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One Click Metal Brings Low-cost Metal 3D Printing to India via Altem Technologies

One Click Metal has partnered with Altem Technologies to bring its inexpensive laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) solution to India. Here, we see two powerful trends in 3D printing collide:…

Japanese Advanced Manufacturing Capabilities Grow in Europe with Sodick’s Purchase of Prima Additive

The global economy is currently undergoing a reshuffling in terms of what gets manufactured where. In large part, this trend is being driven by new geopolitical alliances and the need…

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CADmore Establishes First Cold Metal Fusion Facility in U.S.

Design and engineering firm CADmore will establish a CADmore Metal application center in South Carolina dedicated to the novel cold metal fusion (CMF) technology developed by Headmade Materials. Located in…

Largest American Shipbuilder Installs 3D Printed Assembly on Aircraft Carrier

Shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has announced that Newport News Shipbuilding has installed a 3D-printed valve manifold assembly on an aircraft carrier. The company stated, “The use of certified 3D-printed…

Tantalum for Medical 3D Printing: Colibrium Additive Teams with Global Advanced Metals and Croon Medical

Colibrium Additive has announced a partnership with Croom Medical and Global Advanced Metals (GAM) to produce tantalum powder for 3D printing implants using Colibrium’s M2 machines. GAM has long been…

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Stifel AM-Forward Fund Invests $10M of Subordinated Debt into Sintavia

The Stifel North Atlantic AM-Forward Fund, initiated as a part of the AM Forward program established under the Biden Administration, has announced that it has poured $10 million into Florida-based…

Foundry Lab Direct Offers On-demand Casting

New Zealand microwave foundry company Foundry Lab has announced Foundry Lab Direct, an on-demand casting service. The company aims to deliver cast parts directly to customers, targeting short-run production, prototyping,…

The Potential for “Stick-on” 3D Printing

“Stick-on” 3D printing involves joining different 3D-printed components into a single assembly. This is a growing but still niche trend that remains largely unexplored. A significant challenge is that examples…

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5 Stages to True Scale: Make Your Own Fleet of Metal 3D Printers

The additive manufacturing (AM) industry is now approaching true scale, where manufacturing is happening at volume. Critical parts, including millions of implants and thousands of rocket propulsion units, are being…

An Intertwined Future: 3D Printing Nanocellulose

Nanocellulose is an exciting new group of materials that could be widely used in manufacturing. Nanocellulose, also called nano cellulose, cellulose nanofibers (CNF), cellulose nanocrystal (CNC), and microfibrillated cellulose (MFC),…

3D Printing News Unpeeled: Cellulose Nanocrystal PLA Bone Scaffolds, CraftBot and Zellerfeld

A team at Universite de Montpellier has managed to use a desktop Prusa Research 3D printer to make bone scaffolds using PLA and cellulose nano-crystals. Zellerfeld uses canny marketing to…

Mantle Targets $45B Tooling Market with Unique Metal 3D Printing Technology

After six years of development, Mantle has finally released its commercial metal 3D printing system, which combines bound metal extrusion with CNC milling to achieve results so far unreached by…

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Myth Busting: CNC Machining vs. 3D Printing

3D printers have quietly been transforming production lines at some of the world’s leading manufacturers. Once considered primarily for prototyping; advancements in materials and productivity have made 3D printers a…

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Which is Better, CNC or 3D Printing? The Difference between CNC Machining and 3D Printing

CNC machining and 3D printing are two common processing techniques. There are similarities and differences between them. Both of them have their own advantages and will bring benefits to the…

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The Top 10 Things You Can Do with a Diode Laser

Diode lasers have become more and more popular among makers and hobbyists. The ability to cut or engrave almost any material is now available if you have a 3D printer…

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How 3D Printing Lasers Differ from Other Lasers

3D laser printing has been a point of focus recently, with many people arguing that it has more precision than other manufacturing techniques. Let’s look at the core differences between…

3D Printing Webinar and Virtual Event Roundup: December 13, 2020

For this week’s roundup, 3D Systems will be having three different webinars, and Link3D and GoProto are each holding their own webinar on Tuesday. GE Additive will be discussing thermal…

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Meltio Engine Jumps over the Limits of Metal 3D Printing by Enabling Hybrid Fabrication

MELTIO has officially presented today the new version of the MELTIO Engine, a fabrication module which enables 3D printing of full density metal parts when integrated with CNC machines, robots,…

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How Rapid Prototyping Has Revolutionized Product Development

From demonstrating proof of concept to testing the viability of a new part, prototypes are an essential part of the design process. Advancements in rapid prototyping technology, including processes like…

Lazy Manufacturing: Making Things Using Less Energy

A friend took a broken part of his old boat out of his pocket.  “Can you fix this?” he asked me. It was a complicated aluminium die-casting from the cold…

Hybrid 3D Printing, Part 2: Big Manufacturers

In the first part of our series, we gave a broad overview of hybrid manufacturing technology, but didn’t focus too much on the specific capabilities of various technologies. As we…

Hybrid 3D Printing, Part 1: Introduction

Born out of the rise of the first computer systems at the end of World War Two, computer numerical control (CNC) machining has become a crucial tool in the world…

Unmet Fate: What if CNC Hadn’t Been Invented?

In David Noble’s book, Forces of Production: A Social History of Industrial Automation, the late York University professor examined the history of machine tool automation in the U.S. Noble argues…

Hybrid Manufacturing: Opportunities for Additive Manufacturing and CNC Companies

“Hybrid Manufacturing Markets: Opportunities for Additive Manufacturing and CNC Companies”, a new report from SmarTech Analysis, digs down into the market for hybrid manufacturing systems, which combine AM with subtractive…