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Ampower and Inspire Offer Joint Workshops for Additive Manufacturing Additive Manufacturing

by Medical

Zurich-based technology competence center inspire AG and the Hamburg-based consulting company Ampower cooperate by offering joint workshops for Additive Manufacturing. The aim of the cooperation is to enable industrial customers to implement Additive Manufacturing. The workshop program developed by inspire supports the customer in three steps over a period of 8 months in knowledge building, the identification of potential components, component design and the development of an implementation strategy within the company.

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Type A Machines Closes Its Doors, First of Many or Single Case? AM Industry

by Business

Type A Machines, a US manufacturer of low-cost 3D printers has closed down. It is not yet clear if this is the first of many to come, as the industry consolidates or just a single event due to the company’s own inability to compete. The company came from the US maker community – similarly to the more successful Aleph Objects – and faced some challenges in scaling up and catering to a professional user target.

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Aurora Labs Enters Into $100K Research Agreement with CSIRO AM Industry

by Business

Australian low-cost metal 3D printer manufacturer Aurora Labs Limited signed a $100K research agreement with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (“CSIRO”), Australia’s national science organization and one of the largest and most diverse scientific research organizations in the world. Aurora is currently standing as the proxy for its Additive Manufacturing Solution Centre (“Solution Centre”), which will provide comprehensive additive manufacturing integrative consulting services, distribution of its 3D printers, and possible prints and powders.

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With New Maisach Plant EOS Extends Yearly Production Capacity to 1,000 AM Systems Industrial Additive Manufacturing

by Business

EOS, the world’s leading technology provider in the field of industrial 3D printing of metals and polymers, has expanded its production capacity and relocated its system manufacturing facilities to Maisach-Gerlinden, just west of Munich, and closer to its headquarters in Krailling. With the new facility measuring 9,000 square meters, EOS is boosting its production capacity in 2018 and is now capable of manufacturing up to approximately 1,000 systems per year.

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3D Printed Silencers Are Quietly Booming Additive Manufacturing

by Consumer

The Shot 2018 show is ongoing in Las Vegas. While several media fire up the debate on the right to own firearms, loudly making headlines, a much quieter segment of gun manufacturing is also making a lot of noise: 3D printed silencers (or suppressors). According to a reportage appeared on The Firearm Blog (TFB), as many as three companies presented 3D printed silencers. They seem to be quite the star of the gun show.

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Shapediver Designer Creates Online Rim Configurator for 3D Printable Custom Rims Additive Manufacturing

by Automotive

Shapediver designer Ezquiel Lopez gave an interesting demonstration of a real-life customization application possible with paramteric design software such as Grasshopper. He created an online Rim Configurator that lets you rapidly define your own, personal rim design and even download it as a 3D printable file. How you would go from there to a metallic, functional rim is entirely up to you. The bottom line is that you have the file and you can manufacture it if you want to.