Fabbaloo: 3D Printing for Toolmaking: What You Need to Know October 6, 2020November 4, 2020 | The Essentium Team Share One of the biggest positives of 3D printing is that no tooling is required — but it might just be perfect for making parts including jigs, fixtures, end-use parts, and even tooling. While additive manufacturing is coming into play for end-use parts and serial production, these types of parts remain largely the purview of traditional manufacturing technologies. High-volume manufacturing is often best served with conventional processes like injection molding that can quickly produce vast quantities of parts. Injection molding, though, like all conventional manufacturing technologies, relies heavily entirely on having a mold (a tool) in place. Read More: Fabbaloo Share
One of the biggest positives of 3D printing is that no tooling is required — but it might just be perfect for making parts including jigs, fixtures, end-use parts, and even tooling. While additive manufacturing is coming into play for end-use parts and serial production, these types of parts remain largely the purview of traditional manufacturing technologies. High-volume manufacturing is often best served with conventional processes like injection molding that can quickly produce vast quantities of parts. Injection molding, though, like all conventional manufacturing technologies, relies heavily entirely on having a mold (a tool) in place. Read More: Fabbaloo
The Essentium Team August 10, 2021 Graphic Display World: Rethinking Design Techniques for High Speed Extrusion 3D Printing Additive Manufacturing (AM) is no longer the way of the future. It IS the future. It is a proven technology that is radically changing the way products are made from shoes to NASA rocket parts. Read more
The Essentium Team July 29, 2021 SME: EssentiumX Exploring the Full Potential of Additive Q: Elisa, what is EssentiumX and why has it been launched? A: Many manufacturers are considering new techniques like additive manufacturing (AM) to transform what and how things are made in order to improve the economics of manufacturing and remove supply-chain risk. Read more
The Essentium Team July 28, 2021 All3DP: Switching from Injection Molding to 3D Printing Cut Costs 95% Mercury Systems speeds up PCB manufacturing by replacing a costly injection molded tools with in-house designed and 3D printed versions. Read more
