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3D print aluminum using Directed Energy Deposition

May 7, 2020 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Optomec — a leading, privately-held global supplier of production-grade additive manufacturing (AM) equipment and software announced that its LENS Directed Energy Deposition (DED) systems can deposit any aluminum alloy, including those recently … [Read more...] about 3D print aluminum using Directed Energy Deposition

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Directed Energy Deposition, Materials Tagged With: optomec

Aircraft-grade alloy suits thin-walled 3D printable heat transfer applications

May 6, 2020 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Digital manufacturing innovator VELO3D announced the commercial release of a manufacturing process for additively manufactured parts in Aluminum F357 on the company’s Sapphire metal 3D printing system. The foundry-grade aluminum alloy, … [Read more...] about Aircraft-grade alloy suits thin-walled 3D printable heat transfer applications

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Aerospace, Materials, Service Bureau News Tagged With: velo3d

A new approach to powder bed fusion makes more materials available for additive manufacture

April 27, 2020 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Applications using metal additive manufacturing (AM) processes continue to increase year on year with considerable R&D activities across all key industrial sectors. The generic term “metal AM” provides an umbrella for a number of specific but … [Read more...] about A new approach to powder bed fusion makes more materials available for additive manufacture

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Featured, Industrial, Materials, Powder Bed Fusion Tagged With: waylandadditive

Getting grounded aircraft back in flight faster

March 30, 2020 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

One of the lesser recognized, but important uses of additive manufacturing is in the development of tools for manufacturing. This application is critical for the airline industry where flight delays cost money. One company, Satair, an Airbus … [Read more...] about Getting grounded aircraft back in flight faster

Filed Under: Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Material Jetting, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping, Service Bureau News Tagged With: fastradius

ExOne introduces new materials and certification levels

February 26, 2020 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

The ExOne Company, a global leader in industrial sand and metal 3D printers using binder jetting technology, announced that 15 new metal, ceramic and composite materials have been qualified by ExOne and its customers for 3D printing on the company’s … [Read more...] about ExOne introduces new materials and certification levels

Filed Under: Aerospace, Automotive, Binder Jetting, Electronics, Industrial, Materials, Medical Tagged With: exone

Taking advantage of additive technology to launch small satellites into space

February 13, 2020 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden and TU Dresden’s aerospace experts developed an additively manufactured rocket engine with an aerospike nozzle for microlaunchers. The scaled metal prototype is … [Read more...] about Taking advantage of additive technology to launch small satellites into space

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Aerospace, Powder Bed Fusion Tagged With: Fraunhoferiwu

VELO3D and Honeywell Aerospace partner to qualify Sapphire metal 3D printer for aerospace component production

February 11, 2020 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

VELO3D and Honeywell Aerospace, a leading user of Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies, announced a partnership to qualify VELO3D’s Sapphire system as a viable manufacturing platform for 3D print production of aircraft components. The … [Read more...] about VELO3D and Honeywell Aerospace partner to qualify Sapphire metal 3D printer for aerospace component production

Filed Under: Aerospace, News Tagged With: velo3d

3D printing process, 3DMP, makes parts from high-strength steels

January 22, 2020 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Nordmetall GmbH, Neukirchen, Germany, specializes in dynamic materials testing, and development projects that advance technologies for manufacturing components from high-strength steels. To improve its process technologies, Nordmetall recently … [Read more...] about 3D printing process, 3DMP, makes parts from high-strength steels

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Industrial, wire 3D printing Tagged With: gefertec

Optomec releases AutoCLAD Additive Repair Automation software across LENS products

November 20, 2019 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Optomec - a leading, privately-held global supplier of production-grade additive manufacturing equipment and software announced it has integrated its Huffman brand AutoCLAD vision system with its traditional LENS metal 3D printer family. AutoCLAD … [Read more...] about Optomec releases AutoCLAD Additive Repair Automation software across LENS products

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Aerospace, Automotive, Directed Energy Deposition, Industrial, News Tagged With: optomec

GE Additive Arcam EBM launches D-material support for pure copper and highly alloyed tool steel

November 19, 2019 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

GE Additive Arcam announced the general release of development material (D-material) support for pure copper and highly-alloyed tool steel during 2020.  Offering new materials builds on the benefits of electron beam melting (EBM), such as high … [Read more...] about GE Additive Arcam EBM launches D-material support for pure copper and highly alloyed tool steel

Filed Under: Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Directed Energy Deposition, Industrial, Materials Tagged With: geadditive

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