Metal 3D Printing

Beehive Industries has tested its 100 lbf (450 Newtons (N) or 0.45 kN) Frenzy 6 engine and wants to fly it in 2027. That engine, meant for UAVs and extended-range…

Nikon SLM Solutions is partnering with PanOptimization to integrate PanX into its build preparation software. This is great news for PanOptimization, as it will introduce its technology to a myriad…

Ryan DeHoff is the Director of the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. We talk with Ryan about the great people at the MDF and the different things…

China’s latest metal AM investments, Japan’s new hybrid manufacturing systems, and Australia’s defense-related projects lead this edition of AMPulse Asia. The 12 stories also cover advances in single-crystal 3D printing,…

Happy Halloween! There’s nothing scary in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, except for how much news there is to share! We’ve got stories about an IPO, additive manufacturing (AM) quality…

As is true concerning the growth of any market, increasing AM adoption happens primarily through industrial clusters, hubs of economic activity which harness and accelerate innovation. While Indiana may not…

Australian metal 3D printing company Aurora Labs (ASX: A3D) is raising A$6 million ($4.2 million) to expand production of its small turbojet engines for defense and aerospace customers. The financing…

Most everyone who’s concerned with the scarcity of industrial materials is focused on rare earths, and rightfully so. But aside from the direct impact resulting from tighter supplies of rare…

Additive manufacturing (AM) funding has shifted in China and the United States over the past five years, but in different ways. In China, metal 3D printing companies accounted for a…

What started with a hypercar is now taking Divergent Technologies into aerospace and defense manufacturing. By combining software, metal 3D printing and robotic assembly, the California-based manufacturer is working to…

6K Additive (ASX: 6KA) reported higher revenue and a record order backlog in its latest quarterly results, as growing demand for metal powders continues to push the company to expand…

An under-appreciated story driving the additive manufacturing (AM) industry this year has been the divergence between what’s driving the market in China and what’s driving it everywhere else. Let’s start…

In addition to MetalBase and ScrapLabs, we now have a new competitor in the low-cost LPBF space. Chinese firm SnowX aims to release its SnowPod through Kickstarter. The 80 ×…

Solukon has released the SFM-AT850 depowdering system. The German depowdering specialist has updated its product line, and this machine replaces the SFM-AT800-S and SFM-AT1000-S. Rather than many small parts, this…

China’s latest investment in metal powder production, new 3D printers in Japan, and regulatory approval for 3D printed helicopter parts in Australia lead this edition of AMPulse Asia. The selected…

In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re starting off with quality assurance in metal additive manufacturing (AM), a new 3D printer, and 3D printed housing. We’ll finish up with…

In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re starting with medical news, as Myrava has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its 3D printed bolus. Moving on to aerospace and metals, AML3D…

Automation is a very topical thing in additive manufacturing at the moment. With renewed scale, some clients are fervently looking to automate production. Other business cases only make sense with…

There’s been plenty of business activity in additive manufacturing (AM) lately, with new deals, partnerships and investments in production. One of the bigger moves comes from Sweden, where investment firm…

Oerlikon has installed a new ATLIX xBUILD 5000 metal 3D printer at its facility in Huntersville, North Carolina, marking the first production deployment of the system worldwide. The machine will…

Alexander Plotkowski is all about developing new alloys. At Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), he’s the Group Leader for Computational Coupled Physics within the Computational Sciences and Engineering Division. He’s…

We have a packed 3D Printing News Briefs for you this weekend! First, America Makes celebrated the recent National Manufacturing Day with 3D printed drones, and then it’s on to…

3D printers are raising serious money again…on Kickstarter, that is. Over the last few months, a new group of 3D printer campaigns has attracted millions of dollars and thousands of…

Oxidation affects many substances but can also be beneficial. Aluminum, for example, forms a passive oxide film that helps it resist seawater. NAB is often used in ships and forms…