3D Printing: What You Need to Know

3D printing technology is poised to transform fabrication processes in our profession. LMT shares experiences, challenges and advice from early-adopter lab owners and managers who’ve successfully implemented printing into their workflows.

  • 3D Printing: What You Need to Know

    Just as 3D printing technology revolutionized the hearing aid industry—95% of hearing aids are now printed—it’s poised to transform fabrication processes in our profession. LMT shares experiences, challenges and advice from early-adopter lab owners and managers who’ve successfully...

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    LMT Communications, Inc.

    May 17, 2018 at 2:22pm

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    • Ryan Carpe
    • Mattia Brambilla
    • Alastair Jolly
    • Gary Reininga
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  • SLA, DLP, CLIP: What's the Difference?

    There are several types of printing technologies and their capacity, accuracy, speed and prices vary. These are some of the most common technologies used in the laboratory: 

    SLA (Stereolithography)—widely recognized as the first 3D printing process to be developed—is a laser-based process....

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    LMT Communications, Inc.

    May 17, 2018 at 2:21pm

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  • 3D Printing Through the Decades

    3D printing technology has been around for more than three decades in a variety of industries. Here are some of the highlights of its storied history:

    1980: Dr. Hideo Kodama of Nagoya Municipal Industrial Research Institute is credited with being the first to describe a rapid prototyping technique...

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    LMT Communications, Inc.

    May 17, 2018 at 2:16pm

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