3D printing quality assurance
3D Printing News Briefs, September 21, 2024: Process Monitoring, Earmolds, & More
We’re taking care of business first in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as Sevaan Group has launched an additive manufacturing service and Farsoon Europe is partnering with MostTech to expand…
3D Printing News Briefs, January 27, 2024: PAEK, Triangle Mesh, Bionic Arm, & More
In 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re talking about PAEK materials and QA for polymer 3D printing, before moving on to real-time tracking of electron beam additive manufacturing. Upwing Energy integrated…
ASTM International Releases Report on In-Situ Monitoring for 3D Printing
In a 3D printing context, in-situ monitoring (ISM) generally refers to the use of automated processes to facilitate real-time quality assurance (QA) of parts, while they’re being printed. Companies in…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: October 16, 2022
Because there an insane number of events and webinars for this week’s roundup, I’m going to do things a little differently in this edition. First, I’ll list all of the…
Grand Opening: AddUp Solution Center Offers LPBF & DED Metal 3D Printing
Global metal additive manufacturing OEM AddUp Solutions was established as a joint venture by French companies Michelin and fives back in 2015. The company’s main technology is laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) technology, but…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: April 24, 2022
The last few weeks have been a little slow in terms of 3D printing webinars and events, but this week is more than making up for it! Topics run the…
3D Printing News Briefs, March 17, 2022: Software, Business, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re starting with software, as Senvol demonstrated a machine learning approach to material property allowables development as part of a USAF-funded study. Conflux Technology…
3D Printing News Briefs, October 20, 2021: New Releases & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, Launcher announced a successful hot fire test of its 3D printed rocket engine at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. BCN3D Technologies has released its new…
3D Printing News Briefs, May 12, 2021: Sigma Labs, Vallourec and Total, Imperial College London
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we have a software update to tell you about, followed by a 3D printing first in the offshore equipment sector. Finally, we’ll finish things…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: May 1, 2021
We started this weekly roundup of webinars and virtual events almost exactly one year ago, to give you a quick, easy way to sift through the increased amount of online…
AI & Camera Monitoring of 3D Printed Electronics for Quality Assurance
Since 2009, Neotech AMT GmbH, based in Nuremburg, Germany, has been working to develop technologies for 3D printing electronics, and several years ago combined Aerosol Jet Printing (AJP) with its…
Sigma Labs & Northwestern Partner for In-Process Quality Assurance of DED Metal 3D Printing
This spring, AM quality assurance software developer Sigma Labs, Inc. (NASDAQ: SGLB) launched the new Production Series of its PrintRite3D software for the commercial 3D metal printing industry, not long after signing an…
3D Printing Ceramics: Quality Assurance Needs in Serial Production
Raether and J. Vogt discuss potential compliance issues as ceramic manufacturing becomes more widespread, detailing their findings in the recently published ‘From Prototyping to Serial Production – 3D-Printing in Ceramic…
Materialise and Sigma Labs to Combine Technologies for QA and 3D Printer Development
Known in the additive manufacturing (AM) industry for its quality assurance software and hardware products, Sigma Labs has made steady progress in proliferating its QA technology across AM. The latest…
VELO3D Releases Assure for 3D Metal Printing: Stratasys Direct Manufacturing as First Customer
With the release of the VELO3D Assure™ Quality Assurance and Control System for its Sapphire® 3D metal printers, VELO3D also brings on board a heavy hitter in their first customer…
3D Printing News Briefs: August 16, 2019
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re starting with some business and ending with an upcoming event. The Rapid Application Group has earned an important industry certification, and GE Additive…
3D Printing News Briefs: May 16, 2019
We’ve got plenty of business news for you in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, starting with Additive Manufacturing Technologies’ impressive growth as of late. ExOne has announced a collaboration with…
3D Printing News Briefs: May 1, 2019
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ve got stories on events and business for you, followed by an innovative piece of 3D printed furniture. The fourth Metal Additive Manufacturing Conference will…
AMS 2019 Day 3: Keynote Speaker Lars Neumann from TRUMPF Discusses 3D Printed Medical Devices
At last week’s second annual Additive Manufacturing Strategies (AMS) summit, held in Boston and co-hosted by 3DPrint.com and SmarTech Markets Publishing, there were several firsts, including an exhibition floor, a…
AMFG Receives Funding from Innovate UK to Improve AI and Machine Learning Software Solutions for 3D Printing
London-based company AMFG, formerly known as RP Platform until this summer, creates workflow automation software for industrial 3D printing so that companies, such as Bowman International and Makelab, can streamline and manage…
Acoustics Play a Role in Determining 3D Print Quality
Metal 3D printing is constantly under study to improve its quality and repeatability. A new research paper focuses on direct metal laser sintering (DMLS), also known as selective laser melting…
CT Scanning Proves to be an Effective Method for Qualifying 3D Printed Parts
Many things can go wrong with an additively manufactured part, and those things are not always visible. Particularly in powder-based 3D printing, there are several things that can happen during…
3D Printing News Briefs: March 27, 2018
We’ve got plenty of business news to share with you in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, followed by some interesting research efforts. Sciaky and Sigma Labs are both announcing new…
3D Printing News Briefs: December 27, 2017
Just because Christmas was two days ago doesn’t mean that the 3D printing industry has been taking a break. In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll be covering the latest…