6K Additive Selected for National Defense and Sustainability Initiative
6K Additive has been chosen by the RTX Technology Research Center (RTRC) and the University of Arizona to participate in the Environmental Additive... 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.
HBD Achieves Major Breakthrough in Turbine Blade Production with 96% Reduction in Support Structures
Shanghai Hanbang 3D Tech Co, Ltd (HBD) has announced a significant advancement in the production of turbine blades using additive manufacturing. In a... read more »
RusselSmith Partners with SPEE3D to Enhance West African Manufacturing
SPEE3D, a prominent global player in additive manufacturing, has announced a strategic partnership with RusselSmith, a leading integrated energy solutions provider in West... read more »
Tucker Induction and Nikon SLM Solutions Partner to Advance Copper 3D Printing
Tucker Induction Systems, located in Shelby Township, Michigan, has formed a strategic partnership with Nikon SLM Solutions to enhance copper Additive Manufacturing capabilities... read more »
VRC Introduces Dragonfly Cold Spray AM for In-Field Repairs
VRC Metal Systems has unveiled the Dragonfly Cold Spray System, a modular additive manufacturing solution for in-field repairs. It targets maritime, aeronautical maintenance,... read more »
Open Mind Technologies to Showcase AM Capabilities of hyperMILL
Open Mind Technologies will showcase the additive manufacturing capabilities of its hyperMILL 2024 CAD/CAM software at IMTS, September 9-14, 2024, in Chicago. The... read more »
Mantle Secures $20M to Expand Metal 3D Printing
Mantle has announced securing $20 million in Series C funding to expand its metal 3D printing technology for precision tooling. This funding raises... read more »
3D Systems and Precision Resource Form Metal AM Partnership
3D Systems and Precision Resource have announced a strategic partnership to enhance metal additive manufacturing in critical markets. Precision Resource will integrate two... read more »
New Nickel Superalloy for 3D Printing Released
Alloyed and Aubert & Duval have introduced ABD-1000AM, a nickel superalloy tailored for additive manufacturing. This alloy, announced at RAPID + TCT, is... read more »
Researchers 3D Print Ultra-Strong Deformable Aluminum Alloy
High-strength aluminum alloys are prone to hot cracking during additive manufacturing, limiting their applications. Researchers in the US have been exploring the use... read more »
Eminent Spine’s 3D Printed SI Screw System Gains FDA Approval
Eminent Spine has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its additively manufactured and machined titanium SI Screw System. This system will be presented at... read more »
Utah Students Win Heat Sink Challenge
A team of undergraduate students from the University of Utah has won the ASME/K-16 and IEEE/EPS Student Design Challenge for the second consecutive... read more »
Titomic Secures 3D Printing Contract for Offshore Gas Rig
Titomic’s cold spray additive manufacturing technology will be used on Woodside Energy’s offshore gas platform through contractor Monadelphous. This marks an Australian first... read more »
Liebherr’s 3D Printed Flex Shaft Now EASA-Approved
Liebherr-Aerospace, based in Toulouse, France, has achieved a new milestone in additive manufacturing with the approval of a titanium flex shaft for Airbus.... read more »
SDSU’s Binder Jetting Microstructure Research
San Diego State University (SDSU) is investigating the anisotropic microstructures in Binder Jetting (BJT) using an InnoventX machine from Desktop Metal. Led by... read more »
AMGPT: Specialized LLM for Metal Additive Manufacturing
Generalized LLMs like GPT-4 often fail to provide detailed responses for materials science queries, especially in metal additive manufacturing. These models usually give... read more »
Researchers Develop Shape Memory Alloys with Powder Bed Fusion
Researchers from Shandong University have proposed a new alloy design approach for NiTiNb shape memory alloys (SMAs). The method employs Laser Beam Powder... read more »
Researchers Use Wire-Arc DED to Print Steel Pressure Vessel
Researchers have used wire-arc direct energy deposition (DED-Arc) to manufacture a large stainless steel pressure vessel. The vessel, standing 1600 mm high with... read more »
Indo-MIM Implements Binder Jetting for Tool Insert Production
Indo-MIM has adopted metal Binder Jetting (BJT) for creating M2-grade tool inserts for its Metal Injection Molding (MIM) operations. Since mid-2022, the Bangalore-based... read more »
Ceratizit’s 3D Printed Milling System Extends Tool Life
Ceratizit has unveiled a new milling system, the MaxiMill-211-DC, that utilizes 3D printing to significantly improve tool life. Designed for machining tough materials... read more »
