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Audi harnesses SLM Solutions metal 3D printing for spare parts and prototypes

SLM Solutions has revealed automotive giant, Audi has been using its selective laser melting process to produce prototypes and manufacture rarely-requested spare parts.

By TCT Team

/ 21 Feb 2018

Audi SLM Solutions Audi is simplifying logistics and warehousing thanks to its adoption of SLM technology. - SLM Solutions

DWS Systems announces dedicated digital dentistry business unit and XCELL 6000PD 3D printer

DWS Systems, a manufacturer of stereolithography machines, has established a dedicated business unit to the digital dentistry market and announced a new 3D printing platform.

By TCT Team

/ 20 Feb 2018

DWS XCELL 6000PD DWS Systems' XCELL 6000PD dental 3D printer. - DWS Systems

Voxeljet secures three-year 3D sand printing contract with Tooling and Equipment International

Voxeljet has secured a three-year volume contract with Tooling and Equipment International (TEI) which will see them purchase 3D printed sand moulds and cores.

By TCT Team

/ 20 Feb 2018

Voxeljet sand casting A Voxeljet 3D printed sand mould being prepared for casting. - Voxeljet/ YouTube

Stratasys PolyJet 3D printing technology streamlines prototyping process for scientific analytical system manufacturer

A manufacturer of scientific analytical systems, Waters has upgraded its 3D printing equipment to an Objet500 Connex3 to accelerate its prototyping processes.

By TCT Team

/ 20 Feb 2018

Stratasys Waters Part printed for Waters on the Stratasys Objet500 Connex3.

Boeing and Oerlikon to develop standard materials and processes for 3D printed aerospace components

Boeing and Oerlikon are to collaborate to develop standard materials and processes for the additive manufacturing of structural titanium aerospace components.

By TCT Team

/ 20 Feb 2018

Boeing 777 dreamliner A Boeing 777 Dreamliner aircraft. - Wikimedia Commons/ United Airlines/ Altair78

The Evolution of Castable Materials: How EnvisionTEC keeps turning up the wax in 3D printing

EnvisionTEC takes TCT Magazine readers through the evolution of its high-speed continuous 3D printing technologies and materials, and what it might mean for the jewellery sector.

By TCT Team

/ 19 Feb 2018

EnvisionTEC Easy Cast-2.0 trees Spruing trees printing on the Vida cDLM in Easy Cast 2.0

The Finishing Touch: How DyeMansion helped give Daimler AM spare parts the perfect finish

Automotive giant, Daimler has harnessed DyeMansion post-processing technology to produce spare parts at scale on-demand, meeting its technical and surface quality standards.

By TCT Team

/ 19 Feb 2018

Daimler DyeMansion spare parts Left: an SLS raw part; Centre: an SLS spare part finished with DyeMansion technology in Daimler EvoGrey; and Right: an injection moulded spare part.

Structo unveils dental 3D printer with integrated post-processing features

Structo, a manufacturer of 3D printers for the dental market, has unveiled the Velox desktop machine which boasts integrated autonomous post processing capabilities.

By TCT Team

/ 19 Feb 2018

STELIA Aerospace utilises Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing to build fuselage panel demonstrator

STELIA Aerospace, a French manufacturer of aerostructures and aircraft seats, has harnessed WAAM to produce a demonstrator for metallic self-reinforced fuselage panels.

By TCT Team

/ 19 Feb 2018

DEFACTO_STELIA_PANEL Metallic self-reinforced fuselage panel.

3D printed titanium prosthesis used in chest wall reconstruction procedure

A grandfather in Wales has successfully had his chest wall rebuilt with a 3D printed prosthesis after the removal of a cancerous tumour.

By TCT Team

/ 16 Feb 2018

Renishaw Rib implant 2 lowres The 3D printed titanium implant. - Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board

Granta releases details of additive manufacturing schema to encourage data management and standardisation

Granta Design has released key details of the underlying data structures behind its additive manufacturing data management solution.

By TCT Team

/ 16 Feb 2018

Granta shares details of Additive Manufacturing Schema.

TCT Awards 2018 - Now Open for Submissions

The TCT Group has announced that submissions for the TCT Awards 2018 are now being invited. Winners will be announced on the evening of Wednesday 26th September at the Hilton Metropole, Birmingham, onsite at the NEC.

By TCT Team

/ 16 Feb 2018