DOE Exascale Computing Project to Advance Metal AM
A team of researchers from ORNL, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NIST and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville have been... 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.
A team of researchers from ORNL, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NIST and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville have been... read more »
Tractor manufacturer John Deere has been using additive manufacturing in their prototyping for years, but have recently announced that they will be using... read more »
Oak Ridge National Laboratory seems to have all the best toys where it comes to testing 3D printing processes for metals, and the... read more »
Concentrated solar power plants work by reflecting sunlight from a mirror or lens into a receiver. Depending on the type of solar plant,... read more »
Printing metals with LPBF methods leaves a rough finish, which requires costly post processing. Sure, you can throw the part onto a CNC... read more »
In the world of oil and gas, it is not always convenient to switch off pipe networks to seal up a potential leak.... read more »
The microstructure of metals printed with LPBF methods can be modified by tweaking certain process parameters while the printing process is underway. Researchers... read more »
When using powder bed fusion methods of printing, the fresh layer of powder at the top is typically deposited before being evened out... read more »
Researchers from MIT have figured out a means of heat treating 3D printed metals so that they can be used in high temperature,... read more »
German machine manufacturing company TRUMPF has revealed a fairly huge copper printed part designed for use in particle accelerators. The component, measuring almost... read more »
We have seen a growing interest in military applications of 3D printing over the last couple of years, and this is particularly true... read more »
Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, will soon have the largest metal 3D printer in the world installed at the military base. The media were... read more »
California-based rocket company Relativity Space has announced their new super-sized rocket printing robotic 3D printer system, dubbed the Stargate 4th generation. The new... read more »
A consortium from Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), TU Dresden (TUD) and Autodesk have collaborated with GE AAT Munich to produce one of... read more »
Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been developing a framework for the inspection of 3D printed metal parts utilizing artificial intelligence combined with X-ray... read more »
Die-casting has been used for the mass production of toy cars such as Hot-Wheels and Matchbox for decades. It’s a great way of... read more »
The nuclear industry is raising the quality-bar in terms of additive manufacturing again, this time by installing a 3D printed steel component in... read more »
Researchers at NIST, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Argonne National Laboratory have discovered a means of printing 17-4 precipitation hardening (PH) stainless steel... read more »
San Francisco company Mantle Inc.is launching a complete solution for the manufacture of 3D printed metal mold tooling, and it looks very interesting... read more »
Researchers at CERN have been awarded funding to continue development of 3D printed cooling system components as part of the AHEAD project. The... read more »