3D Printed Manufacturing Aids
3D Printed Assembly & Check Fixtures:
Most manufacturers use fixtures—and for good reason. They increase the accuracy, precision, reliability, and interchangeability of finished parts. Traditionally fixtures have been CNC machined, but industrial-grade 3D printing (additive manufacturing) is becoming more popular for this type of work. 3D Printed fixture can be very useful for manufactures trying to improve their manufacturing processes. Some […]
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HP MJF Foundry Tooling
3D Printed Foundry Pattern Tooling Forerunner 3D Printing was approached by Great Lakes Casting about the possibility of using our HP MJF 3D printing process to produce HP MJF foundry tooling. Traditionally low volume or prototype tooling is made of Teak but GLC was looking for a method of producing this tooling faster and more […]
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ESD Safe 3D Printing Options
Initial 3D Printed Part ESD Test Results: ESD safe materials are those that prevent electrostatic charges from building up in a component. When you are shocked by a doorknob that is an ESD (Electrostatic Discharge). Those charges can damage electrical components. So all material in a facility that manufactures electronics have to be ESD Safe. […]
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3D Printing for Automated Equipment
Forerunner 3D Printing has been working with customers since day one on their 3D Printing for automated equipment needs. It started with a customer approaching our sister company, DeWys Engineering, with a challenging end of arm tool that they needed designed and built on a tight deadline. After evaluating the tooling requirements and assessing the […]
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3D Printed Welding Fixtures
3D Printed Welding Fixtures for use with prototype or low volume manufacturing applications have become a reality in recent years. This is due to advances in the types of materials that are printable along with the machines that run them coming down in cost and increasing in speed. The reason we are seeing metal fabrication […]
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3D Printed Vacuum Forming Tooling
Vacuum forming (also know as thermoforming) is where a sheet of plastic is heated to a forming temperature, stretched onto a single-surface mold, and forced against the mold by a vacuum. This process can be used to form plastic into permanent objects such as: With the advent of 3D printing it has become possible to […]
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3D Printed Sandblasting Mask
Abrasive blasting, more commonly known as sandblasting is the operation of forcibly propelling a stream of abrasive material against a surface under high pressure to smooth a rough surface, roughen a smooth surface, shape a surface or remove surface contaminants. A pressurized fluid, typically compressed air, or a centrifugal wheel is used to propel the […]
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3D Printed Pogo Pin Nests
Testing Results: MILL-MAX OMNIBALL POGO PINS: QA TECH POGO PINS: To start, we should probably talk about what exactly a Pogo pin is! Pogo pins are spring loaded probes that can be pressed into a hole to connect two PCB boards together or to allow for a electrical connection to be made with a plug […]
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3D Printed End of Arm Tooling
Additive Manufacturing is changing the way manufacturers design and create end of arm tooling for industrial robots. Since 1959 when the first industrial robot was installed at a GM diecasting plant in Trenton, New Jersey there has been a never ending race to improve the productivity of these robots through the advancement of end of […]
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Full Presentation: Design for 3D Printing Manufacturing Processes
Design Guides For Printers Discussed in Presentation:
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