New Technology

Metallic Glass – Injection Mold Metal Like Plastic

May 16, 2011

Metallic glass popped up in the comments following our article about rapid prototyping and I thought I’d look into it since it was new to me and sounded like something quite a few of you would like to know about, too.  Things are advancing so fast now, it’s hard to keep up, but this is another technology worth understanding because [...]

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Rapid Prototyping Almost Production Ready

May 12, 2011

We’ve talked about rapid prototyping before, 3D printing of intricate parts from various types of plastic or, in some cases, from metal where the durability of the finished product isn’t an issue. If only they could print production ready parts for manufactured items the potential of the process would be unleashed. Looks like we’re just about there as GE and [...]

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Print 3D Engineering Models on Your Desktop – HP Designjet 3D Printer

April 21, 2010

We’re bouncing back and forth between high tech and low tech, from 5 axis milling machines to hands on clay mockups for body kits, today it’s back to high tech with this brand new 3D printer for the desktop from HP, the HP Designjet 3D Printer. It’s now on sale in Europe starting around $17,500, still a bit high for [...]

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