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Installing a Metal 3D Printer: Part 5 (Housekeeping)

If you prefer, you can register for a webinar to be held on July 26, 2017 @ 2pm EDT (US) where I will be summarizing all 5 parts of this blog series. Register by clicking on the image below: ...
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Installing a Metal 3D Printer: Part 4 (Environmental)

  If you prefer, you can register for a webinar to be held on July 26 @ 2pm EDT (US) where I will be summarizing all 5 parts of this blog series. Register by clicking on the image below: ...
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Installing a Metal 3D Printer: Part 3B (Safety Risks – Prevention & Mitigation)

How can you minimize safety risks in powder-based metal 3D printing? This is the second half of my third post in a 5-part series discussing things we learned installing a metal 3D printer (speci...
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Towards Self-Supporting Design for Additive Manufacturing: Part 1 (Standard Guidelines)

1. Background: When it comes to Additive Manufacturing (AM), there is a lot to consider before hitting the print button. One of the biggest constraints in most AM processes is the need for supports fo...
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Installing a Metal 3D Printer: Part 3A (Safety: Risks)

What are the safety risks in laser powder bed fusion metal 3D printing? This is the first half of the 3rd post in a series of 5 on things we learned installing a metal 3D printer (laser powder b...
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Installing a Metal 3D Printer: Part 2 (Facilities)

This is part 2 of a 5-part series on the lessons we learned installing our first Metal 3D printer, a Concept Laser MLab Cusing R. Please read the first post if you haven't already, where I lis...
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Installing a Metal 3D Printer: Part 1 (Equipment)

Fig 1. Concept Laser MLab Cusing R in PADT's Metal 3D Printing Lab What equipment does one need for metal 3D printing?  This is the first in a five-part series that brings together t...
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On the Functions of Cellular Structures in Nature

WHY did nature evolve cellular structures? In a previous post, I laid out a structural classification of cellular structures in nature, proposing that they fall into 6 categories. I argued that it...
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Cellular Design Strategies in Nature: A Classification

What types of cellular designs do we find in nature? Cellular structures are an important area of research in Additive Manufacturing (AM), including work we are doing here at PADT. As I described in...
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Modeling 3D Printed Cellular Structures: Approaches

How can the mechanical behavior of cellular structures (honeycombs, foams and lattices) be modeled? This is the second in a two-part post on the modeling aspects of 3D printed cellular structures. ...
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