What is 3D printing? - ExtremeTech
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What is 3D printing?ExtremeTechSelective laser sintering – Sintering is the process of creating solid objects from powders, and in the case of selective laser sintering (SLS) the powder can be metal, plastic, ceramic, or glass. Basically, SLS uses a pulsed laser to “draw” the ... |
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Festo learns from nature - SA Instrumentation and Control
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Festo learns from natureSA Instrumentation and ControlThe adaptive gripper DHDG is manufactured using selective laser sintering. In this process, successive layers of polyamide powder are applied and allowed to harden to form a solid component. “This reduces the weight acting on the tool carrier 90% ... |
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Is Rapid Manufacture Ready to Supplant Machine Tools? - Business Insider
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Is Rapid Manufacture Ready to Supplant Machine Tools?Business InsiderBefore they can be final-machined, metal and ceramic parts made by selective laser sintering (SLS) must usually undergo a thermal baking cycle to lightly consolidate them into a "brown" part, and then they may undergo a final thermal cycle to sinter ... |
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Testing product design to the max - Plastics & Rubber Weekly
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Testing product design to the maxPlastics & Rubber WeeklyIts portfolio of 3D production printers suitable for use with polymers include stereolithography (SLA), which uses a UV photopolymer, and Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) machines, which use powdered thermoplastics. 3D Systems supplies SLA machines to a ... |
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Southern Manufacturing – don't miss it - Engineering Capacity
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Southern Manufacturing – don't miss itEngineering CapacityBoth laser cutting and water jet cutting are available. The division's claim to fame is that it installed the first water jet machine in the UK, so there is a wealth of accumulated experience. Both processes can handle sheet material up to 4 m long. |
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