Turkish Companies Test 3D Printed Component for Armored Vehicles
MetalWorm and Nurol Makina, both based in Ankara, Turkey, have completed testing of an armored vehicle component manufactured using Directed Energy Deposition (DED)... read more »
3D Printing Metal
3D printing metal technologies like powder bed fusion, metal binder jetting, and directed energy deposition have grown at an explosive pace. Read everything about it here on 3DPrinting.com.
Laser-Assisted Cold Spray Technology Enhances Material Deposition Process
Researchers at the University of Cambridge's Center for Industrial Photonics have developed a new additive manufacturing technique called laser-assisted cold spray (LACS). The... read more »
Titomic Netherlands Secures Strategic Funding to Advance Cold Spray 3D Printing Technology
Titomic Limited, an Australian company specializing in cold spray additive manufacturing, has received €800,000 in funding from the Netherlands' 3D Print Kompas program.... read more »
LPE Supports Queen’s Propulsion Laboratory with 3D Printed Rocket Engine Chamber
Students at Queen's University Belfast have developed what they describe as Ireland's first student-built liquid rocket engine. The Kelvin Mk.1, named after Belfast-born... read more »
Johns Hopkins APL Helps Navy Overcome Metal 3D Printing Reliability Concerns
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) are working with the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to address reliability concerns with... read more »
Farsoon Launches High-Volume Copper Alloy 3D Printing System FS621M-Cu
Farsoon has developed a specialized 3D printing system for producing large copper alloy components for aerospace applications. The company's new FS621M-Cu system, built... read more »
3D Printing Technology Tested on Historic Bridge in Great Barrington as Potential Solution for Aging Infrastructure
Researchers from UMass Amherst and MIT have successfully applied 3D printing technology to repair a bridge in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. The test utilized... read more »
Rocket Lab Reserves Two Ultra Large-Format Metal 3D Printers from Nikon SLM Solutions
Rocket Lab has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Nikon SLM Solutions to reserve two upcoming ultra-large format metal additive manufacturing systems. The... read more »
ASU Researchers Develop AI to Improve Metal 3D Printing
Researchers at Arizona State University are creating new artificial intelligence tools to enhance metal 3D printing processes. Professors Aviral Shrivastava and Ashif Iquebal... read more »
WPI Leads “Rubble to Rockets” Project to 3D Print with Scrap Materials
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is leading a new initiative called "Rubble to Rockets" that aims to produce components from scrap metal and mixed... read more »
Oerlikon Donates Metal 3D Printer to W.S. Lee College of Engineering
Oerlikon AM has donated a metal 3D printer to the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science at UNC Charlotte's William States Lee... read more »
Outokumpu Develops Stainless Steel Powder for Aerospace Additive Manufacturing
Outokumpu, a stainless steel manufacturer, is expanding its metal powder production for additive manufacturing into the aerospace sector. The company will deliver a... read more »
Amsterdam’s MX3D Secures €7M to Support its International Expansion
Dutch 3D printing company MX3D has secured €7 million in Series A funding to support its international expansion. The round was led by... read more »
UW-Madison Engineers Develop Enhanced Heat Exchanger Using 3D Printing
Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have created a heat exchanger with complex internal channels that outperforms traditional designs. The team used topology... read more »
Penn State-Led Team Receives $1 Million to Improve Metal 3D Printing
A research team led by Penn State has secured a $1 million grant from DARPA's Structures Uniquely Resolved to Guarantee Performance (SURGE) program... read more »
AI Tool Being Developed to Detect Defects in Metal Binder Jetting
Researchers at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering are developing tools that use artificial intelligence to identify defects in powder-based metal 3D printing. The... read more »
NIST Researchers Identify Quasicrystals in 3D Printed Aluminum Alloy
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have identified quasicrystals in a 3D-printable aluminum alloy, according to a study published... read more »
Two Metals Combined in Single Complex Structure Through 3D Printing Breakthrough
Penn State researchers have developed a new multi-material 3D printing technique that successfully fuses two different metals into a single complex structure. The... read more »
Supersonic Speed Limit Discovered for Strong Metal Bonding
Cornell researchers have discovered that metal particles used in industrial manufacturing processes bond most effectively at specific supersonic speeds. In a study published... read more »
IACS Issues Standard for 3D Printing in Maritime Applications
The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) has released a new recommendation for standardizing the use of additive manufacturing in marine and offshore... read more »
