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CONTENTS
Winter 2020 Vol. 5, No. 1
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COVER STORY
8 Challenges Push Post-Processing Innovation
Technology developments demonstrate the all-in effort to ease this huge AM hurdle.
FEATURES
12 Preview: AeroDef Manufacturing 2020
Head to Fort Worth, TX, in March for a heavy dose of 3D printing technology geared toward aerospace and defense.
14 Software Innovations Gain Momentum
New software offerings foster the continued industrialization of metal 3D printing.
19 Preview: 2020 AMUG Conference
For learning, networking, shopping and much more, this annual Additive Manufacturing Users Group event is unlike any other. Come to Chicago in March and you’ll find out why.
24 AMBenefitsFromMorePowerful
Process Simulation
The ability to visualize the complex AM process and detect collisions wards off costly part crashes and tool damage.
28 MakePlansNowforRAPID+TCT
This year’s showcase for 3D printing innovations takes place in Anaheim, CA, April 20-23.
30 Largest formnext Yet—
Plenty of Metal AM on Display
Attendance up by a quarter, exhibits up by a third...and much of the increase can be attributed to the growth in metal additive manufacturing (AM) and its applications. See more in the online article at www.3dmpmag.com/formnext-19.
COMMENTARIES
3 Editorial
Simplifying Complexity
Louis A. Kren
7 AM Insights
Introduction to AM: Five Steps for Getting Started
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Mark Barfoot
DEPARTMENTS
4 Industry News 6 Tech Update
About the Cover
Technology advancements have helped ease the costly and time-consuming nature of the post- processing task, as this image from Solukon Maschinenbau GmbH shows.
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