Impeller Gets Laser-clad Facelift
Laser metal deposition (LMD) is proving more and more useful to industry, as this recent impeller repair has shown. LMD, also known as... read more »
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 metal deposition (LMD) is proving more and more useful to industry, as this recent impeller repair has shown. LMD, also known as... read more »
China is embracing metal additive manufacturing for the large scale manufacture of medical implants. Beijing-based AK Medical have been in the implant game... read more »
California-based space company Relativity Space has shared a bunch of new pictures on their social media showing the progress of their metal AM... read more »
PyroGenesis, a Montreal-based company with experience in advanced plasma processes and products has figured a way out to reduce the manufacturing costs of... read more »
While Porsche is printing pistons and Bugatti prints half a car, Aston Martin tinkers in their own luxurious garage. The premier automobile brand... read more »
These printed metal tanker components would make an interesting article anyway (they have nice pics also), but the fact that they were printed... read more »
The research forefront of 3D printing for spines is ever advancing, and China offers the latest advancement with Huaxiang Group’s AM titanium spinal... read more »
Lockheed Martin has been experimenting with 3D printed components for large satellite structures for a while now. Even back in 2018 they were... read more »
Metal AM is great, but it’s still a long way off from producing true net-shape parts. To achieve the usable component, smoothed, squared... read more »
The Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory (CCDC ARL) sure loves additive manufacturing, as we have shown in the past. Their latest... read more »
The European particle smashing agency, CERN has turned to 3D printing to manufacture components for a cooling system in the Large Hadron Collider.... read more »
One of the hurdles that’s still being overcome in metal 3D printing is the ability to print with superalloys. The most common forms... read more »
In this article we'll look at the line of DMP printers and their printable alloys. From stand alone 3D printers to modular production... read more »
Directed Energy Deposition (also known as Blown Powder Directed Energy Deposition) is not only good for manufacturing new parts from scratch, but it... read more »
Huge scale metal AM is getting a lot of coverage recently. Recently we published an article showing how NASA is using DED for... read more »
Metal 3D printing services are generally fairly friendly and knowledgeable and are happy to give you quotes for your printed parts all day... read more »
Metal powders are costly, and depending on the geometry of the part, can be even more costly due to unused powders which often... read more »
Additive Manufacturing and copper have both been finding a friend in the space industry recently, particularly in the domain of rocket engines. We... read more »
We have taken a look at how the private sector are using additive manufacturing to build rocket engines in this previous article. In... read more »
Wind turbines can be a little bit lossy in terms of their aerodynamic performance. Luckily mother nature has been working on this problem... read more »