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Where Will We Be in 2024?

With 2024 now fully underway, where can you expect to see us over the next 11 months? See below where our traceability solutions – either presented by us or by our customers – will be showcased! 📆 Additive Manufacturing Forum I AM Forum Berlin (20th-21st March)📆 Hannover Messe (22nd-26th April)📆OT World Leipzig (14th-17th May)📆Rapid.Tech 3D Erfurt (14th-16th May)📆 Drupa Düsseldorf …

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Aerospace part being scanned by the DPM Scan Pro App

Watermarking for 3D-Printed Parts

How Sub-Surface Markings Provide an Extra Layer of Security Frohes Neues Jahr! Happy New Year! As our first blog of 2024, we thought we would start the year with something innovative: combining forces with AdaptixNDE (see end of blog), we created an innovative workflow to watermark, and unobtrusively scan, a component. Citing potential applications for part authentication in Additive Manufacturing …

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Side by side comparison of the original parasol part (broken) and the printed spare part

Spot the Difference! Summertime Spare Parts

Extending Product Lifetimes through 3D Printing While 3D printed parts are becoming ever more glamorous and advanced – additively manufactured parts can now be found in everything from aeroplanes to fashion garments – sometimes it’s nice to take a step back, and consider some more everyday applications of the technology. The wooden runner hub part below supports the ribs of …

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OWL 3D: Live & in Farbe 2023

Come and see us at our next live event in September! We will be back at our founding site, the Direct Manufacturing Research Center at Paderborn University, for an afternoon of expert talks, networking and industry engagement around the topic of Additive Manufacturing in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe region. Find out more and register below; we look forward to seeing you there!

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Opinion Piece: Do we have another one of those?

3D Printing Spare Parts: The Challenge Spare parts management has been revolutionised by Additive Manufacturing; being able to produce small batches of products whilst remaining economically viable has enabled impressive strides to be made in spare parts managements. Although regulatory challenges still persist, particularly around the production of critical components, signs of a greater shift in thinking are evident across …

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