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: Aerospace
This versatile new material family could build realistic prosthetics and futuristic Army platforms.
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Briefs: Data Acquisition
The technology, which could be added to smart watches, could detect the onset of Parkinson’s disease or help with stroke rehabilitation.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This form of thermal management can help enable untethered, high-powered robots to operate for long periods of time without overheating.
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Podcasts: Manufacturing & Prototyping
In this episode of Here's an Idea, NASA's Tracie Prater wants to leave spare parts back on Earth...and 3D print them in space.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Tubing plugs, displacement measurements, CAM software, and more.
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Articles: Internet of Things
Standard commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) connectors continue to be a great resource for quick prototypes and reference designs.
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Briefs: Automotive
Applications include rapid prototyping, medical, aerospace, and automotive.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Nanowire masks, underwater imaging, and tiny 3D-printed block that repair bone breaks.
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Briefs: Materials
This technique may enable speedy, on-demand design of softer, safer neural devices.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This technology makes it possible to save extensive data in objects such as shirt buttons, water bottles, or the lenses of glasses and then retrieve it years later.
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Briefs: Energy
The technique could enable the printing of circuit boards, electromechanical components, and robots.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The software assesses the quality of parts in real time, without the need for expensive characterization equipment.
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Special Reports: Medical
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Medical Manufacturing and Outsourcing - October 2020
Discover how advances in factory automation, robotics, 3D printing and other fabrication technologies are shaping the future of medical device manufacturing in this Special Report – a...

Articles: Materials
With accelerated time from design to production, specialized foil sensor arrays will be expanding to many new areas.
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Briefs: Aerospace
The robots could fly silently for covert operations and stay steady through turbulence.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Inspired by parasites, the tiny needles could help eliminate painful shots.
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NASA Spinoff: Aerospace
In 2019, NASA engineers test-fired a 3D-printed rocket engine combustion chamber.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This eye-on-a-chip can help treatment of dry eye disease.
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Briefs: Transportation
Additive manufacturing creates cooling solutions with sizes and shapes not previously possible.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
In place of flat breadboards, 3D-printed CurveBoards enable easier testing of circuit design on electronics products.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Empa researchers were able to demonstrate real-time acoustic monitoring of laser weld seams.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Designed to assist in robotic surgeries, biomedical devices can be printed in and on the human body.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
These biosensors could lead to improved glucose monitors for millions of people who suffer from diabetes.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
These sensors monitor electrical loads from household appliances to support grid operations.
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Altair released updates to all of its design, simulation, and data analytics software products.
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Facility Focus: Robotics, Automation & Control
NIBIB is committed to integrating the physical and engineering sciences with the life sciences to advance basic research and medical care.
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5 Ws: Materials
In the operating room, you can produce bioresorbable metal implants, such as screws for bone fractures.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The new filament allows low-cost printers to produce parts with mechanical properties competitive with injection molded plastics.
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Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
NASA's Dry Goods Delivery System, a lung-heart sensor on a chip, and more.
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