Today, fabricators processing prototypes or low-quantity jobs can print their own press brake tooling. They need to ensure a ...

With X1 Tooling, manufacturers now have fast, affordable, and local tooling options for the final production of metal, plastic, and composite designs NORTH HUNTINGDON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The ExOne ...

Why buy it when you can print it? Find out the 5 clever Ryobi accessories you can 3D print at home to turn your standard ...

Metal that bends instead of breaking has been a dream of engineers since the first steel tools snapped on factory floors. A new generation of 3D printed alloys is pushing that dream closer to reality, ...

Embossed leather belts can be deliciously stylish. However, the tooling for making these fashionable items is not always easy to come by, and it rarely comes cheap. What do we do when a tool is ...

Using 3D printing technologies for composite tooling is no longer new, though uptake is still limited and there is enormous potential for growth across the composite industry. The last decade has seen ...

Applications for 3D printing/additive manufacturing has grown by leaps and bounds over the past decade—particularly for its use to produce production- and assembly-ready parts, not just prototypes.

Plastics processors are automating the fabrication of steel tooling to reduce lead times, costs and labor shortages. San Francisco-based Mantle Inc., a metal 3D printing company focused only on ...

Mantle is launching a new series of $350,000 machines that can 3D-print the mold inserts that are used to produce injection-mold plastics. It’s hard to overstate how important this will be — I caught ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced an award of $2,849,000 to the Composites Manufacturing Simulation Center (CMSC) of Purdue University (West Lafayette ...

Using 3D printing technologies for composite tooling is no longer new, though uptake is still limited and there is enormous potential for growth across the composite industry. The last decade has seen ...