Sales of cars and light trucks plummeted during the Great Recession and General Motors Co. and Chrysler emerged from government-back bankruptcies in 2009. Since then, total industry deliveries have surged, hitting a record 17.47 million in 2015, according to Autodata Corp.
Even though it’s been around since the 1950s, when engineering-grade resins were first introduced, many manufacturers still are not familiar with the many benefits that metal-to-plastic conversion provides.
When you walk into the Redeye On Demand facility in Eden Prairie, MN, you enter into one version of the factory of the future. There you will see a bank of 100 high-end Fortus fused-deposition modeling (FDM) machines from Stratasys that provide the capacity to build real, functional parts with production-grade thermoplastics directly from CAD data.
Optimizing performance by teaming different materials.
Houston-based DET develops innovative packer system that regulates flow of heat and steam in geothermal wells
Incremental changes highlight recent advances in the wake of severe supply chain challenges.
Understanding the flow of energy within a plant is key in defining a roadmap to decarbonization
Desktop Metal Inc., the company founded in 2015 with no plan to produce a production-level printer, is now promoting 3D printing for high-volume serial production under its AM (additive manufacturing) 2.0 initiative.
Looking back on a long career of learning, sharing, and always trying to do your best.
IMTS to highlight how wide-ranging processes are finding fresh ways to work together.
