Renishaw is collaborating with Sandvik Additive Manufacturing to qualify new additive manufacturing (AM) materials for production applications. This encompasses a range of metal powders, including new alloy compositions that are optimized for the … [Read more...]
Look into the additive manufacturing melt pool
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...]
A guide to additive manufacturing
One of the keys to greater acceptance and use of additive manufacturing / 3D printing is education--helping those who haven't been taught how to make the best use of this technology. Renishaw, an additive manufacturing (AM) systems and software … [Read more...]
For custom mountain bikes, additive manufacturing delivers an edge
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...]
Software makes additive build prep of dental frameworks 75% faster
Global engineering company Renishaw offers QuantAM Dental software, which automates additive manufacturing (AM) build preparation for hundreds of dental frameworks in a single operation. The software, which was launched in March 2017, can cut … [Read more...]
Is the Medical Device Regulation a threat to additive manufacturing?
Bryan Austin, General Manager of global engineering company, Renishaw’s Medical and Dental Products Division When the European Union’s (EU’s) new Medical Device Regulation (MDR) was first introduced in 2017, it set in motion a three-year countdown … [Read more...]
Renishaw presents metal 3D printing systems for dental device manufacturing
At LMT LABDAY, the largest dental laboratory event in North America, Renishaw will show its metal additive manufacturing (AM) systems for the production of crowns and bridges and removable partial dentures (RPDs). Optimised for healthcare, … [Read more...]
Tips on working with Nickel and Nickel alloys in metal additive manufacturing
Other high temperature superalloy compositions have been based on the Ni group alloys known as Inconel, with the two most frequent variants being 625 and 718. The choice of which alloy to use will depend on the maximum operating temperature and the … [Read more...]
What to know about working with steel materials in additive manufacturing
Steel powders can be sub-divided into either tool steels or stainless steels, and there has been a vast body of work carried out over the last 15 years or so to study the performance of these alloys both in the AM process and in actual … [Read more...]
What are some less known features of Titanium with regard to additive manufacturing?
Common titanium alloy is designated as Ti6Al4V, a.k.a. Ti64. This alloy is versatile and used across many industry sectors due to its high strength-to-weight ratio; it’s comparable to steel but at almost half the weight. This alloy has a single … [Read more...]
