Metal Additive Manufacturing, Vol. 3 No. 2 Summer 2017
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In addition to over 65 pages of the latest industry news, this 128 page issue of Metal Additive Manufacturing magazine includes the following exclusive features:
Linear AMS: How an AM service provider is embracing the new infrastructure of on-demand manufacturing
In 2016 SAP and UPS announced their collaboration to develop a supply chain management solution that spans the complete AM process chain, from component evaluation and design to delivery of the final product.
Leading US-based AM service provider Linear AMS, a Moog company, is one of several manufacturers involved in the venture. Linear AMS’s Bruce Colter and Moog’s George Small review the drivers behind on-demand manufacturing and present recent developments in materials, applications and component verification.
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Metal Additive Manufacturing gains ground in the tyre industry
The global tyre industry and its supply chain met in Hannover, Germany, from February 14-16 for the Tire Technology Expo 2017. This exhibition and accompanying technical conference was held at the Hannover Messe for the second time and attracted 280 exhibitors and close to 5000 international visitors.
Dr Georg Schlieper visited the exhibition on behalf of Metal Additive Manufacturing magazine and reports on the growing use of Additive Manufacturing in the tyre industry.
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Desktop Metal: A rising star of metal AM targets speed, cost and high-volume production
Over the past few months it has been hard to avoid hearing about Desktop Metal, Inc. at AM trade shows and in the growing sections of the industrial media. In the following article Terry Wohlers reports on a recent visit to the company’s headquarters.
Guided by Ric Fulop, Desktop Metal’s founder and CEO, Wohlers’ initial scepticism is put to rest as he discovers the company’s Studio and Production systems. Together they offer a credible solution to both accessibility to AM technology and the challenges of speed, cost and high-volume production.
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Rapid + TCT 2017:
Moving towards affordability and accessibility at North America’s largest AM exhibition
North America’s annual Rapid event has for 27 years been the region’s leading exhibition on Rapid Prototyping and Additive Manufacturing technologies. This year’s event, Rapid + TCT 2017, took place in Pittsburgh from May 8-11 and attracted a record 6,000 attendees from more than 45 countries.
Metal AM magazine’s Emily-Jo Hopson attended the event and reports on a theme that is becoming ever more important to the industry as it looks towards new markets – affordability and accessibility.
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The inspection and quality control of metal AM parts with X-ray Computed Tomography (micro CT)
X-ray Computed Tomography (micro CT) is just one option for the inspection of metal AM parts. Other options include using eddy current, ultrasonic technology, white-light interferometry and non-interferometric optics.
However, given recent developments, it is micro CT that has the most potential in view of its unique capability for the inspection of complex internal structures and geometries without destroying the part. The capabilities of this inspection method are presented by Andrew Ramsey and Herminso Villarraga-Gomez of Nikon Metrology Inc.
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Markforged: Taking a different approach to metal Additive Manufacturing
In January this year Markforged Inc., based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, announced its Atomic Diffusion Additive Manufacturing (ADAM) process along with the Metal X production system. The company is more widely known for its successful development of composite printing technology, introduced in 2014.
In the following report Ian Campbell and Terry Wohlers discuss ‘indirect’ metal AM systems and outline the advantages and disadvantages of such systems in relation to commercial production.
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World PM2016:
The non-destructive evaluation of internal defects and powder characterisation in AM
A collection of papers at the World PM2016 Congress, held in Hamburg, October 9-13, 2016, addressed the issues of non-destructive examination (NDE) of internal defects in additively manufactured parts and the control of AM processing through appropriate powder characterisation analysis.
Dr David Whittaker presents Metal Additive Manufacturing magazine’s final report from the congress.
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