August 28, 2018
Published in: 3D Printers, 3D Printing Materials, Additive Manufacturing
3D printing materials are available in a wide variety of plastics, and choosing the right one depends what type of printer you are using and the application the finished piece will be used in, among other things. Our customers ask all the time, “what material should I be using?” And while we love an easy solution,
August 16, 2018
Published in: 3D Printers
Are 3D Printed Guns a Good Idea The debate surrounding the ethics of creating a 3D printed gun is one that is not likely to fade from the public eye any time soon. It’s much more likely that we’ll see this conversation get more and more heated as the legality of the available prints is
August 09, 2018
Published in: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing
The tool room tends to be an overlooked opportunity for improving operations. Tool room headaches are really common problems, and they don’t need to be overblown. Here is one of my firsthand examples of one of my biggest headaches at my last company. Efficient Quality Control I had an order come in for 5,000 pieces. The
July 24, 2018
Published in: SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD, 3D Printers
The story begins when I was working on a part in SOLIDWORKS Simulation with a coworker. He asked me to hand him his Flow Simulation book so that he could look up an application. I turned to his bookshelf to retrieve the book and collapsed in fear. This is what I saw: It’s not my
July 17, 2018
Published in: 3D Printers
It seems like every week I see another story on 3D printed prosthetics. The most recent was a foundation’s effort to test them in remote areas of Madagascar and Togo, where their seclusion makes it difficult to access appropriate prosthetics for amputees (1). However, 3D printing has a bit of a history with prosthetics. The
