metal alloys for 3D printing
3D Printing Webinar & Event Roundup: April 16, 2023
We’ve got a busy week of in-person events around the globe, with COExperience in Florida, Hannover Messe in Germany, the UK Manufacturing & Supply Chain Expo, and several more. Xometry…
3D Printing News Briefs, February 25, 2023: Anatomic Models, Horse Trailer, & More
Fabrisonic is introducing a new build plate with embedded sensors; this hardware news kicks off today’s 3D Printing News Briefs. Moving on, we’ll cover some of the major 3D printing…
What’s Next for Nitinol – AMS Speaker Spotlight
With its extreme flexibility and resistance to damage, the metal alloy, nitinol, has become an essential resource in medical devices manufacturing and other leading-edge industries. However, until recently, manufacturers of…
Tungsten Carbide as an Emerging Alloy in Additive Manufacturing – AMS Speaker Spotlight
Tungsten Carbide is utilized in a number of industries due to its superior hardness properties compared to tool steel and its superior toughness compared to technical ceramics. With these superior…
Elementum 3D to Develop Alloys for SLM Solutions 12-Laser Metal 3D Printer
A powerful combination between innovation and the emergence of additive manufacturing has increased the demand for high-quality material alloys. 3D printing has become a powerful tool for making geometrically complex…
3D Printing News Briefs, October 26, 2022: Metal Alloys, Construction, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re starting with research out of the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation on 3D printing sensors in a single operation, and then…
EOS Strengthens Metal 3D Printing Portfolio with Four New Powders
Industrial 3D printing company EOS recently began a partnership with Sauber Technologies for its polymer 3D printing, but is definitely working to continue improving its metal 3D printing capabilities as…
Hypersonics Take Flight: NASA’s New Metal 3D Printing Alloy Takes 1000°C Heat
Key to the function of proposed hypersonic vehicles, which have proven challenging to the U.S., are high-temperature materials, such as metals oxygen dispersion strengthened (ODS) metals and ceramics. ODS materials…
3D Printing News Briefs, March 30, 2022: Consumer Goods, Sporting Equipment, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, polySpectra and Keyland Polymer announced a strategic partnership, and KAERI developed a 3D printer for making larger nuclear components. Researchers in Singapore created a…
ASTM’s ICAM 2021: Biggest Challenge for Feedstock to Enable 3D Printing to Scale
Hosted by ASTM International’s Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AMCOE), the 2021 International Conference on Additive Manufacturing (ICAM) was held in Anaheim, California last week. 3DPrint.com was a media sponsor…
3D Printing News Briefs, October 13, 2021: Metal 3D Printing, Prostheses, & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, ExOne and SSI are working together to drive volume production with metal binder jet 3D printing, and RadTech has announced a new photopolymer AM…
NASA Advances New Alloys and Scale of Metal Additive Manufacturing
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center’s Paul Gradl will be speaking at 3DPrint.com’s upcoming AMS online industry summit (Feb 9-10, 2021). Register here. Additive manufacturing (AM) has enabled new and significant design and manufacturing…
U.S. Energy Department Awards QuesTek $1.2M for Ultra-high Temperature 3D Printing Metals
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $1.2 million grant to high-performance materials developer QuesTek Innovations. The funds will be used to design and…
Formula 1 & FIA Approval of APWORKS Scalmalloy Metal 3D Printing Material
Numerous automotive manufacturers have become well-known for the use of AM processes, but innovations within the racing realm have been particularly impressive and exciting. Now, new metal has been approved…
Microstructural & Corrosion Analysis: Magnesium Alloy Produced via SLM 3D Printing
Researchers have come together from around the world to analyze 3D printing materials, outlining their findings in ‘A detailed microstructural and corrosion analysis of an additively manufactured magnesium alloy produced…
3D Printing News Briefs: December 10, 2019
We’re telling you about an award, a little business, and a new product in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs. NCDMM has received the ManTech award for its additive manufacturing research…
Warsaw University of Technology: Improving Alloys for Metal 3D Printing
With so many metal alloys on the market today, the sky should be the limit for users; however, researchers from Warsaw University of Technology fill us in on some metal…
New Aluminum Alloy Development Methodology for SLM Under Development
Authors Qingboa Jia, Paul Rometsch, Sheng Cao, Kai Zhang, and Xinhua Wung explain that SLM 3D printing users need some better choices for metals in their recently published, ‘Towards a…
A3DM Technologies and GPA Innova Advancing Post-Processing of Metal 3D Printed Parts with Unique Process
Vermont-based A3DM Technologies, which has long contributed to multiple commercial 3D printing production processes, and GPA Innova, founded in 2015 in Barcelona, recently entered into a collaborative research and development agreement…
3D Printing News Briefs: September 18, 2018
We’re starting with a bit of business news in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, then a story about metal 3D printing, and then moving along with examples of some of…
Using Two-Stage T6 Heat Treatment to Tailor the Mechanical Properties of 3D Printed Aluminum AlSi10Mg Alloys
While many aluminum alloy components are still fabricated using traditional casting technologies, there’s been plenty of research and development into 3D printed aluminum alloys as well. For metallic 3D printing, the…
Fabrisonic’s Whitepaper on Metal 3D Printed Heat Exchangers for NASA JPL
Founded in 2011, Ohio-based Fabrisonic uses its hybrid metal 3D printing process, called Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing (UAM), to merge layers of metal foil together in a solid-state thanks to high frequency ultrasonic…
GE Additive Announces New 3D Printing Agreement with Eaton, Relocates Gas Atomization Materials Equipment to AP&C
Since announcing an increased focus on 3D printing last spring, GE Additive has been busy making good on its announcement, acquiring and partnering with other companies in the industry, introducing…
3D Printing News Briefs: April 17, 2018
For today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re covering some business news, followed up with material news and stories of 3D printing applications in the medical, aerospace, and defense fields. Norman…
