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3D scanning & spatial data specialist at Eyecontact (https://eyecontact.kr) — sharing field notes from real construction, heritage, and industrial projects in Korea.

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Why a large composite 3D printer sped up when a layer was too cold

Why a large composite 3D printer sped up when a layer was too cold

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A Printed Microfluidic Heater Depends on the Layer Between Heat and Liquid

A Printed Microfluidic Heater Depends on the Layer Between Heat and Liquid

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A 3D-Printed Switch Starts With a Polymer That Changes Resistance

A 3D-Printed Switch Starts With a Polymer That Changes Resistance

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A Fist-Sized Vacuum Pump Designed Around What a Squeezed Tube Does Next

A Fist-Sized Vacuum Pump Designed Around What a Squeezed Tube Does Next

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Printing an Electromagnet: Three Materials, Eight Layers, One Functional Geometry

Printing an Electromagnet: Three Materials, Eight Layers, One Functional Geometry

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A Polymer-First Route to Electroformed Nickel HIP Cans

A Polymer-First Route to Electroformed Nickel HIP Cans

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How 16 3D-Printed Nozzles Produce Uniform Three-Layer Droplets

How 16 3D-Printed Nozzles Produce Uniform Three-Layer Droplets

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Why a 3D-Printed Concrete Bridge Broke After Holding 2,000 Pounds

Why a 3D-Printed Concrete Bridge Broke After Holding 2,000 Pounds

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How ShiftLens Changes an Object’s Appearance Without Electronics

How ShiftLens Changes an Object’s Appearance Without Electronics

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Can a 3D-printed recycled-plastic truss support a floor?

Can a 3D-printed recycled-plastic truss support a floor?

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Designing Shape Change and Tearing in 3D-Woven Metamaterials

Designing Shape Change and Tearing in 3D-Woven Metamaterials

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Why One Structure Map Is Not Enough for a 3D-Print Preview

Why One Structure Map Is Not Enough for a 3D-Print Preview

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Why a 3D-Printed Linear Motor Needed Four Extrusion Tools

Why a 3D-Printed Linear Motor Needed Four Extrusion Tools

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Why a 3D-Printed Glass Brick Needs More Than a Printable Shape

Why a 3D-Printed Glass Brick Needs More Than a Printable Shape

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A Wider Melt Pool Is Not a Universal Surface-Finish Setting

A Wider Melt Pool Is Not a Universal Surface-Finish Setting

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Why ORNL and Boeing 3D Printed a Metal Aircraft Door Forming Tool

Why ORNL and Boeing 3D Printed a Metal Aircraft Door Forming Tool

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KAF82: Treat Additive Tooling as a Lead-Time Experiment

KAF82: Treat Additive Tooling as a Lead-Time Experiment

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Resin 3D printing: linking exposure to cure depth

Resin 3D printing: linking exposure to cure depth

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Would another factory make the same part? ORNL's qualification question

Would another factory make the same part? ORNL's qualification question

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Multimaterial printing turns interface control into the production question

Multimaterial printing turns interface control into the production question

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Before printing a medical-device spare, define the exclusion boundary

Before printing a medical-device spare, define the exclusion boundary

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Translating pinecone motion into printable specifications

Translating pinecone motion into printable specifications

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InstructMesh keeps local 3D repair under user control

InstructMesh keeps local 3D repair under user control

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Treat nylon moisture history as a process variable

Treat nylon moisture history as a process variable

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Tune pressure advance by reading both speed transitions

Tune pressure advance by reading both speed transitions

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A Nitinol Interlock That Snaps Back Without External Heating

A Nitinol Interlock That Snaps Back Without External Heating

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RIMPAC’s printed spare part: the workflow matters more than print speed

RIMPAC’s printed spare part: the workflow matters more than print speed

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Print orientation is a production decision, not a support setting

Print orientation is a production decision, not a support setting

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A depolymerizable photopolymer is only one part of a circular process

A depolymerizable photopolymer is only one part of a circular process

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How can one light exposure leave a 3D-printed structure hollow?

How can one light exposure leave a 3D-printed structure hollow?

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Why Injection Mold Cooling Channels Should Follow the Part

Why Injection Mold Cooling Channels Should Follow the Part

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What the SRNL–3D Systems additive-manufacturing agreement covers

What the SRNL–3D Systems additive-manufacturing agreement covers

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A 3D CAD file starts a quote, but a useful brief explains the job

A 3D CAD file starts a quote, but a useful brief explains the job

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A fixture acceptance record needs a revision, not just a pass flag

A fixture acceptance record needs a revision, not just a pass flag

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When a missed QR read starts before the software: Subaru’s placement jigs

When a missed QR read starts before the software: Subaru’s placement jigs

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Failed, untested, or interrupted? A data contract for adaptive manufacturing experiments

Failed, untested, or interrupted? A data contract for adaptive manufacturing experiments

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A manufacturing traveler needs more than a done flag

A manufacturing traveler needs more than a done flag

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Your Spare-Part Record Needs More Than a CAD File

Your Spare-Part Record Needs More Than a CAD File

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Northwestern's Operando X-ray Study of Metal 3D Printing: Better Solidification Models, Not Closed-Loop Control

Northwestern's Operando X-ray Study of Metal 3D Printing: Better Solidification Models, Not Closed-Loop Control

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Why SLA Excels at Fine Detail—and Where Its Accuracy Still Fails

Why SLA Excels at Fine Detail—and Where Its Accuracy Still Fails

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Industrial 3D Printing Notes for Manufacturing Teams

Industrial 3D Printing Notes for Manufacturing Teams

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Industrial 3D Printing Notes for Manufacturing Teams

Industrial 3D Printing Notes for Manufacturing Teams

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3D Mi1 3D

3D Mi1 3D

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Industrial 3D Printing Notes for Manufacturing Teams

Industrial 3D Printing Notes for Manufacturing Teams

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Industrial 3D Printing Notes for Manufacturing Teams

Industrial 3D Printing Notes for Manufacturing Teams

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Industrial 3D Printing Notes for Manufacturing Teams

Industrial 3D Printing Notes for Manufacturing Teams

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On-Demand Maritime Spare Parts: How 3D Printing Solves the Logistics Bottleneck

On-Demand Maritime Spare Parts: How 3D Printing Solves the Logistics Bottleneck

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Industrial 3D Printing Notes for Manufacturing Teams

Industrial 3D Printing Notes for Manufacturing Teams

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Industrial 3D Printing Notes for Manufacturing Teams

Industrial 3D Printing Notes for Manufacturing Teams

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Why VCs Are Pouring Capital Into Full-Stack 3D Printing Startups

Why VCs Are Pouring Capital Into Full-Stack 3D Printing Startups

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Industrial 3D Printing Notes for Manufacturing Teams

Industrial 3D Printing Notes for Manufacturing Teams

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Industrial 3D Printing Notes for Manufacturing Teams

Industrial 3D Printing Notes for Manufacturing Teams

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Industrial 3D Printing Notes for Manufacturing Teams

Industrial 3D Printing Notes for Manufacturing Teams

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3 Critical Pre-Print Checks to Prevent Industrial 3D Printing Failures

3 Critical Pre-Print Checks to Prevent Industrial 3D Printing Failures

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Beyond PLA: A Guide to Engineering Filaments for Industrial 3D Printing

Beyond PLA: A Guide to Engineering Filaments for Industrial 3D Printing

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Industrial 3D Printing Notes for Manufacturing Teams

Industrial 3D Printing Notes for Manufacturing Teams

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Industrial 3D Printing Notes for Manufacturing Teams

Industrial 3D Printing Notes for Manufacturing Teams

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Industrial 3D Printing Notes for Manufacturing Teams

Industrial 3D Printing Notes for Manufacturing Teams

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Industrial 3D Printing Notes for Manufacturing Teams

Industrial 3D Printing Notes for Manufacturing Teams

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3D : DfAM

3D : DfAM

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