electron beam melting
Let’s Make Some Parts – TBGA Stress Test Part II of the JEOL JAM-5200EBM Printer
“It’s supposed to be hard. If it was easy, everyone would do it. Hard is what makes it great.” You have probably drawn inspiration from this Jimmy Dugan quote from…
Advancing Space Applications with Additive Manufacturing
Additive manufacturing (AM) has been used on spacecraft since the early 2010s, one early example being the NASA Juno Spacecraft, which launched in August 2011. AM is beneficial for spacecraft…
JEOL’s Electron Beam Metal 3D Printer is Neighborhood 91’s Newest Resident
JEOL, a global leader in electron optics and advanced technology solutions, has unveiled its JAM-5200EBM Electron Beam-Powder Bed Fusion system at Cumberland Additive’s Neighborhood 91, an advanced manufacturing production campus…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: September 10, 2023
This might possibly be the longest webinar and event roundup we’ve ever done at 3DPrint.com—that’s how many offerings there are this week! I won’t waste your time in this introduction…
Nuclear Researchers to Use Freemelt EBM Metal 3D Printer for Materials
Freemelt, known for its open architecture electron beam 3D printers has recently secured an order for its Freemelt ONE system from the Institute for Nuclear Research (ATOMKI) in Hungary. This…
Wayland Additive Secures £4.6M to Grow EBM 3D Printer Production Capability
Wayland Additive, a business that has earned its place as a leader in the electron beam (EBM) additive manufacturing (AM) sector, raised £4.6 million ($5.7 million) in a Series B…
Stress Testing the JEOL JAM-5200EBM Electron Beam Metal 3D Printer – Part I
Anyone who has stepped into an internist or a cardiologist’s den may readily recall the experience of going through a round of evaluations and tests before being made to sweat…
Wayland Additive Unveils Calibur3 Electron Beam Metal 3D Printer
After much suspense, Wayland Additive has launched its Calibur3 electron beam laser powder bed fusion (E-PBF) system. The company’s NeuBeam 3D printing process represents an emerging sea change in E-PBF…
Inconel 718 Structures in EBM 3D Printing: Effects of Process Parameters on Contour Properties
Karthik Vaidyalingam Arumugam recently presented a thesis, ‘Effect of Process Parameters on Contour Properties in Inconel 718 Structures Fabricated by Electron Beam Melting’ to Linköping University, expanding further on additive…
China: Testing Titanium Alloy Scaffold Mimicking Trabecular Structures
Chinese researchers are looking further into the uses of titanium in bioprinting, outlining their findings in the recently published ‘Mechanical behavior of a titanium alloy scaffold mimicking trabecular structure.’ Five…
Comparing 3D Printed Titanium Acetabular Cup Implants
In the recently published ‘Comparative analysis of current 3D printed acetabular titanium implants,’ researchers analyzed innovative medical devices in the form of acetabular cups, meant to improve bone fixation and…
Researchers Study Mechanical Properties & Biocompatibility of EBM Bone Plates
Researchers from Saudi Arabia and Manchester, UK explore the creation of bone plates via electron beam melting (EBM) processes, outlining their findings in the paper ‘Topology optimised metallic bone plates…
Kiwi Companies Partner to Build Tailored 3D Printed Training Prosthetics for Female Para-Athletes
New Zealand-based Zenith Tecnica, which is the only company in the country using Electron Beam Melting (EBM) technology to make 3D printed titanium components, is teaming up with High Performance Sports NZ…
GH Induction Group Announces New Service for 3D Printed Copper Coils & Inductors
While the substantial benefits of 3D printing are discussed often in the progressive industrial and technological sectors today, the advantages they can have for just one business and their innovative…
Chinese Researchers Validate Effectiveness of Teenager’s 3D Printed Custom Knee Joint Replacement Prosthesis
When the cells in a person’s bone divide uncontrollably, a mass of invasive tissue, better known as a tumor, develops. While most bone tumors are benign, malignant forms occur most…
3D Printing News Briefs: March 6, 2018
We’re jumping right into business news in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, followed by a new study and a grant announcement. Roboze signed a distribution agreement with a new reseller…
EBM 3D Printing Process Used to Process a Steel Alloy with High Damage Tolerance
While the adoption and development of metal 3D printing continues to grow, so too does research into different types of metals that can be 3D printed, including steel. The aerospace and…
Metal 3D Printing is Poised to Become a New Manufacturing Paradigm, But Adoption Is Slow
Although metal 3D printing may seem like a new technology, it’s been around since the 1980’s, and used chiefly in production of high value, highly engineered, complex parts and prototypes….
3D Printing Healthcare Market is Expected to Grow by 18% Annually Until 2020
One of the faster growing markets to adopt 3D printing technology is the healthcare industry, which has been rapidly developing new medical applications at an astounding rate. What once was just…
Metal 3D Printing and EBM Technology at São Paulo — A Few Questions For: Arcam
With Inside 3D Printing São Paulo taking place just last week, the excitement lingers over everything that was shown at South America’s largest 3D printing event. We were certainly looking forward…
Italian Hospital Begins Using 3D Printed Prosthetic Bone Implants on Cancer Patients
There are more than a hundred different varieties of cancer, and many of them can present themselves in wildly inconsistent ways, at inconsistent times, seemingly at random. A friend who…
Arcam is Gearing Up to Serve the Aerospace Industry’s Expanding Metal 3D Printing Needs
The benefits of metal 3D printing may not be immediately noticeable, as there is a higher initial investment than traditional part manufacturing, and more elaborate post processing requirements. Technology like that…
Arcam Expands To the US With Sales and Support Office
Arcam, which specializes in the production of machines capable of 3D printing with specialized metal alloys, boasts more than 50 patents. Their Electron Beam Manufacturing (EBM) process, among other technologies, is…
GKN Aerospace and Arcam Ink Deal to Refine Electron Beam Melting Technology
Electron beam melting uses a high power source which uses electromagnetic coils to provide several “melt pools” which can be precisely controlled and maintained simultaneously. The EBM process takes place…
