additive manufacturing
3D Printing and Biomimetic Research Combine to Create Lightweight Architecture Prototype: Trabeculae Pavilion
A little over a year ago, Italian artist Francesco Pacelli, once an academic researcher and educator with Politecnico di Milano‘s LAB+ 3D printing lab, was testing the limitations and abilities of…
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Acquires Concept Laser M2 Cusing Machine, Strengthens Focus on Metal Additive Manufacturing
Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has been in the business of advancing cutting-edge research and technology for over 90 years, focusing on research that produces…
trinckle 3D and Kuhn-Stoff Form a Gripping 3D Printing Partnership
The first online 3D printing service provider in Germany, trinckle 3D, got its start in 2013, and soon after, really ingratiated itself with users by offering a free error detection…
3D Meets 2D at HP as Multi Jet Fusion 3D Printing System Is Used to Manufacture New Parts for HP’s 2D Inkjet Printers
HP has been making major waves through its entrance into the 3D printing market, between laying off thousands of employees in 2015, unveiling its Multi Jet Fusion 3D printing system last year, and closing a…
EOS Sponsors Research Project Bringing Together Additive Manufacturing and Robotics
The award-winning industrial additive manufacturing solutions company EOS e-Manufacturing Solutions is undoubtedly a global leader in the world of 3D printing, with its innovative MeltPool Solution and a recently announced metal 3D…
Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt Region Shines at Inside 3D Printing Singapore
At last year’s Inside 3D Printing Singapore, HP Inc. exhibited its new 3D printing multi-jet fusion technology and showed off some samples, as well as a series of video demonstrations,…
GE Aviation is Using Additive Manufacturing to Change How Aircraft Engines are Manufactured
While the tiny town of Cameri may not look like one of the most beautiful cities and villages to dot the Italian landscape (even a local business owner said it was…
Additive Manufacturing to Play Role in Nacelle Production
Today we see a wide range of industrial items being 3D printed, from rocket engines and entire planes, to cars and motorcycles. While this technology is helpful to manufacturing in many…
As the America’s Cup Race Looms on the Horizon, Land Rover BAR Continues to Look to Renishaw for Additive Manufacturing Assistance
Growing up, my family always vacationed in northern Michigan in July, and always on lakefront property; we’re all big lake people. This is a tradition that happily continues every summer,…
AMUG Announces the Recipients of 2017 Guy E. Bourdeau Scholarship and Randy Stevens Scholarship
The last time we wrote about an Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) win, we were talking about a 3D printed 3/4 scale replica of Van Gogh’s Starry Night taking first place…
Stratasys and Dassault Systèmes Announce New Additive Manufacturing Partnership at SOLIDWORKS World 2017
Today is the last day of the SOLIDWORKS World 2017 conference in Los Angeles, and the big announcements just keep rolling out. On the first day, 3D printing solutions heavyweight Stratasys introduced…
Siemens Engineers Successfully Test New 3D Printed Gas Turbine Blades, Manufactured at Siemens-Owned Materials Solutions
Back in 2015, German engineering group Siemens formalized a strategic investment package with UK-based Materials Solutions, an additive manufacturing specialist in nickel superalloy components for gas turbines, as well as specialist…
Blue Origin’s Liquid-Fueled BE-4 Rocket Engine Utilizes Additive Manufacturing to Make Boost Pump Components
We’ve heard about Jeff Bezos before: not only is he the billionaire who founded Amazon, but he also founded his own space venture, Blue Origin, more than 16 years ago. As of…
Conrad Electronic Teams Up with trinckle 3D to Introduce New 3D Printing Service
Germany-based Conrad Electronic is one of the largest and most-trusted electronics providers in Europe, with over 4,000 employees and a constantly growing range of products that includes electronic components, cable…
Renishaw Opening New North American Headquarters Near Chicago, Which Will House US Additive Manufacturing Solutions Centre
Renishaw plc, a global leader in additive manufacturing, is headquartered in Gloucestershire, UK, and is the only manufacturer of metal additive manufacturing systems in that country. Back in the spring…
America Makes, ASM International, and Senvol Team Up to Create Additive Manufacturing Learning Tool Exercises
Chances are, if your business or company ever considered switching from subtractive to additive manufacturing, you’ve probably heard of Senvol…or more likely, you’ve heard of its massive searchable network, the Senvol…
YBI and America Makes Announce Four Winners of AMPED Additive Manufacturing Startup Competition
Behind every great idea stands a person, or a group of people, who had a spark of inspiration, believed in themselves enough to try, and took a gamble that their…
Wesley Snipes Visits Campus and Begins Partnership with Technical College, Including Additive Manufacturing Projects
I love watching movies – action movies, romantic comedies, science fiction, fantasy, I love them. I’m also a big fan of watching the awards shows, like the Tony Awards, the…
Pentagon Supports 3D Printing Institutions, Focused on Improving Manufacturing Infrastructure
The Pentagon, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense (DoD), is actively looking into innovative technologies such as robotics and 3D printing to secure the position of the…
EOS and Audi Announce New Development Partnership Focusing on Metal Additive Manufacturing
One of the industries where additive manufacturing is continually making a splash is the automotive field. From 3D printed cars developed by Local Motors and Divergent 3D, to 3D printing…
UrbanAlps Releases Stealth Key System: Metal 3D Printed Key Safe from Duplication
Back in 2015, high-tech startup UrbanAlps, based in Switzerland, created a 3D printed security key, called the Stealth Key, that the co-founders say is the new standard of high-security cylinder-locks and…
EU Establishes ELENA Network for Study of Nanotechnology Processes, Including FEBID Additive Manufacturing Technique
Nanotechnology proves that bigger isn’t always better. The technology is engineering, science, and technology at the nanoscale, which operates at one billionth of a meter. Think of it this way:…
Bionic Aircraft Collaborative Research Project Works to Increase the Efficiency of Aviation Resources through Additive Manufacturing
3D printing and 3D scanning technologies have been making major headway into aviation recently, and these uses are only set to expand. We have seen 3D printed airplanes before, used…
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…
