driven into wooden structures and objects. Even if you’ve used nails in woodworking ...
Metal SLM (Selective Laser Melting) Projection Micro Stereolithography (PµSL) Technology This technology is ideal for creating ultra-precise micro medical device components, such as hubs and luers, layer-by-layer. These high-detail, tight-tolerance micro parts can have features as small as .00...