At the Moulding Expo, Sigma Engineering presents the simulation-based design of tempering systems using Sigmasoft. In collaboration with /H&B/ Electronic, conventional cooling is compared with conformal cooling. Additionally, optimised cooling channels made from metal 3D printing are presented, which can offer significant advantages.

The 3D printing industry is continuing to develop very dynamically. This is due to competition between different 3D processes and technical advances in machine and process engineering. In general, this confirms that the industrial maturity of 3D printing in relation to conventional manufacturing strategies (casting or milling) continues to increase.

Massivit 3D Printing Technologies has introduced its groundbreaking Massivit 10000-G to the European composites market at JEC World. The event also marked the launch of Massivit’s 2023 corporate rebranding in line with the company’s latest technological milestones and strategic penetration into the composites arena.

3D-printing software company Sigma Additive Solutions has expanded its collaboration with Materialise, a global provider of 3D printing software and service solutions, to provide additive manufacturing (AM) users automated quality control.

Remaining booth locations are filling up in the exhibition halls in Friedrichshafen for the 28th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing. All involved parties are eagerly awaiting new impetus from the world’s leading trade fair for the injection moulding industry.

Swedish VBN Components 3D prints wear-resistant alloys with the brand name Vibenite, which noticeably enhance the lifetime and performance of components. In 2018 the company won the ”Innovation of the Year” award in its county for “The World’s Hardest Steel” and clients can be found globally. Until now, VBN’s products have only been used in industrial applications, but now they have also come into royal use.

3D printer, photopolymer and production parts manufacturer, Photocentric will be exhibiting at North America's largest Additive Manufacturing event, Rapid + TCT, offering manufacturers and end users affordable, scalable and industrial 3D printing technologies.

At the Rapid.Tech 3D trade fair and specialist AM congress from 9 to 11 May 2023 in Erfurt, Germany, Arburg Additive will be presenting its range of products and services for additive manufacturing at Stand 2-301. The new large Freeformer 750-3X, which processes original plastic granules, and the LiQ 5 for 3D printing liquid silicone (LSR) will be on show.

Mapping a 3D printing process as a continuous digital process chain from the component design to the production and post-processing is the logical consequence of a digital Additive Manufacturing strategy. This objective that Aim3D has set itself has been taken up by the Naddcon research and development centre in Lichtenfels (Germany), which specialises in Additive Manufacturing.

The supplier of standard parts, Strack Norma, will be showcasing its extensive range of innovative and standardised solutions for the mould and die industry at Moulding Expo in Stuttgart from 13-16 June 2023. Visitors to the trade fair can obtain advice on the new products and the range in Hall 1, Stand I56.