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Henkel and Bossard bring Loctite PR10 DLP 3D printer and resins to market 3D Printer Hardware

This may have slipped under the radar. The Henkel Group is not just establishing itself as a major developer and supplier of 3D printing materials for photopolymerization and powder bed fusion polymer system manufacturers like HP and Carbon. Through it proprietary Loctite brand, the company is also bringing its own Loctite PR10 DLP 3D printer and relative resin materials, including a 3D-printing specific Loctite bonder.

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New Optomec LENS 860 Hybrid targets large format, low-cost hybrid manufacturing 3D Printer Hardware

Optomec, a leading global supplier of production-grade additive manufacturing systems for 3D printed metals, is introducing the new Optomec LENS 860 Hybrid Controlled Atmosphere (CA) System. This latest addition to the Optomec LENS Machine Tool Series has a larger build volume and supports higher laser power, providing more capabilities for affordable, high-quality metal hybrid manufacturing. The system will be on display at upcoming IMTS in Chicago.

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Boston is now the heart of America’s ‘new’ 3D printing sector Trends 2020

With Boston-area based Formlabs closing the latest funding round and achieving a valuation of $1 billion, it now appears clear that the city that is most closely associated with the American Revolution is rapidly becoming the center of another revolution: the additive manufacturing revolution. There are now several leading companies based in the area, with two of them, Desktop Metal and Formlabs, already considered to be “unicorns” (i.e. worth more than $1 billion). Boston 3D printing is leading the charge of startups that are driving the evolution of the AM industry.

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3D-Hybrid to show new ATC automatic tool change solution at IMTS 3D Printer Hardware

3D-Hybrid, on of the very first providers of third-party metal 3D printing tools that can be installed on any CNC machine, revealed their new Automatic Tool Change (ATC) Solution for systematic 3D hybrid manufacturing. The tool makes its debut with Takumi USA’s H12 double column machining center. 3D Hybrid offers a wide range of solutions for different metal deposition AM processes.