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.
The EU-funded InShaPe research project has reported significant improvements in laser-based powder bed fusion of metals, achieving a sixfold increase in productivity and... read more »
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 »
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 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 »
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 »
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 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 »
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 has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Nikon SLM Solutions to reserve two upcoming ultra-large format metal additive manufacturing systems. The... read more »
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 »
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 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, a stainless steel manufacturer, is expanding its metal powder production for additive manufacturing into the aerospace sector. The company will deliver a... read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
