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New Player in Space: X-Bow’s Test Rocket Reaches Orbit with 3D Printed Motors
Just four months after coming out of stealth mode, space technology company X-Bow Launch Systems successfully launched its first rocket in a test carried out in partnership with the Department…
America Makes & AFRL Announce Winners of Metal 3D Printing Prediction Challenge
The National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute America Makes, managed and operated by the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) and headquartered in Youngstown, Ohio, was established in 2012…
LLNL: Researchers Pressure Test 3D Printed Lattices for Dynamic Load Strength
As 3D printed parts begin to supersede traditional components in a number of sectors from automotive to aerospace and beyond, we expound on the benefits daily. The ability to customize,…
Four National Labs and the National Security Campus Join America Makes’ 3D Printing Consortium
It seems like everyone and their dog want a piece of the 3D printing action, including industrial entrepreneurs, artists, designers, medical/scientific researchers, or unclassifiable innovators with the new “next big thing”…
The Science of Stress in 3D Printing: LLNL Research Team Analyzes and Targets Residual Stress Issues
In life, sometimes it’s all about stress management and adjusting. That applies to the world of 3D printing too, as it turns out. While 3D printing is certainly the wunderkind…
