Manufacturing & Prototyping

3 D Printing & Additive Manufacturing

Explore the fast-paced developments in 3D printing and additive manufacturing. Access the essential technical briefs and resources for design engineers working in manufacturing and medical industries.

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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The technique could have applications in diagnosing and monitoring the lungs of patients with COVID-19.
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Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
“The disruption promised by Industry 4.0 has already begun,” says Jason Melcher from the aerospace manufacturing company Ingersoll.
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Articles: Electronics & Computers
As 5G arrives, devices will need to expand I/O counts at the controller, as well as overall networking capabilities.
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Application Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
See why Mohawk Innovative Technology, Inc. is excited for the potential of additive manufacturing.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
By emulating the natural cellular architecture of wood, green products such as clothes, packaging, and furniture can be manufactured with unique properties.
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Briefs: Energy
A newly developed architected metamaterial has the ability to change shape in a tunable fashion.
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Briefs: Software
Additive Manufacturing Automated Process Planning Software
The software automatically maps designs from CAD software to additive manufacturing to help cut unnecessary steps.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
This integrated nanosensor is printed on a daughter board using 3D printing techniques.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The technology welds adjacent 3D-printed layers more effectively, thereby increasing the reliability of the final part.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The polyimide composites have uses in aerospace, automotive, construction, electronics, mechanical systems, and industrial machinery.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
A new method manufactures complex shapeshifters for soft robots and biomedical implants.
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Articles: Photonics/Optics
Next-generation solar panels, 3D-printed composites from NASA, and a new way to sterilize medical devices.
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Q&A: Materials
Brian Salazar and his UC Berkeley team have developed a new way to reinforce concrete with a polymer lattice, an advance that could rival other polymer-based enhancements and improve...
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Briefs: Transportation
Applications include aerospace, automotive, commercial spaceflight, scuba diving equipment, and for first responders.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The system is filled with a patient’s skin cells.
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INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Researchers at the University of Nottingham have cracked the conundrum of how to use inks to 3D-print novel electronic devices with useful properties, such as an ability...
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
We explore the major scientific breakthroughs achieved during 20 years of human presence on the ISS.
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Products: Imaging
Mixed-signal oscilloscopes, 3D printers, DC/DC converters, and more.
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Q&A: Photonics/Optics
See how Dr. Andrei Kolmakov and his team are using low-energy electron beams to 3D-print tiny gel structures in liquids.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Jacobs' scientists are helping to make contract-tracing apps, emergency-use ventilators, and even squid-bots.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The magnetic, multi-material pump was 3D-printed all in one piece.
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Articles: Energy
RadiBond technology, based on nanometer-thin coatings, provides ultra-strong and ultra-tight bonding between metals and plastics.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The robot’s extendable appendage can wind through tight spaces and then lift heavy loads.
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Question of the Week: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Should We Use Chitin to Build on Mars?
In the latest episode of our Tech Briefs podcast series Here's an Idea™, researcher Javier Gomez Fernandez talks about his idea for making habitats on Mars. Fernandez envisions using chitin from insects – and combining the substance with the Martian soil – to create a kind of sustainable building...
INSIDER: Motion Control
Natural motion in plants occurs because of cellulose fibers absorbing and releasing water. Scientists developed a simple method to produce self-folding origami structures based on this concept. The...
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Podcasts: Manufacturing & Prototyping
We spoke with Javier Gomez Fernandez from the Singapore University of Technology and Design about how Mars explorers – and even those of us on Earth – can make the most out of chitin.
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Facility Focus: Photonics/Optics
Learn about RIT's achievements in cybersecurity, imaging science, and personalized healthcare tech.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
VOC sensors, panel-mount connectors, 3D printing cloud software, and more.
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Special Reports: Manufacturing & Prototyping
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Additive Manufacturing - November 2020
AM/3D Printing is fundamentally changing how products are prototyped and produced in aerospace, medical, electronics, and many other fields. To help you keep pace with the latest advances, we present this...

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