Ceratizit Earns Innovation Award for AM of Carbide Parts |
The
Ceratizit Group won the 2020 Innovation Award from FEDIL, a Luxembourg
business federation, for development of a new process for the additive
manufacturing (AM) of tungsten carbide-cobalt. The company, a
Luxembourg-based hard-materials specialist with extensive experience in
AM of cemented carbide components, won the award in the FEDIL Process
category.
With this newly developed process, Ceratizit reportedly not only
achieves the customary quality of products manufactured by pressing and
machining, but also can respond better to customer requirements.
“AM of carbide products provides us with more flexibility in terms of implementing customer requirements and opens new design possibilities, which we can use to offer our customers highly optimized, individual solutions in minimum time,” says Dr. Ralph Useldinger, head of R&D for Ceratizit, noting that this also includes active support in optimizing product design. |
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New Jetting Printer Bridges Gap from Process Development to Production with Ford as Early Buyer |
Desktop Metal, Inc.’s new P-1 printer is available for ordering and has begun global shipments. A major early adopter of the P-1: Ford Motor Co., which received its first P-1 in December 2020. Designed to serve as a bridge from process development to full-scale mass production of end-use metal parts, the P-1 leverages patent-pending Single Pass Jetting (SPJ) for companies and research institutions.
“Ford has been active in 3D printing since 1988 with acquisition of the third commercially available stereolithography system; we are very excited to be early adopters of the P-1,” explains Cynthia Flanigan, director of vehicle research and technology for Ford Research and Advanced Engineering. “We expect that this new system will serve as an important tool in the development of our future advanced process and alloy implementation, enabling our researchers to investigate additional production opportunities of metal binder jetting.” |
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Coming in 3DMP's Winter 2021 Issue |
- Case Studies/New Applications for Metal AM
- Formnext Connect Wrap-up
- Metal AM in the Railroad Industry
- Software Roundup—All that’s New in Software for Metal AM
- Ensuring a Reliable Supply of Power for AM Builds
- AMUG 2021 Preview
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