Additive Manufacturing

Contest Seeks Cool Industrial 3D Printed Parts

The Cool Parts Showcase is seeking innovative 3D printed parts. Enter by May 30.

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Large Chamber 3D Printer Produces Large Components or Small Industrial Batches

Arburg will present the Freeformer 750-3X at the Rapid+TCT trade show in Chicago.

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New Tool Steel Qualified for Additive Manufactured Molds and Dies

Next Chapter Manufacturing says HTC-45 — an optimized H-13 — will offer superior thermal transfer and longer tool life.

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Nexa3D Acquires Addifab

The maker of polymer 3D printers and the creator of technology for injection-molding-ready printed tooling are fully joined after announcing a collaboration last year.

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Micro 3D Printer Creates Microscale Features

B9Creations’ Elite Micro 3D printer provides native pixel size of 20 µm with the ability to create wall thicknesses down to 30 µm and holes down to 100 µm.

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Manufacturability Analysis for 3D Printing Designs

Protolabs has added a design for additive manufacturability (DfAM) analysis for 3D-printed parts to its online quoting platform, allowing users to optimize designs prior to printing.

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Tooling

Production Tool, Prototype Time

Mantle's metal 3D printing technology targeted toolmaking and injection molders and moldmakers are taking notice.

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Mack Prototype Expands Additive Manufacturing Capabilities

The Massachusetts-based wholly owned subsidiary of Mack Molding Co. has added a Stratasys F770 machine capable of producing large 3D-printed parts.

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Tooling

Westminster Tool Launches Metal 3D Printing Capabilities

The Connecticut-based moldmaker opened its doors to the public for the first time since the pandemic to celebrate the addition of Mantle’s hybrid metal printing/machining technology.

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Braskem Acquires Filament Supplier Taulman3D

The acquisition expands Braskem’s portfolio of 3D polyolefin-based filaments to nylon, recycled PETG and PET.  

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Plastics Size Reduction
Process Cooling