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Digitalization in Manufacturing: High Performance 3D Printed Tools and Spare Parts
The global smart manufacturing market size was valued at USD 172,34 billion in 2016 and is expected to witness significant growth over the forecast period of 2018-2025*. With the advent of new advanced technologies, it is believed that we are on the verge of an...
Chemical Resistance of FFF 3D Printed PEEK Parts
A wide variety of engineering fields use PEEK due to its excellent thermal, mechanical and chemical properties. The different grades of PEEK exhibit non-identical properties. Additionally, actual part properties may change due to processing method. Therefore,...
3 Additive Manufacturing applications to benefit from high performance polymers
The introduction of both neat and reinforced high performance thermoplastics to the additive manufacturing (AM) materials portfolio has made it possible for industries having higher product quality and performance requirements to implement 3D printing in their...
Controlling material attributes for different application requirements
Excursion into PEEK’s crystallization behavior Some classes of polymeric materials exhibit semi-crystalline attributes at the molecular and microstructural levels. In such cases there is a co-existence of the crystalline phase and the amorphous phase in the material....
Industry Prize 2018 – Apium P220 sets new standards for Research and Development
With the support of the Initiative Mittelstand, Huber Verlag für Neue Medien GmbH, as well as numerous media partners, the „INDUSTRY PRIZE 2018“chose its winners. The competition recognizes the most innovative industrial products and solutions for the current...
Improved Print Quality for High Performance Polymers: Adaptive Heating System Technology
Polymeric materials still play a pivotal role in the field of Additive Manufacturing (AM). It holds the record of being the longest most serving material in the AM world. Although metals and ceramics; especially metals, have in recent times been given highly...
Using Additive Manufacturing as a Research and Development Tool
Research and Development (R&D) is the fundamental building block for any advancement in our industrial evolution. Nations, companies and schools that invest time, people and key business resources into R&D are oftentimes ahead of their competitive curve. A major...
Apiums 3D Printing for Space Missions
In the past 6 years there has been a determined effort in the systems safety critical industries to adopt 3D printing as a toolset for prototyping and the production of highly customized proprietary parts. For instance in November 2014 a space conditioned 3D printer...
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