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3D Printing News Briefs, May 28, 2022: Metal 3D Printer, Machine Learning, & More
We’re starting today’s 3D Printing News Briefs with a new system announcement, as Farsoon just introduced its FS200M×2 platform to the AMEA and North America AM market. Moving on, Senvol…
3D Printing News Briefs, December 1st, 2021: Filaments, Funding, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, BASF has made two of its Ultrafuse filaments available for the Zortrax M300 Dual 3D printer. Moving to business, a consortium led by Authentise…
3D Printing News Briefs, August 14, 2021: 3D Construction Printing in Dubai & More
We’ve got a pretty brief 3D Printing News Briefs for you today, starting with a UK Innovation Grant being awarded to Authentise and its project team. Moving on, the Prime…
Lloyd’s Register and TWI Publish Updated Guidance Notes for AM Certification
Since 2016, London-based engineering, technical, and business services firm Lloyd’s Register (LR) and research and technology organization The Welding Institute (TWI) have been working together to help manufacturers prove the safety…
AM-LINE Project Aims to Encourage Wider Adoption of 3D Printing Among Danish Businesses
In Denmark, 3D printing certainly isn’t unheard-of. The country recently became home to a 3D printed building, for example, and several companies have been implementing the technology as part of…
Lloyd’s Register Certifies First 3D Printed Titanium Part for Oil and Gas Industry
Three years ago, global engineering, technical, and business services firm Lloyd’s Register (LR), which is wholly owned by UK charity Lloyd’s Register Foundation, invited companies from around the world to…
Industrial Realities of Additive Manufacturing: 3D Printing without the Hype
This week in Nottingham, great minds in additive manufacturing are converging at the International Conference on Additive Manufacturing & 3D Printing. The event, now in its twelfth year, is always…
3D Printing Spotlight On: Chloe Kow, Manager, Direct Metal Laser Melting, Star Rapid
British-owned rapid prototyping company Star Rapid, headquartered in China since 2005, was an early adopter of 3D printing technology, and underwent a rebranding campaign in January, changing its name from Star Prototype….
Friction Stir Additive Manufacturing Used for Functionally Graded Components
Over the past years we’ve seen a number of companies such as Sciaky, Optomec and Trumpf take traditional welding processes and turn them into 3D printing processes. Aeroprobe and the…
Lloyd’s Register Energy Partners with TWI to Launch Two Collaborative Global Projects Focused on Industrial Additive Manufacturing Challenges
Toward the end of 2014, Lloyd’s Register Energy (LR) announced a joint industry project (JIP) and asked companies all over the world to come together and discuss the issues manufacturers were dealing with through…
Tantalum Powder from Metalysis Shows a Lot of Promise for 3D Printed, Customized Hip Replacements and Spinal Implants
As metal 3D printing expands, the two industries that seem to have been impacted the most are the medical and aerospace industries. Metal additive manufacturing is creating stronger, more effective,…
