Additive Manufacturing Powder Characterized by High Resistance, Toughness
Böhler distributor, Edro Engineering, highlights Böhler W360 Ampo powder, which after hardening and tempering, achieves high temperature wear resistance, heat resistance and toughness.
3D-Printed Tooling Platform Ramps Up Injection Molding Tooling Capabilities
Addifab and Nexa3D collaborate to bring a novel 3D-printed injection mold tooling platform to moldmakers globally, leveraging faster, cheaper and greener 3D printing.
Metal Powder Advances Additive Manufacturing for Moldmaking
A high-grade metal powder developed by Hasco is offered in two grades and offers optimized particle size, roundness and homogeneity.
Repair, Repurpose Tooling in One Process with Hybrid/Additive Manufacturing
Open Mind Technologies offers an Additive Manufacturing capability option to hyperMILL to support 3D printing/additive processes, such as DED, WAAM and laser powder.
Variable Density-Coated Tool Steel for High-Wear Molds
A mold builder can have an abundance of venting and fully dense solid areas in steel by using variable density sintering to eliminate gas trap defects in high-wear molds.
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End-to-End Conformal Cooling Design, Production for Faster Cycle Times, Boosted Part Quality
Cimatron works with moldmakers to design and optimize molds with conformal cooling, prepare it for an accurate print and ensure complete post-processing.
Mold in a Day Technology Slashes Tool Production, Eliminates Supply Chain Headache
Next Chapter Manufacturing says its Mold in a Day additive manufacturing technology slashes the production of tooling down to hours while maintaining the same quality and tolerance standards of conventional molds.
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Guidelines for Advanced Hot Runner Manifold Channel Design
Recent simulation research highlights the difference between a drilled, straight manifold channel design and a curved channel design produced via additive manufacturing.
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Powder Bed Fusion Printer Creates Molds with Increasingly Complex Geometries
Global metal additive manufacturing company AddUp Inc. introduces the FormUp 350 powder bed fusion printer, which uses very fine powders for the development of complex molds and industrial parts.
Cutter Considerations for Hybrid Additive Manufacturing
Four tips for applying the right cutting tools in hybrid additive manufacturing.
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