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Sciaky Announces Record December Sales of EBAM Metal 3D Printing Systems
Leading metal 3D printing solutions provider Sciaky, Inc., a subsidiary of global manufacturing and services holding company Phillips Service Industries, Inc. (PSI), launched its line of Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (EBAM)…
R&D Tax Aspects of 3D Printed Fasteners
Fasteners are literally what hold the world together. A fastener is essentially any hardware that holds two objects together, such as bolts, nuts, screws, and anchors. Fasteners are found in…
FAA Developing Comprehensive Regulatory Plan to Deal With Aerospace Industry’s Adoption of 3D Printing Technology
One major industry that has made a point of adopting 3D printing technology for many of its projects is aerospace. Multiple US aerospace companies, and the government, have been researching,…
Benefits and Challenges of 3D Printing in Aeronautics and Automotive Industries
From needs to solutions, the technology on display at last week’s IN(3D)USTRY event at Fira Barcelona kept the focus on today’s developing realities in industrial 3D printing. A very busy…
The Latest 3D Printing Business News: Partnerships and 3D Printers Galore
To kick off the beginning of a busy workweek, we’re sharing a few 3D printing business stories with you today, starting with the announcement of a strategic alignment between metal…
Open House: Additive Manufacturing Evolution is On Track at BeAM Machines Inc.
We’ve been eagerly following the progress of BeAM Machines SAS, founded in France, since 2015. This winter, the company, which specializes in Directed Energy Deposition (DED) technology, made a successful jump…
Virginia Tech Researchers Discuss New Method for 3D Printing Kapton
If you’re familiar at all with Kapton, you may know it as its tape form. Kapton Tape is used commonly in electrical applications and is known for being able to…
Made In Space Successfully Manufactures First Extended 3D Printed Objects in a Space-Like Environment
In 2015, space manufacturing company Made In Space revealed that it had completed successful tests that indicated that its newest generation of 3D printers would be fully functional in the vacuum…
3D Printing News Briefs: July 11, 2017
We’re talking a lot of business here in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs – everything from an important new hire and ISO certification to a partnership and a webinar series,…
3D Printing News Briefs: June 27, 2017
In 3D Printing News Briefs today, we’ve got stories on 3D software, a new 3D printer, and a little business, while the technology also takes us to the sea, the…
3D Printing News Briefs: June 24, 2017
In this week’s second edition of 3D Printing News Briefs, we have some more partnership announcements in what has become a partnership-heavy week, as well as a couple of 3D printed…
United Technologies Research Center Holds Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for Expanded Research Center, Announces Additional Investments
Headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut, United Technologies Research Center (UTRC) is the global innovation division of United Technologies Corp. (UTC), which provides high technology systems and services to the aerospace and building…
ISS Astronauts 3D Print Radiation Shields for Experiments Aboard the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module
Last April, the eighth SpaceX resupply mission carried the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, to the International Space Station. Las Vegas-based Bigelow Aerospace made the experimental module, which was…
NASA: University Students’ 3D Printed Test Models for New Mars Rover Concepts Blast Off on a Sounding Rocket
Earlier this month, NASA researchers hailing from Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia watched with Virginia Tech and University of Central Florida students as a sounding rocket launched. The students…
Nano Dimension Receives Grant to Develop Ceramic Inkjet 3D Printing Technology
It seems as though we’ve been anticipating the official release of Nano Dimension’s electronic circuit board 3D printer, the DragonFly 2020, for a long time. The Israeli company announced that they had…
Oxford Performance Materials 3D Prints 600 Parts for Boeing’s Starliner Space Taxis
The concept of a space taxi is just something I find delightful, and the fact that it’s in the process of becoming a real thing rather than a fun idea…
Can 3D Printed Space Food Feed the Whole World Someday?
Of all the 3D printing applications, a difficult one for people to stomach is one that affects the stomach. I am talking about 3D printed food. Why the controversy? In…
Thales Group to Help Drive Morocco’s Aerospace Industry with Industrial Competence Center for Metal 3D Printing
Last year, the government of Morocco launched an Industrial Acceleration Plan, aimed at boosting the country’s economy and creating a new, modernized industrial sector. The plan, which is being implemented…
3D Printing Helps the Martin Jetpack Launch Its First Sales
Much like a transporter or a flying car, the jetpack has always been a staple in the world of science fiction. Sadly, reality has problems with strapping a rocket to…
Rolls-Royce Flies Their Most Powerful Jet Engine Ever Made Thanks to 3D Printing
As one of the leading manufacturers of jet engines in the world, Rolls-Royce is one of a handful of industry leaders who have been responsible for more companies adopting 3D…
3D Printed Rocket is Ready to Go to the Moon
We’ve learned a lot about the moon since 1969, when the first humans landed on it. Recent technology has allowed us to get some amazing looks at its surface, but…
Frank Herzog Nominated for German Future Prize 2015 for LaserCUSING Metal 3D Printing Process
Said now to be ‘among the best,’ Frank Herzog has had the great honor of being chosen as a finalist of the Deutscher Zukunftspreis (German Future Prize) 2015, with a…
Italian Firm ZARE Cuts Manufacturing Costs 50 Percent with Stratasys 3D Printing Technology
Following 50 years in the field of precision mechanics, Italian firm ZARE Prototyping became an independent rapid prototyping service provider back in 2009. Now with an array of machines for metal…
Helping the Skylon Spaceplane Reach Orbit with a 3D Printed Injector Mechanism
Most people associate commercialized space travel with SpaceX, but Elon Musk’s headline grabbing company is far from the only game in town, nor are they the first. Since 1989 the…
