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3DPOD 302: Digital Inventory for AM with Mikhail Gladkikh, Würth Additive Group

Mikhail Gladkikh has worked in oil and gas for many years. With this background, we obviously talk about energy market turbulence and the adoption of AM in oil and gas….

Inside nScrypt’s “Factory in a Tool”: Space, Defense, and the Future of Additive Electronics

This article is Part 2 of a three-part series based on 3DPrint.com’s visit to nScrypt’s Orlando headquarters and conversations with Ken Church. Walking through nScrypt’s facility in Orlando last summer,…

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ROBOZE Buys Dimanex Assets to Build “Physical AI” Platform

Dutch firm Dimanex got its start as an MRO platform for the railways. The company had a contract with the Dutch Army in 2018, and later that year signed one…

MORSAN and LEHVOSS Work on 3D Printing for Food and Beverage

For many years, LEHVOSS has made specialized 3D printing materials such as high-temperature polyamide and high-flow PEEK. Now it has teamed up with MORSAN to develop a 3D printing offering…

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Fleet Readiness Centers, a Six-Month Metal AM Push, and Shifting Defense Procurement

As I wrote about earlier this month, the Trump administration has requested a record $1.5 trillion in Department of Defense (DoD) funding for FY 2027. In my post about what…

Nikon AM Synergy Secures DLA Contract for On-Demand Military Parts

Nikon AM Synergy has gotten a DLA contract under the JAMA IV IDIQ Pilot Parts Program. The contract with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is a step forward for Nikon…

3DPOD 291: AM Services from MRO to End-Users with Bjorn Madsen, Pelagus 3D

Pelagus 3D is a platform that helps large industrial customers digitize, evaluate, qualify, and make MRO components. Working with OEMs, end users, and manufacturing services, they’re a trusted middleman helping…

Replique Deepens Work With Alstom

Production and MRO service Replique is deepening its collaboration with transport giant Alstom. Alstom itself is doing great work in additive, working with 3D Spark to save money, printing train…

Pelagus 3D Signs On to Advance Singapore Joint Industry Project

Pelagus 3D is criminally under-talked about in additive. The Singapore-based maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) firm is a joint venture between industrial engineering and steel company ThyssenKrupp AG and marine…

Stratasys Makes Navy Parts for Trident Warrior 25

The US Navy’s Trident Warrior 25 is a live fire manufacturing exercise hosted by FLEETWERX, an organization that wants to bring together companies and academia to drive Navy innovation, along…

3DPOD 264: 3D Printing in US Marine Corps with Matt Pine, Innovation Officer

Matt Pine is training Marines to use 3D printing in the field and helping deploy the technology globally for the United States Marine Corps. Working primarily with desktop machines, he…

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…

Seakeeper Ride Releases Pocket Fit Kits

Seakeeper Ride makes a Vessel Attitude Control System (VACS), which greatly reduces the pitch and roll of pleasure craft. The Fort Myers-based company hopes to make boating more comfortable by…

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Broad Spectrum Additive at the US Air Force

If we look at how Air Forces around the world use additive manufacturing, a lot of the attention is focused on future possibilities in hypersonics and next-generation aircraft. Beyond the…

Materialise Establishes Aerospace Competence Center in Delft to Advance AM in Aviation

Stalwart 3D printing service and software firm Materialise has announced the launch of its Aerospace Competence Center in the Aerospace Innovation Hub @TU Delft, marking a strategic expansion of its…

3D Printing News Briefs, October 19, 2024: Supply Chain, 3D Printed Stairs, & More

In 3D Printing News Briefs, Wayland Additive has released its Wayland Connect software. The Ivaldi Group developed a report on the impact of additive manufacturing on the supply chain. A…

DEVCOM Sees SPEE3D 3D Print Transmission Mount for Bradley Fighting Vehicle

SPEE3D participated in a U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Army Research Laboratory (ARL) demonstration. The demo took place at the University of Tennessee Knoxville and ran from the…

3DPOD 215: Aleksander Ciszek, 3YOURMIND CEO

Aleksander Ciszek co-founded 3YOURMIND and has helped build the business over the past decade. In this episode of the 3DPOD, he discusses pivots, strategy, software, defense, energy, growth, and more….

AM Craft’s Aviation 3D Printing Network Expands with alphacam

AM Craft is a Latvian 3D printing company that produces polymer parts for commercial aviation. As an EASA-authorized Part 21G aviation supplier, AM Craft has received investment from Stratasys and…

Hitachi Rail to 3D Print Spare Parts with the ROBOZE ARGO 500

Hitachi Rail, a division of the Japanese multinational conglomerate, will use the ROBOZE ARGO 500 printer for spare railway parts and prototypes. Among other uses for the ARGO 500, Hitachi…

ASTRO America Moves Ahead with Guam Additive Materials & Manufacturing Accelerator

The Applied Science & Technology Research Organization of (ASTRO) America conducts workshops on advanced manufacturing, helps Boeing print rotor systems, lobbies for additive manufacturing (AM), and collaborates with companies like…

Immensa & DNV Launch Global Guideline for Digitization of Energy Sector Spares

Immensa, the Saudi Arabia/UAE-base digital inventory platform specializing in additive manufacturing (AM) for the energy sector, has collaborated with Det Norske Veritas (DNV) to formulate what the partnership is referring…

The US Air Force: Kings of 3D Printing

The US Air Force is currently one of the largest funding bodies in 3D printing. The amount of work that the Air Force is doing in 3D printing is simply…

Bound Metal Firm AIM3D Relaunched with Replique and Create It Real as Partners

AIM3D has developed a series of machines capable of producing metal, polymer, and ceramic parts. Using its Voxelfill technique, which enhances Z-strength, the company also uses pellets, making its process…