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Powder Bed Fusion

Materialise and EOS supply PA-FR parts as Airbus onboards

May 27, 2021 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Materialise announced the qualification by Airbus to manufacture flight-ready parts using laser sintering technology. The material used in the process, produced by EOS, is a flame-retardant polyamide (PA 2241 FR). With this development, … [Read more...] about Materialise and EOS supply PA-FR parts as Airbus onboards

Filed Under: Aerospace, Materials, Powder Bed Fusion Tagged With: Materialise

3D printed servo valve can save one tonne of CO2

April 13, 2021 By Leslie Langnau 2 Comments

UK-based, Domin, aims to disrupt the fluid power industry by improving the range of technology available and increasing sustainability. Whilst recent decades have seen swathes of technology introduced across all industries, Domin, based in the city … [Read more...] about 3D printed servo valve can save one tonne of CO2

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Featured, Industrial, Powder Bed Fusion Tagged With: Renishaw

Additive powder for oil and gas applications

April 8, 2021 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Kennametal Inc. launched its Stellite 21 AM powder, a material that the company claims is the first Stellite powder qualified for laser powder bed additive manufacturing. This material is the latest addition to Kennametal Additive Manufacturing’s … [Read more...] about Additive powder for oil and gas applications

Filed Under: Industrial, Materials, Powder Bed Fusion Tagged With: kennametal

3D Systems & Huntington Ingalls Industries collaborate to qualify corrosion-resistant alloys for direct metal printing

March 18, 2021 By Leslie Langnau 1 Comment

3D Systems announced it is collaborating with Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division to develop Copper-Nickel (CuNi) and Nickel-Copper (NiCu) alloys for powder bed fusion additive manufacturing. These new materials could … [Read more...] about 3D Systems & Huntington Ingalls Industries collaborate to qualify corrosion-resistant alloys for direct metal printing

Filed Under: Industrial, Materials, Powder Bed Fusion Tagged With: 3dSystems

Tips on additively building parts with copper material

March 10, 2021 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Copper is one of the newest materials being used in additive manufacturing applications. But it can be a challenge to work with. Renishaw recently explored how to overcome some of the various challenges of using additive technology with this … [Read more...] about Tips on additively building parts with copper material

Filed Under: Aerospace, Automotive, digital manufacturing, Electronics, Industrial, Materials, Powder Bed Fusion Tagged With: Renishaw

Using additive manufacturing to create lower weight and combine functions in microturbine housing

January 31, 2021 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

KW Micro Power, a small Florida-based manufacturer, designs and manufactures high power density Auxiliary Power Units (APUs) for commercial aviation and military applications. Over the past five years, Enrique Enriquez, president of KW Micro Power, … [Read more...] about Using additive manufacturing to create lower weight and combine functions in microturbine housing

Filed Under: Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, digital manufacturing, Materials, Powder Bed Fusion Tagged With: ntopology

How to make predictions in additive manufacturing with simulation apps

December 11, 2020 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Engineers at the Industrial Technology Research Institute built a simulation app that can be used to predict the performance of laser powder bed fusion, an additive manufacturing process. The app saves time and money during the additive manufacturing … [Read more...] about How to make predictions in additive manufacturing with simulation apps

Filed Under: Aerospace, digital manufacturing, Featured, Powder Bed Fusion, Rapid Prototyping, Software Tagged With: COMSOL

3D printed titanium cool-bars help advance particle detection science

December 1, 2020 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

One hundred meters beneath the mountains of Switzerland and France sits the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) – the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator ever built. This impressive construction is used by the European Organization for … [Read more...] about 3D printed titanium cool-bars help advance particle detection science

Filed Under: Additive Manufacturing, Out of the Box, Powder Bed Fusion Tagged With: 3dSystems

3D Systems to create the world’s largest, fastest powder metal 3D printer for CCDC Army Research Laboratory

November 12, 2020 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

3D Systems announced it has achieved significant progress in the creation of the world’s largest, fastest most precise powder metal 3D printer. Through a combination of multiple lasers, large build chamber, and unique material deposition processes, … [Read more...] about 3D Systems to create the world’s largest, fastest powder metal 3D printer for CCDC Army Research Laboratory

Filed Under: News, Powder Bed Fusion Tagged With: 3dSystems

Metal additive manufacturing speeds innovation in spinal devices

November 9, 2020 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Tsunami Medical deploys a fleet of four GE Additive Concept Laser Mlab systems to drive innovation, speed and productivity gains in the spinal implant sector. Since its foundation over twenty years ago in Italy’s biomedical valley near Modena, … [Read more...] about Metal additive manufacturing speeds innovation in spinal devices

Filed Under: Additive Manufacturing, Medical, Powder Bed Fusion Tagged With: geadditive

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