Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF)
Laser Wars: Farsoon’s New 8-Laser 3D Printer Attracts Attention from TCT Asia Attendees
TCT Asia 2021 kicked off in Shanghai’s New International Expo Center on May 26, 2021, and in just two days, Chinese pioneering additive manufacturing supplier Farsoon introduced two new machines…
BEAMIT Develops 3D Printing Process for Strong, Lightweight Titanium Alloy Ti6242
Headquartered in Italy, with nearly 50 dedicated additive manufacturing systems distributed across five facilities in the Parma province of the Emilia-Romagna region, the BEAMIT Group is said to be Europe’s…
Additive Industries Picks Oerlikon Exec as New CEO
Eindhoven-headquartered Additive Industries, which manufactures large, industrial 3D printing systems that are capable of producing high-quality metal parts with laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) technology, has some exciting news to…
Graphene Coating Improves 3D Printing of Pure Copper Powder
Pure copper is a great heat and electricity conductor, making it a highly sought after metal in the 3D printing industry to use for applications such as heat exchangers and…
3D Printing Market Outlook 2021: Powder Bed Fusion and Multi Jet Fusion, Part 1
Polymer powder bed fusion printers have been a mainstay of the 3D printing world for many years now. These highly productive machines dominate the service bureau installed base and are…
3D Printing Webinar and Virtual Event Roundup: January 10, 2021
Slowly but surely, we’re back in the new year with our weekly roundup of 3D printing webinars and virtual events! This week, we’ve got a webinar about Nexa3D and its…
How Satisfying is Your 3D Printer? Researchers Improve Operator “Emotional Fusion” to 3D Printing Equipment
Researchers from the School of Mechanical Engineering at Shenyang University of Technology in China think that the emotional relationship between laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) 3D printers and their operators…
NIST Awards $4M to Four Institutions for Metal 3D Printing Research
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a non-regulatory agency that promotes innovation and industrial competitiveness across the country, has awarded close to $4 million…
AddUp Joining BeAM Subsidiary in Cincinnati for US Metal 3D Printing Headquarters
In the summer of 2018, AddUp, Inc., the US subsidiary of global metal 3D printer manufacturer AddUp, added Direct Energy Deposition (DED) to its portfolio with the acquisition of BeAM,…
GE and University of Sydney Make 5 Year Metal 3D Printing Agreement
GE has announced a five year agreement with the University of Sydney to bring metal 3D printing training and machines to their Darlington campus. This campus is a part of…
Additive Works Releases Amphyon 2021 Simulation Software with New Module
German AM software provider Additive Works offers simulation-based process preparation solutions for laser beam melting (LBM) technology through its Amphyon software. Structured along the company’s “ASAP” principle of Assessment, Simulation,…
3DPrintUK Adds HP MJF 3D Printing to Services in £1M Expansion
3DPrintUK has recently expanded its offerings to become the first service bureau in the UK to provide advanced HP MJF 5210 parts. The prototyping and low-volume 3D printing production specialist…
ASTM International Proposes a New 3D Printing Standard for Data Registration
ASTM International’s additive manufacturing (AM) technologies committee is developing a new standard that will help with data registration in AM processes to extract and characterize process signatures used to control…
Air Force Awards Optomec $1M for High Volume 3D Printing Repair of Turbines
Optomec, a leading provider of additive manufacturing repair solutions, has won a $1 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to produce a system for the refurbishment of turbine engine…
America Makes Announces Challenge for Open-Source Scanning Strategies for Metal 3D Printing
America Makes has launched a new competition to advance scanning path development in laser-based powder based additive manufacturing (AM), in partnership with GE Research and the Air Force Research Laboratory….
Raytheon Receives Funding for Aerospace 3D Printing of Optical Components
This spring, Ohio-based America Makes, the leading collaborative partner in additive technology research, discovery, and innovation for the US, announced its latest Project Call for AXIOM, or Additive for eXtreme Improvement…
3D Printing Webinar and Virtual Event Roundup, June 28, 2020
This week is packed full with 3D printing webinars and virtual events, with four taking place Tuesday, and two each on Wednesday and Thursday. We’ll tell you all about them…
3D Printing News Briefs, June 10, 2020: 3D Systems, nTopology, Jellypipe
We’re discussing an upcoming event and some business news in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs. 3D Systems is holding a virtual trade show next month. nTopology and Yamaichi have signed…
RAM Metal 3D Printing Process Receives Patents in Multiple Countries
Metal 3D printing materials developer and supplier Elementum 3D, founded in 2014 by Dr. Jacob Nuechterlein, works to expand the selection of metal materials for additive manufacturing (AM) through the…
3D Printing News Briefs: May 5th, 2020
We’re talking about materials and business in 3D Printing News Briefs today. DyeMansion has launched a color line for grey Multi Jet Fusion parts, and NanoAL was named a 2020…
AMS 2020 Panels: HP’s Binder Jetting Technology, New Metals for 3D Printing
This year’s Additive Manufacturing Strategies, held in Boston and co-hosted by SmarTech Analysis and 3DPrint.com, featured a Startup Competition, interesting keynotes, multiple panels and presentations, and industry forecasts by SmarTech. But…
3D Printing News Briefs: February 12, 2020
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ve got materials news, then some collaborations and an education story to share. First, KRAIBURG TPE is examining if its thermoplastic elastomers are suitable…
Critical Parameters for Inconel: Studying the Effects on Inconel 719 During Laser Powder Bed Fusion
In the recently published ‘Effect of the Most Important Parameters on Properties of Inconel 719 Manufactured by Laser Powder Bed Fusion,’ Finnish researcher and thesis student Kalle Kohtanen attempts to…
3D Printing News Briefs: December 2, 2019
We’re finishing up with formnext news in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, and then moving on to a presentation and some business. Flightware presented its work on LPBF in-situ inspection…
