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What purpose do 3D printed guns really serve? Industrial Additive Manufacturing

Whether you like firearms or not, you might agree that they can serve the purpose of maintaining order when used in the proper way by the proper people. In order to be effective, and in the right hands, firearms need to first and foremost be reliable. If an “operator” has to press the trigger, he or she needs to be sure that the gun will fire. In that sense, any homemade gun, whether it involves 3D printing or not, cannot offer this guarantee, making it de facto useless for any legitimate purpose. Here opinions differ greatly. But even in the case of guns that are 3D printed for fun, or for the pure thrill of going against gun control regulations, where such regulations exist, how functional are 3D printed guns that are entirely or partially made of plastics?

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Creality and BASF Forward AM enter new partnership AM Industry

Creality, a global pioneer in 3D printing, has partnered with Forward AM, a brand of BASF, to deliver professional-grade additive manufacturing solutions to the Chinese market. The MOU-signing ceremony will be held on 1 September, at TCT Shenzhen, China. Alongside the ceremony, Creality will launch the Sermoon D3, the latest addition to the fully-enclosed 3D printer lineup, and co-launch the HP-ULTRA with Forward AM, a high-end filament series specifically designed for Creality 3D printers.

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Adidas unveils the new 4DFWD forward motion running shoe Consumer Products

Adidas has revealed the new 4DFWD, its most advanced running shoe. At the forefront of innovation, the shoe is the first to overcome a barrier that has long held runners back from reaching their full potential. Designed to move runners forward, thanks to the shoe’s industry-first bowtie-shaped lattice midsole transforming vertical pressure into a horizontal force – providing runners with a non-stop, smooth forward transition.

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OC-ALC and AFLCMC open second REACT lab with GE Industrial Additive Manufacturing

The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex (OC-ALC) and Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s (AFLCMC) Propulsion Directorate, along with industry partner General Electric, recently opened the Complex’s second Reverse Engineering and Critical Tooling (REACT) lab which hosts 3D metal printers procured under the Pacer Edge Program. In attendance were key stakeholders of the Pacer Edge team from the Defense Logistic Agency’s Strategic Contracts Organization, the Air Force’s Rapid Sustainment Office, and the Air Force Research Lab.

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Carbon acquires Paramatters AM Industry

Carbon, a leading 3D printing technology company, has acquired ParaMatters, a software provider for additive manufacturing. This acquisition expands Carbon’s current software capabilities to include topology optimization. Carbon’s technology platform now broadens to enable product design and development teams to create better products, in less time, using a wide variety of materials and production systems.