ULTEM™ 9085 is a PEI thermoplastic with a high strength-to-weight ratio and desirable flame, smoke, and toxicity (FST) characteristics. It is a go-to engineering material in demanding industries like aerospace, automotive, and oil & gas for high-temp tooling, functional prototypes, and high-value production parts that must meet or exceed industry
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Additive-X will be at The Manufacturing and Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition which is happening on the 20th of April 2023. Join us for an exceptional opportunity to participate in a nationwide forum that brings together manufacturers and operators from across the UK’s supply chains. You’ll have the chance to
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Support materials are the cornerstone of advanced FFF, SLA, and DLP 3D printing, providing stability and strength to parts during printing and preventing part deformation and collapse. They are also beneficial in attaching a part to the print bed and ensuring that it remains fixed to the main body of
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Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) printers like the Formlabs Fuse 1+ 30w use a high-powered laser to selectively ‘sinter’ powder in layers to create 3D objects. While FFF melts thermoplastic and extrudes it through a nozzle onto a build plate, and SLA uses a laser to cure liquid resin onto the build platform, SLS
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Continuous Fibre Reinforcement (CFR) can revolutionise engineering workflows by enabling the substitution of machined components with carbon fibre 3D printing. CFR offers advantages over traditional FFF, such as increased stiffness, impact resistance, improved heat resistance, and extended durability. CFR harnesses FFF technology but introduces a secondary nozzle that feeds in
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Join us at Robotics & Automation 2023, the must-attend event for those involved in design, engineering, production and procurement. Our team are demonstrating 3D printers, displaying 3D printed parts and giving advice on how to get the best from additive manufacturing in your business. We would love it if
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Industrial 3D printers are the workhorses of the 3D printing world, with the potential to print larger, faster, higher volumes of parts in various performance and engineering materials. A 3D printer’s ability to prototype, iterate, and produce intricate and complex models quickly can save resources that might be spent on
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Print speed is a manufacturer battleground, but a faster 3D printer to get quick 3D prints on paper won’t necessarily be the quickest for you in the real world due to material requirements and build specifications. 3D print speed refers to the rate at which a 3D printer extrudes plastic
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3D silicone printing opens new opportunities for production alongside traditional techniques like injection moulding, compression moulding, and casting. Despite the potential, silicone’s use in additive manufacturing is relatively limited because very high viscosity makes it difficult to control out of the nozzle. This introduces flow rate problems in standard 3D
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BCN3D printers all have a signature technology – IDEX which stands for Independent Dual Extrusion, the only extrusion system capable of printing with two heads independently. BCN3D were the first company to develop IDEX technology revolutionizing the 3D printing industry. What is IDEX technology? This unique technology allows a
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