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3DPOD Episode 194: Product Design and the Additive Journey with PADT Hardware Director David Dietrich
David Dietrich‘s journey in 3D printing spans from materials engineering roles at Boeing and ORNL to his position as an engineering fellow at Honeywell, showcasing his extensive experience in metals…
ORNL’s 3D Printed Neutron Device Could Improve Physics Research, Medicine, and Nuclear Energy
In a novel approach to solving complex challenges in neutron scattering experiments, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have applied 3D printing to develop a…
Siemens and ORNL 3D Print 25-pound Turbine Blade with WAAM
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), in collaboration with Siemens Technology, has used metal 3D printing to create large, rotating steam turbine blades for power plants. This feat, achieved through wire…
Zeiss Licenses ORNL Tech to Inspect 3D Printed Parts
Long utilized to peer inside metal 3D printed components, CT scanning can reveal trapped powder, cracks, and other deformities. As a non-destructive testing technique, it serves as an invaluable tool…
3D Printing News Briefs, December 24, 2022: ESD Resin, Clay Tiles, & Other Materials
The focus of today’s 3D Printing News Briefs is materials, materials, and more materials! Starting with research, ORNL scientists found that naturally derived materials are fit for 3D printing. Fraunhofer…
ORNL Awards UMaine $7.6M to Develop New Biopolymer 3D Printers
After receiving significant press for its 3D printed home made from biomaterials, the University of Maine has been awarded $7.6 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DoE’s) Oak Ridge…
3D Printed Home Made with All Bio-based Materials Unveiled by UMaine
The additive construction (AC) sector is really beginning to bloom and, while 3DPrint.com Executive Editor Joris Peels has qualms with the idea, 3D printed houses in particular are becoming the…
3D Printing News Briefs, November 9, 2022: Deep-Learning, X-Ray CT Inspection & More
Kicking off our 3D Printing News Briefs today is the awarding of a Horizon Europe grant to Titomic Europe, and then on to news from ORNL, which developed a deep-learning…
ORNL and IperionX Team to Explore 3D Printing Parts with Low-Cost Titanium
Titanium remains the most popular material in metal 3D printing. However, it’s also the most expensive. IperionX (NASDAQ: IPX, ASX: IPX) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) seek to change…
Xerox Liquid Metal 3D Printer Installed at ORNL
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is always researching new 3D printing technology. The latest is the Xerox ElemX metal 3D printer, which has just been installed at the Department of Energy’s…
Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation Deploys Desktop Metal X-Series 3D Printers
Desktop Metal (NYSE: DM), the Massachusetts-based manufacturer of metal binder jet 3D printers, has announced that Seattle-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC), has started using Desktop’s X-Series line of printers…
Nuclear Reactor 3D Printing Method Licensed from ORNL
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has been making significant progress in 3D printing parts for use in one of the most volatile and dangerous environments:…
First 3D Printed Parts Installed in Nuclear Reactor
After announcing the project in October 2020, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has completed the installation of four 3D printed brackets at the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)’s Browns Ferry Nuclear…
GE’s 3D Printed Heat Exchanger Survives Unbelievable Temperatures
In 2019, through the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E), GE Research and several partners embarked on the use of metal 3D printing to produce more efficient heat exchangers. These devices,…
ORNL Analyzes Use of 3D Printing for Geothermal Energy Production
As global industrial society struggles to transition from fossil fuels to other forms of energy, one source of power that is often overlooked comes from within the Earth itself. The…
Why Are We 3D Printing Boat Hulls?
3D printing boat hulls may strike you as a particularly esoteric thing to do. Also, given the water tightness issues we often have with 3D printing, it may also seem…
ORNL Team 3D Prints Device for Improving Carbon Capture Technology
According to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), we have less than ten years to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 45 percent to prevent runaway climate…
ORNL’s New AI Platform Assesses 3D Printed Parts in Real-Time
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is behind the development of a new type of artificial intelligence (AI) software called Peregrine, meant to improve the quality of functional parts being produced via…
ORNL Licenses ExOne to 3D Print Parts for Neutron Scattering
It is always exciting to see the work of dynamic industry players merging, as in the latest deal between The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and ExOne,…
ORNL Scientists Make Fake Fish with 3D Printing and Sensors to Research Environmental Impact of Hydropower Dams
Hydropower – electricity generated with the energy of moving water – is the largest source of utility-scale energy storage and renewable energy in the US, making up 6% of the…
Virginia Tech: Analyzing Fresh Mix Properties of 3D Printed Cementitious Materials
Morgan Christen Jenkins recently submitted a Master’s thesis, ‘Fresh Mix Properties and Flexural Analysis with Digital Image Correlation of Additively Manufactured Cementitious Materials,’ to Virginia Tech, focusing on materials in…
nTopology and ORNL Partner to Optimize BAAM 3D Printing
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is the epicenter of a great deal of exciting research currently taking place in the 3D printing industry, much of…
Carbon Fiber 3D Printing, Part Six: Go Big or Go Home
One topic we’ve skirted around in our carbon fiber series so far is large-scale composite printing processes. The reason for this is because it is both a big topic, literally…
AddUp Partners with ORNL for 3D Printed Metal Tooling
French metal 3D printing group AddUp has entered into a $2.7 million agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to push laser powder bed fusion (PBF)…
