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3D Scanning, Reverse Engineering, & Rapid PrototypingCreating Carbon Fiber Parts with 3D Printed Molds
Large-scale patterns and molds are expensive, slow to produce, and complex shapes may not be feasible. Typical CNC milling of patterns wastes material and design iterations are expensive and time-consuming. Therefore, Additive Manufacturing can play a huge role in...
Medical 3D Printing Modernizes Wheel Chairs and Prosthetics
Medical 3D printing applications have dramatically improved accessibility to healthcare devices in recent years. 3D Printed prosthetics have made the devices more affordable, accessible, and effective with on-demand personalized manufacturing. But since...
3D-Printed Body Armor Coated with Shrimp Shell Material Could Keep Soldiers Protected
The U.S. Department of Defense is funding the development of a special coating that would make body armor so strong that it could withstand bullets, poison gas, microbes, and lasers. Researchers are using the same material that shrimp shells are made of. Chitin is the...
Nano Dimension and L3Harris Produce 3D Printed Radio Frequency Circuit to be tested on the ISS
Recently, Additively Manufactured Electronics (AME) manufacturer Nano Dimension has announced its first 3D printed integrated radiofrequency (RF) circuit has been flown to the International Space Station (ISS) for space effects studies. Printed on Nano Dimension’s...
Reverse Engineering Overview
Reverse engineering is the process that identifies a physical object’s properties by performing a comprehensive analysis of its structure, functions and operations. Measurements of the object’s full surface geometry are taken, either manually or with various 3D...
Reverse Engineering Solutions for Automotive Industry
Believe it or not, the things that make our everyday life easy are simply a product of engineering. In fact, engineering is the activity that is most progressive and useful in advancement of civilization and technology behind a couple others. However, the question...