Rock Island Arsenal to House Largest Metal 3D Printer in the World
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 »
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.
Relativity Space Reveals New Stargate Metal Printer
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 »
Huge Metal Aerospace 3D Printed Part Manufactured
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 »
ORNL Accelerates Part Inspection with Deep Learning and X-Ray CT Scanning
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 »
MIT Team Develops Tool Steel for Printed Giga Press Dies
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 »
3D Printed Component Fitted at Swedish Nuclear Power Plant
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 »
X-Ray Research Yields Method for Printing Strongest Steel
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 »
Mantle Launches Complete Solution for Metal Mold Tooling
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 »
CERN to Spin-off AM Heat Exchangers
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 »
New Titanium AM Parts Coming to Airbus A350
The Airbus A350 already has more 3D printed parts than any other civil airliner. And that list of AM components will grow further... read more »
Printing Single Crystal Nickel with Lasers
A team of researchers at the National Institute for Materials Science and Osaka University Graduate School of Engineering in Japan, has successfully demonstrated... read more »
India’s AM Rocket Factory Opens its Doors
Indian aerospace engineering company Agnikul Cosmos has opened their first rocket printing factory at IIT Madras Research Park, Chennai. “Rocket Factory-1” is intended... read more »
US Navy Installs First Metal Printer Onboard Ship
The US Navy has installed a new metal printer onboard the USS Essex, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship ported in Pearl Harbor, US.... read more »
US Military Partner’s with MELD to help produce their next line of vehicles
The US Military recently partnered with ASTRO America, the American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute (ALMII), and MELD to incorporate 3D printing into... read more »
Nuclear Debris Filter Design Gets the AM Makeover
Power company Westinghouse has announced that they have installed two 3D printed nuclear fuel debris filters in nuclear power plants in both Finland... read more »
AM Saves GM From Parts Shortage Pickle
Last minute design changes are a royal pain in the butt, especially when the product release is looming on the horizon. This is... read more »
Record Set for Titanium Deposition Rate
In traditional manufacturing, it is said that when choosing a process, it’s best to opt for the one that removes the largest amount... read more »
Load-bearing Metal Parts Certified by EASA
It is always exciting to see a new first in certified aerospace metal components, and this one is particularly significant as it is... read more »
AM Lattice Software Company Gen3D Acquired by Altair
UK-based lattice design software Gen3D has been acquired by simulation giant Altair. This is interesting to fans of topology optimization and other geometric... read more »
New 3D Printed Rocket Engine (Available for Order)
Colorado-based rocket engine company Ursa Major has used 3D printing to build a reusable, liquid oxygen/methane rocket engine capable of delivering 200,000 lbs... read more »
