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Day two at Formnext in Frankfurt, Germany 2023 is in the books. In case you missed it, here are just a handful of discoveries seen first-hand on the show floor by our very own editors, Peter Zelinski and Stephanie Hendrixson. VIEW THIS EMAIL IN BROWSER
Day two at Formnext in Frankfurt, Germany 2023 is in the books. In case you missed it, here are just a handful of discoveries seen firsthand on the show floor by our very own editors, Peter Zelinski and Stephanie Hendrixson.
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A quantifiable quality solution: It is imperative for many additive parts that they are free of voids and fully solid. Dimensionics has discovered a unique way to precisely measure part density to avoid costlier and more time-consuming methods.
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Metal printer uses liquid aluminum as feedstock. ValCUN is printing with standard aluminum welding wire, but it gets melted in a crucible inside of the printer and then deposited onto the build plates. This method is conducive to creating overhangs, analyzing finished parts and welding additive and non-additive parts together.
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Filled channels reinforce 3D printed parts. Reinforce3D’s Continuous Fiber Injection Process (CFIP) uses spools of continuous carbon fiber and standard composites industry resins to reinforce 3D printed parts.
Our Formnext hub is filled with all the latest launches and news coming out of Frankfurt thanks to AM managing editor Angela Osborne. Here's a sampling:
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Fiber lasers. Farsoon’s Flight 403P-2 series utilizes fiber lasers in place of standard CO2 lasers. The payoff? Increased power to the powder bed and increased laser longevity.
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Micro AM needs big production, too. Nano Dimenson’s Fabrica line now includes smaller Giga machines for prototyping and larger Tera machines for higher volume production.
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40 is the new 35. Incus beefed up its Hammer Lab35 system to create the Hammer Pro40 with two moving projectors, a printing speed that is seven times faster, a printing cost per cubic meter that is four times lower and a surface roughness of two microns after sintering.
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Hot and cold. Chromatic 3D Materials’ ChromaMotive D65 is a rigid Shore D thermoset polyurethane that withstands a range of temperatures from -30 up to 120°C.
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A little bounce in your step. Evonik’s Infinam TPA 4006 P is a PA12 elastomer consisting of polyamide 12 segments and softening segments. It has rubber-like properties and noteworthy rebound behaviors.
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One layer, multiple materials. Lithoz’s CeraFab Multi 2M30 is a lithography-based ceramic manufacturing 3D printer capable of combining different materials — such as ceramic with metal, ceramic with polymer or two different ceramics — in one single functional part and even within one single printed layer.
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