Metal 3D Printing Trends In 2019 – Association of 3D Printing
As recently as three years ago, no metal 3D printing systems cost less than $500,000 to implement. Realistically, most metal printers — including purchase, installation, and support — cost north of a million dollars. A high high cost when you're talking new (and often...
3D Printing Trade Association Looks At Costs Of 3D Printing Manufacturing Vs. Traditional Manufacturing
What is the cost difference between metal additive manufacturing and traditional manufacturing? The three main factors that determine cost is tooling, minimum order quantity, and lead times -- all of which additive manufacturing shines.
Blockchain for 3D Printing
GE - Blockchain for 3D Printing? Even the oldest companies in the world are getting into crypto...
3D Printing Trade Association News – How Do You Manage Multiple 3D Printers?
It's interesting. Most firms that have embraced 3D Printing did not have a 3D Printing strategy. We find that 3D Printing was often adopted in a piecemeal way. One department would get a 3D Printer. A new sales person would arrive, and a company buys a different 3D...
3D Printing Trade Association’s Latest 3D Printing Podcast
This latest 3D Printing podcasts discusses intellectual property theft and how it relates to 3D Printing. Listen to the latest 3D Printing Podcast
3D Printing Trade Association News – Israeli Scientists 3D Print A Human Heart!
In what the Israeli media is calling a “world’s first,” scientists at Tel Aviv University have 3D printed a small heart using human tissue that includes vessels, collagen, and biological molecules — a breakthrough, according to Haaretz, that they hope could one day...
3D Printing News – More On Nasa And 3D Printing
NASA once again is embracing 3D printing. Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering announced that NASA has awarded a three-year, $5.2 million contract to its National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence, or NCAME, to develop additive...
Metal Jet Production Service Launched By HP – A Service Bureau For Metal!
HP has announced the launch of its Metal Jet Production Service, enabling customers to upload designs and produce production-grade additively manufactured metal parts in large quantities. The parts are produced by HP partners GKN Powder Metallurgy and Parmatech, using...
3D Printing Trade Association Looks At NASA And 3D Printing
Does 3D Printing in Space make NASA's job easier? The 3D Printing In Zero-G Technology Demonstration (3D Printing In Zero-G) experiment demonstrates that a 3D printer works normally in space. In general, a 3D printer extrudes streams of heated plastic, metal or other...
3D Printing Trade Association Quotes 3D Printing Book
6 More 3D Printing Myths! Myth #6: The labor unions will never allow a “no labor” manufacturing process. These unions are powerful and have members everywhere. There is no way they will allow products to be made without their hard work and input. Myth #7: Holders of...
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