Paper published to MDPI 23 April 2021 https://thevirtualfoundry.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/21-04-Prediction-of-Dimensional-Changes-of-Low-Cost-Metal-Material-Extrusion-Fabricated-Parts-Using-Machine-Learning-Techniques.pdf
Paper published to ScienceDirect 23 March 2021 https://thevirtualfoundry.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/21-03-Arizona-State-University-Rheology-scaling-of-spherical-metal-powders-dispersed-in-thermoplastics-and-its-correlation-to-the-extrudability-of-filaments-for-3D-printing-by-Amm-Hasib.pdf
In a recently published webinar about sintering Filamet™, our sintering partner, David Lawson of Sapphire3D, used the phrase “development-minded.” As in, you have to be development-minded in this process. What does that mean in the context of FFFMetal and The Virtual Foundry? You’re going to have to work a little bit. We don’t have all
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“State-of-the-art 3D-printing with metal filaments based on the Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) process is discussed in this paper, by a literature review and own printing tests. Commercially available metal filaments (composites with metal powder content) are flexible enough to be processed on a low budget 3D-printer and, by debinding and sintering the produced objects, it
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Paper published to Springer on 14 September 2020
Preliminary investigation into metal-material extrusion Read More »
“Typical metal 3D printing processes with powders require either a laser or electron beam as the heating source. In this work, an alternative non-expensive metal 3D printing process based on the fused deposition modeling process using metal filled filament is studied. Using bronze filament as a feedstock, the microstructures, phases, compositions of the filament, as-printed,
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As part of The Virtual Foundry’s continuing efforts to help its customers develop unique materials with exceptional physical properties for additive manufacturing, the advanced material science company has acquired a plasma atomization reactor. This device uses plasma to melt and atomize metal, creating small, uniform, dense and spherical metal powders that are ideal for additive
Until recently, engineers and designers were limited in the materials they could use for additive manufacturing. That’s because the catalogs of the major 3D printer manufacturers tend to focus on the most popular, high-volume materials. These creators now have another option: Custom metal, glass and ceramic materials from The Virtual Foundry, specially formulated to help
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