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Additive manufacturing is realizing new possibilities for components at the extremes of size range. In this episode, Peter Zelinski and Julia Hider discuss micro 3D printing via DLP as well as large scale 3D printing enabled by robots, FDM, wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) and more.

 

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Nano Dimension’s Fabrica 2.0 (after this article was written, Nanofabrica was acquired by Nano Dimension, and the Tera 250 was renamed the Fabrica 2.0)
• Micro 3D printed electrical connectors from Boston Micro Fabrication
• Micro 3D printed eye stents for glaucoma surgery by Boston Micro Fabrication
• Micro injection mold shop Accumold’s use of the Fabrica 2.0
• Wire-arc additive manufacturing at Lincoln Electric Additive Solutions
• Additive Engineering Solutions using a BAAM machine from Cincinnati Incorporated for tooling
• Autonomous underwater vehicle hull sections 3D printed by Additive Engineering Solutions using BAAM
• Flight simulator cockpit 3D printed by Additive Engineering Solutions using BAAM
• Aerospace AM company Sintavia designed its facility with the expectation that laser powder bed fusion machines will become larger