Directed Energy Deposition Archives

What is polymer directed energy deposition (DED) for 3D printing and how can it benefit you?

July 26, 2019 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Dr. Natalie Rudolph, Vice President of Research and Development, AREVO For almost a decade now, Additive Manufacturing (AM) has been one of the fastest growing areas in manufacturing. This growth has resulted in significant efforts in material and … [Read more...]

Additive manufacturing keeps German trains running

June 27, 2019 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

For more than 7,000 Deutsche Bahn employees responsible for maintaining a fleet of several thousand vehicles, the storage and procurement of spare parts involves major challenges. 3D printing of components improves availability of hard-to-procure … [Read more...]

Researchers explore how EBM can benefit manufacturing

June 26, 2019 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

With major investment from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Holistic Innovation in Additive Manufacturing Network (HI-AM) brings leading metal additive manufacturing experts from seven Canadian universities … [Read more...]

Look into the additive manufacturing melt pool

May 29, 2019 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

InfiniAM Spectral, from Renishaw, is an additive manufacturing (AM) process monitoring software. Developed for use on Renishaw systems, the software helps AM users gain a greater understanding of their AM processes. InfiniAM Spectral is part of a … [Read more...]

Optomec demonstrates simultaneous five-axis metal additive manufacturing at RAPID-TCT 2019

May 21, 2019 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

At RAPID-TCT, Optomec will demonstrate simultaneous five-axis additive manufacturing at its booth (#517). The machine handles building, repairing, and coating mid to large-size complex metal parts. An Optomec LENS additive plugin is an advanced … [Read more...]

Henkel and EnvisionTEC to make more materials available for additive manufacturing

May 17, 2019 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Henkel is partnering with EnvisionTEC, Dearborn, MI, in a move to align Henkel´s materials with EnvisionTEC´s printer technology. The partners will showcase selected 3D printed parts for the medical and manufacturing sectors during the upcoming Rapid … [Read more...]

How small can additive technology build?

March 18, 2019 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

A new technology exists at the intersection of additive manufacturing and micro manufacturing. It is opening up the possibility for manufacturers to take advantage of the inherent advantages of AM while achieving micron level accuracy over a build … [Read more...]

How additive manufacturing transforms dental implantology

March 7, 2019 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

First invented to aid the chewing function, the focus for dental implants has shifted from mechanical requirements to more biological and aesthetic aspects. For example, their appearance should be as close to nature as possible. Because of this … [Read more...]

Optomec announces two direct energy deposition additive manufacturing systems

March 1, 2019 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Optomec announced the release of the LENS CS 600 and CS 800 Controlled Atmosphere (CA) directed energy deposition (DED) Systems. These new additions to the Optomec Laser Engineered Net Shaping (LENS) Classic System Series are configurable and … [Read more...]

For custom mountain bikes, additive manufacturing delivers an edge

February 1, 2019 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Atherton Bikes was launched in January by the Atherton siblings, Gee, Rachel and Dan and co-founded by Piers Linney of Dragons’ Den fame. The Atherton family are World Championship-winning mountain bikers who will race their own downhill mountain … [Read more...]