Category: Industrial and 3D printing
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Codpad chooses Xaar
Codpad, a Chinese company that produces inkjet coding and marking machines, has opted to use Xaar printheads as it looks to expand its product portfolio. Up to now, Codpad has specialised in CIJ and TIJ printers but is now branching out and exploring piezo printheads for a new range of printers.
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Durst 3D start-up develops material jetting
D3-AM, which is a start-up subsidiary of the Durst Group, used last month’s Formnext show to introduce a new 3D printing technology that it calls micro particle jetting, which is targeted at ceramics manufacturing.
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Fiery teams up with GIS
Fiery and Global Inkjet Systems have signed a technology partnership to develop new inkjet print systems for the industrial market.
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Seiko introduces RCH1536 printhead
Seiko Industrial Instruments has introduced a new inkjet printhead, the RCH1536, which is an update to the existing RC1536, but with the promise of more durability and uniformity.
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JITF part 1: Building a community
Recently I returned to Japan to cover the second outing of the Japan Inkjet Technology Fair, having written about last year’s inaugural event. It’s a small, tightly focussed show that offers a unique perspective on the Japanese inkjet industry, as well as a chance to catch up with old friends.
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Stratasys launches F3300 3D printer
Stratasys has unveiled a new polymer FDM 3D printer, the F3300, which has been designed for production scale additive manufacturing. As such it will be suitable for producing production parts, prototyping and tooling.
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Kronos improves white ink support
Last year Kronos, which makes white dispersions for use in printing inks, coatings and paints, introduced its 9900 water-based white dispersion for inkjet inks. The company described at this year’s Japan Inkjet Technology Forum how it has spent the past year improving on this.
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Fujifilm shows structural ink
Fujifilm Business Innovations used this week’s Japan Inkjet Technology Forum in Tokyo to showcase a new type of ink, known as structural colour, for industrial inkjet.
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Stratasys still playing hard to get
The soap opera around Stratasys and the various suitors competing for its attentions has taken yet another turn as all the players argue about which offers the best dollar return.
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Dimatix targets 3D printing
Fujifilm’s Dimatix printhead subsidiary has introduced a new inkjet head, the Starfire SG1024 L3F, which is specifically aimed at additive manufacturing, in particular sand casting and metal binder jetting.
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Durst acquires Aleph
Durst has acquired the Italian company Aleph SrL, which makes textile inks and printers, in a move that should bolster Durst’s capability in this area in terms of manufacturing capability as well as software design and water-based ink experience.
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Trumpf reduces reliance on supports
Trumpf, which makes a range of industrial 3D printers, has upgraded its TruTops Print software to reduce the use of supporting structures in order to shorten the printing times and cut out the cost of these supports.