3D printer


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3D printer

or 3-D printer
n.
A computer-controlled device that is capable of fabricating three-dimensional objects, as by extruding layers of plastic from a robotically controlled syringe.
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With the metal additive manufacturing market experiencing a stage of high-growth, Machine Shops are starting to look into Compact Industrial Metal 3D printer as a necessary addition to existing CNC machining, and are investigating how to bring this capability in-house.
2019 Manager's Guide to Compact Industrial Metal 3D Printers
The company's liquid additive manufacturing (LAM) 3D printer will print successive layers of 3D printable liquid silicone rubber (LSR) in a method comparable to the FDM/FFF process.
LAM 3D printing system
Beckatt Solutions will represent various 3D printer manufacturers and showcase their respective lines of 3D printers.
Beckatt Solutions to Exhibit 3D Printing Technology at ACTE Region III Conference on June 13th in Lisle, IL
MOOG Inc., a designer and manufacturer of motion and fluid controls and control systems for applications in aerospace, defense, industrial and medical devices, provided the EOS M-270 Printer, a metal laser powder bed infusion-based 3D printer, to Rose State for training and will assist in developing a multi-level curriculum.
RSC opens MOOG Advanced Additive Manufacturing Learning Lab
In addition, Volkswagen moved its 3D printer, used to create auto parts, from Slovakia to Germany.The German carmaker Volkswagen has decided to close down its smallest plant, situated in the village of Haniska, near Kosice.
Volkswagen has closed down its smallest factory
The team, under project manager Waldemar Hirsch, design the tools on site and print them on the 3D printer.
Audi expands use of 3D printers in production
After consistently struggling to locate parts for their various engineering projects, a team of talented students from the Royal University of Phnom Penh's computer sciences department came up with an enterprising solution - building their own 3D printer.
Can't find a missing part? These innovators may just print it for you
Nexa3D, the maker of ultra-fast stereolithography production-grade 3D printers, in collaboration with BEGO, a dental materials provider, have unveiled the Varseo XL, the most productive and economical dental lab 3D printer on the market.
NEXA3D AND BEGO UNVEIL DENTAL 3D PRINTER
Perhaps the most telling example was that HP 3D printers have printed 140 3D printer parts- in effect, "the 3D printer is printing itself."
Will 3D Printing be a Catalyst for the 4th Industrial Revolution?
"For example, a 3D printer can print an item in the form of a heart, jaw, human skeleton, etc.
Uzbekistan launches production of 3D printers, robots
The AURURA Group will market and sell Nano Dimension's award-winning DragonFly 2020 Pro 3D printer for electronics to customers in China.
Nano Dimension enters partnership with AURURA Group

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