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Meltio Helps Grow Rubies Inside 3D Printed Platinum
At the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), the Centre for Print Research (CFPR) is using metal 3D printing to help grow gemstones directly inside platinum structures. The…
3DPOD 307: Wire Arc AM with Peter Richards, Deep Manufacturing
Peter Richards is the CEO of Deep Manufacturing, a supremely ambitious company deploying DED to build underwater habitats. Additionally, the company makes pressure vessels and large certified metal structures for…
ADDiTEC Demonstrates Material Freedom and Mission Readiness at JIFX 2026 with HYBRiD-X
At the Naval Postgraduate School‘s Joint Interagency Field Experimentation (JIFX) in May, ADDiTEC demonstrated how advanced manufacturing can support the future of defense sustainment through its HYBRiD-X expeditionary manufacturing platform….
AM Asia Watch: China’s 3D Printing Boom Is Creating a New Class of Micro-Manufacturers
China’s additive manufacturing (AM) industry has spent years trying to reduce its reliance on foreign technology. In polymer 3D printing, domestic companies have already become major players. In metal AM,…
DEEP Manufacturing Collaborating with Fortius Metals to Demonstrate WAAM at Scale
DEEP Manufacturing is trying to build pressure vessels and marine habitats at scale with DED technology. Using commercial robot arms and wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM), the company is hoping…
Norsk Titanium and Airbus Sign Collaboration Agreement for RPD Technology
Norsk Titanium has signed a collaboration agreement with Airbus. The two firms will deepen their understanding for Norsk’s RPD (Rapid Plasma Deposition) DED technology. This is a good step forward…
Lincoln Electric, General Dynamics 3D Printing Submarine Components for Maritime Industrial Base
Lincoln Electric is working with the Maritime Industrial Base (MIB) program. Together with General Dynamics Electric Boat, the company will be using additive manufacturing to fabricate submarine components. This cooperation…
Caracol Expands Large-Format Additive Manufacturing Production in the US
Caracol has set up further production in the United States. Following in the footsteps of SLM Solutions and others, the large-format additive manufacturing (LFAM) company has opened another AM site…
MetalWorm & Nurol Make Armored Vehicle Component with WAAM Technology
Turkish DED firm MetalWorm makes wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) systems that are used by research institutes in Brazil and Malaysia, while also counting Turkish armored car companies Otokar and…
South Korea 3D Prints a Titanium Space Tank and Freezes It to Prove It Works
Building hardware for space is not easy. It needs to be light, strong, and capable of surviving extreme environments, like the bitter cold and vacuum of space. Now, a South…
MetalWorm Sells WAAM Systems to Research Institutes in Brazil and Malaysia
Turkish WAAM firm MetalWorm has sold a system in Malaysia and another in Brazil. This is an excellent example of a few emerging trends in additive. Firstly, WAAM was experimented…
HAMR Industries Gets a FormAlloy X5R at Neighborhood 91
The Neighborhood 91 (N91) cluster of additive manufacturing firms in Pennsylvania has acquired a FormAlloy robot arm X5R Directed Energy Deposition (DED) system; specifically HAMR Industries. The X5R can work…
MX3D Receives €7 Million in Series A Funding for WAAM Services
Dutch large-format wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) firm MX3D has gotten a €7 million ($7.8M) investment in its Series A round. The round is led by EDF Pulse Ventures, with…
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…
FormAlloy Adds Scanning and Tool Path Automation to DED Metal 3D Printing
Directed energy deposition (DED) firm FormAlloy has enhanced its offerings by incorporating automated scanning and tool path generation. This update enables customers to seamlessly use FormAlloy equipment for cell-based part…
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…
Siemens & University of Michigan Offer Free Online Metal 3D Printing Course
Siemens Digital Industries Software and the University of Michigan (U-M) Center for Academic Innovation have developed a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) titled Introduction to 3D Printing with Metals. Taught…
AM Research Webinar to Give Attendees Free Access to 3D Printing Market Data
Is 2024 a turning point for additive manufacturing (AM)? AM Research’s upcoming webinar will dive into the numbers. The 3D printing industry is in a pivotal moment. While the sector…
China’s AM Investment Dropped 50% in 2024. What’s in Store for 2025?
China’s 3D printing sector saw a striking shift in 2024. According to data from Nanjixiong, total additive manufacturing (AM) funding in China dropped nearly 50% from the previous year, settling…
ADDiTEC’s AMDROiD X: A Portable DED Metal 3D Printer for Defense
Given the outsized role of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) in the additive manufacturing (AM) industry, the Military AM (MILAM) conference in Tampa, Florida, has become a key trade…
Communicating Vessels: Four 3D Printing Markets
Of late, I’ve been considering the 3D printing market not as a single, unified industry but as four distinct markets, each with its own needs. Rather than segmenting the market…
AMT and IMTS Advance AM Implementation: Delivering Comprehensive Overview and Granular Details
When you want to create a summary of current trends within the additive manufacturing (AM) ecosystem, do you think on a galactic scale or drill down to the planetary level?…
MX – Machining Transformation: Revolutionizing Manufacturing with Additive Technologies
The machining industry is experiencing a profound transformation, propelled by four key trends: Process Integration, Automation, Digital Transformation (DX), and Green Transformation (GX). Central to this evolution are Additive Manufacturing…
Formnext 2024: Worldwide Release of Meltio Engine Blue Robotic Arm Integration Kit
Formnext 2024 is currently taking place in Frankfurt, and as you would imagine, the announcements of new machines, materials, software, and more have been flying fast and furiously into our inboxes….
