Author: Ben Arnold INTRODUCTION Metal AM 2.0 promises a new era of affordable, high volume Additive Manufacturing (AM) of metal components. “Metal Binder Jet” technology is widely promoted by several industrial powerhouses as THE technology that will usher in a new era of growth in the coming years. However, this core technology has been around […]
Chief Warrant Officer Tim Panek started work Technical Services Manager in the U.S. Coast Guard Industrial Operations Division (IOD) at the Aviation Logistics Center (ALC) in 2016. From C-130s to 3D Printing The ALC integrated 3D Printing several years before Tim arrived in 2016 arrived, and the technology was new to him. “I’m approaching my […]
When Ryan Enright started work at Piper Aircraft, his first assignment was a tough one. They had a 3D printing machine that the engineers called the “The Toy Maker”. It was sitting idle in a storage room with the lights off. Ryan’s manager said, “Here is the machine, see if you can figure it out. […]
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In his 14 years with Hayward Industries, Scott Schram, manufacturing engineering manager, has seen tremendous changes in manufacturing and industrial design. Scott had worked in manufacturing at a custom injection molder for more than a decade prior to joining Hayward Industries, and he was drawn to the opportunity to work for an OEM, especially one […]
Chief Warrant Officer Tim Panek started work Technical Services Manager in the U.S. Coast Guard Industrial Operations Division (IOD) at the Aviation Logistics Center (ALC) in 2016. Mr. Panek is a featured speaker at our upcoming event “3D Printing Technologies and Use Cases in the Department of Defense” at the Spirit Aerosystems Composite Center of […]
As part of its SHAPING WHAT’S NEXT™ vision for manufacturing, Stratasys introduced the Continuous Build 3D demonstrator at the Rapid manufacturing event in Pittsburgh this past May. SHAPING WHAT’S NEXT builds on Stratasys’ industrial FDM® 3D printing expertise to respond to the needs of customers’ most challenging applications, addressing manufacturers’ needs to rapidly produce strong parts ranging […]
3D printers are capable of printing a wide variety of essential objects, products, and part components for an array of industries and applications. One company, Grundfos, decided to test various 3D printing technologies when it came time to use injection molding to create a new mold for a series of essential parts to their products, […]
Oreck uses FDM to save $65,000 using Digital Manufacturing Real Challenge For every series of vacuum that Oreck Manufacturing (Cookeville, TN) makes, it produces 40 to 50 identical assembly pallets. This was the case for the company’s Titanium Series, the XL21 upright commercial vacuum. This high-end unit provides the user with features such as hypo-allergenic […]
