Colibrium Additive Launches M Line 4 x 1kW System for Aerospace and Defense Applications
Colibrium Additive has announced the commercial availability of its M Line 4 x 1 kW laser powder bed fusion system designed for non-reactive... 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.
SIU Professor Receives $200,000 NSF Grant to Address Metal 3D Printing Defects
Southern Illinois University Carbondale assistant professor Sangjin Jung has received a $200,000 National Science Foundation Engineering Research Initiation grant to tackle reliability issues... read more »
Vulcan Launches MX Series Metal 3D Printers Starting at $39,000
Vulcan has announced the launch of its MX Series laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) metal 3D printers. The company positions the entry-level MX100... read more »
Argonne Studies 3D-Printed Stainless Steel for Nuclear Reactor Applications
Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have conducted two studies examining 3D-printed stainless steel alloys used in nuclear reactors. The studies focused on understanding... read more »
Kinectrics and Burloak Technologies Demonstrate Metal 3D Printing for Nuclear Components
Kinectrics, a division of BWX Technologies Inc. (NYSE: BWXT), and Burloak Technologies have successfully applied metal additive manufacturing for nuclear energy applications. The... read more »
Fraunhofer, MacLean-Fogg, and Toyota Develop Large-Scale 3D Printing System for Automotive Die Casting Molds
The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT has partnered with powder manufacturer MacLean-Fogg and Toyota to develop a 3D printing solution for manufacturing... read more »
QuesTek Partners with Niobium Producer to Develop High-Temperature 3D Printing Alloy
QuesTek Innovations has partnered with a global niobium producer to develop a high-temperature alloy designed for additive manufacturing. The project targets aerospace and... read more »
NREL Acquires Large-Scale Metal 3D Printer to Advance Marine Energy Research
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has installed a new laser-powered metal 3D printer at its Flatirons Campus to support marine energy device... read more »
Apple Adopts 3D Printing for Titanium USB-C Ports in New iPhone Air
Apple’s latest smartphone release marks a quiet but notable step in consumer electronics manufacturing: the company has confirmed that its new iPhone Air... read more »
Digital Manufacturing Centre Delivers 90kg 3D Printed Military Vehicle Component
The Digital Manufacturing Centre (DMC) has completed production of its largest additive manufacturing metal component to date - a 90kg suspension and differential... read more »
Farsoon and Stark Future Complete KLINGA Project, Producing Over 1,000 Titanium Parts
Farsoon Europe GmbH and Stark Future have completed the KLINGA Project, a collaborative engineering initiative that produced more than 1,000 titanium parts using... read more »
Swiss Steel Group’s Ugitech Introduces Custom Wire for 3D Metal Printing
Swiss Steel Group and its French subsidiary Ugitech have launched UGIWAM wire, a new product designed for wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM). The... read more »
Caltech Researchers Develop 3D Printing Method for Custom Metal Alloys
Scientists at Caltech have created a new technique that allows precise control over the composition and structure of metal alloys through 3D printing.... read more »
RMIT Develops Lower-Cost Titanium Alloy for 3D Printing Applications
Researchers at RMIT University have developed a new titanium alloy that costs 29% less to produce than standard titanium used in 3D printing.... read more »
EU-Funded Research Project Achieves Sixfold Productivity Increase in Metal 3D Printing
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 »
Turkish Companies Test 3D Printed Component for Armored Vehicles
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 »
Laser-Assisted Cold Spray Technology Enhances Material Deposition Process
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 Netherlands Secures Strategic Funding to Advance Cold Spray 3D Printing Technology
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 »
LPE Supports Queen’s Propulsion Laboratory with 3D Printed Rocket Engine Chamber
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 »
Johns Hopkins APL Helps Navy Overcome Metal 3D Printing Reliability Concerns
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 »
