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Desktop Metal’s D2 tool steel is also for use with its Studio System 2

Desktop Metal announced it has qualified D2 tool steel for the Studio System 2, its metal 3D printing platform that prints metal parts in low volumes for pre-production and end-use applications. The company recently announced this material was qualified on its Production System. The material allows customers to leverage a simple, nearly hands-free process to produce parts for high-strength D2 applications such as cold work metal...

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Digital workflow streamlines powder-bed fusion (PBF) build

Computer-aided-manufacturing (CAM) software introduced by Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division provides the digital tools needed to prepare 3D-printed components for manufacturing using powder bed fusion (PBF) technologies. Because hybrid manufacturing entails performing both additive and subtractive processes, integrating build-preparation tools within CAM software streamlines workflows per part and offers efficiency...

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Essentium to go public

Essentium, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive business combination agreement with Atlantic Coastal Acquisition Corporation. Upon completion of the transaction, which is expected to occur around the end of the first quarter of 2022, the combined company will retain the Essentium name and is expected to be traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC under the new ticker symbol “ADTV”. Founded in 2013, Essentium is a...

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Hexagon partners with CADS Additive to improve additive design for better manufacturing productivity

Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division announced a partnership with CADS Additive. The companies will exchange technologies to progress design for additive manufacturing. Under the agreement, Hexagon has integrated the build prep specialist’s material-saving support structure generation technology into its Simufact Additive software. CADS Additive will also integrate Hexagon’s build simulation capabilities into its...