Metal 3D Printing: An Overview of the Most Common Types
Metal 3D printing is considered the apex of all 3D printing. When it comes to strength and durability, there’s nothing quite like metal.... 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.
Farsoon Technologies Develops H13 Tool Steel For DMLS 3D Printing
Industrial 3D printer manufacturer Farsoon Technologies collaborated with American tooling production company Next Chapter Manufacturing to develop DMLS (direct metal laser sintering) 3D... read more »
Gefertec Opening Metal Printing Facility In Danville, Virginia
Danville, Virginia will be the home of Gefertec’s first US metal printing facility. Gefertec invested $1.9 million into the project, and the first... read more »
3D Printed Heat Sinks Display Higher Efficiency
Heat sinks are a crucial part of many electronic devices, dispersing the temperatures they produce during operation. Electronics, especially computers, would succumb to... read more »
Airbus Qualifying Metal Printing Using Sigma Labs Software
International aerospace giant Airbus will be using Sigma Labs' PrintRite3D Version 5.0 quality assurance software to test and evaluate metal 3D printing and... read more »
GE Additive Ships First Concept Laser M Line Factory Metal 3D Printing System
GE Additive recently shipped its first Concept Laser M Line Factory system from Germany, the happy recipient being GE Aviation’s Additive Technology Center... read more »
Aurora Labs Commercialise Multi-layer Concurrent Printing
Aurora Labs is looking to commercialise its multi-layer concurrent printing technology after completing a testing phase. The company is now past the commissioning... read more »
Bralco Developing Magnetic Components With GE Additive
Bralco Advanced Materials and GE Additive have just signed a memorandum of understanding that to advance 3D printed components in the Asia Pacific... read more »
NRC & Polycontrol Opens Cold Spray AM Research Facility
The National Research Council of Canada and Quebec-based engineering solutions company Polycontrol are starting up a new joint-venture. The two bodies are setting... read more »
Betatype Rocket Nozzle: Optimised Parts Print 28% Faster
UK-based Betatype and CAE/topology optimisation software developer nTopology developed a means of functional and process optimisation for rocket nozzle parts. Consequently, the part... read more »
US Army Contracts 3D Systems to Develop World’s Largest Metal 3D Printer
3D Systems has been selected by the Combat Capabilities Development Command of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to develop “the world’s largest,... read more »
Domin & Renishaw Develop Fluid Power System Parts
UK-based fluid and power systems manufacturer Domin has enlisted Renishaw for the development of some of its products. In particular, Renishaw has found... read more »
SmarTech Analysis Releases Report on the Growing Compact Industrial Metal 3D Printer Market
Virginia-based market analysis firm SmarTech Analysis just released a report that indicates that the compact industrial metal 3D printing market is growing at... read more »
Carbon Performance Uses Automated Design Platform SK3L370N To 3D Print Brake Calipers
Carbon Performance, a British additive manufacturing company that serves the automotive industry, developed a set of 3D printed brake calipers that were designed... read more »
Modified Stainless Steel Improves Metal Printing Quality
Aside from the proliferation of new printing methods, companies are also looking into modifying conventional materials for better processing. While this has been... read more »
GKN AIRLIFT & DAM Programs Aim to Innovate 3D Printing
UK-based GKN is starting up 2 new programs to accelerate Industrial additive manufacturing. The company hopes the programs will further increase market share... read more »
Rolls-Royce 3D Printing Aerospace Parts With SLM 500
While most may know Rolls-Royce for luxury automobiles, the company also produces aviation parts. Consequently, as part of their aerospace endeavors, the British... read more »
Adam Savage 3D Prints Titanium Iron Man Suit That’s Bulletproof
Adam Savage, one of the creators and hosts of the beloved show Mythbusters, collaborated with his friend Richard Browning, founder of Gravity, to... read more »
Burloak Technologies Opens 65,000 Square Foot Additive Manufacturing Centre of Excellence
Burloak Technologies, a division of Samuel, Son & Co. and one of Canada’s leading providers of advanced additive manufacturing services, has announced that... read more »
Jaipur Watch Company Launch India’s First 3D Printed Watch
The Jaipur Watch Company has recently launched India's first line of 3D printed watches. The prestigious company is India's only bespoke watch producer... read more »
