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Teamwork Between Siemens and the Fraunhofer Institute Results in New Uses of Additive Manufacturing
With climate change a big issue on almost everyone’s mind, many corporations are brainstorming ways to become more sustainable and lessen their negative impact on the environment. One company that…
Heraeus Group and Exmet Have Developed a 3D Printing Process That Uses Amorphous Metals
Typically, metals are all composed of highly ordered, crystalline structures of atoms. While there are obvious uses and benefits of this type of atomic arrangement, there is a limit to…
Zhuhai CTC Electronic’s Walnut Line is China’s First Proprietary Metal 3D Printer
While desktop and hobby applications for 3D printing have long dominated the attention of the industry, that now seems to be shifting, as the desktop market starts to constrict while…
Discovering the Four-Laser SLM 500 HL 3D Printer with SLM Solutions’ Director of Engineering
There are not many powder bed fusion machines on the market that already offer multiple laser build capabilities. SLM Solutions’ SLM 500 HL builds parts using four 400-watt lasers working…
Shapeways Introduces Their Newest 3D Printing Material – Aluminum!
While FDM printing has been very advantageous to designers prototyping products it isn’t always up to the task of creating really refined products for sale. Though it is exciting to…
Z3Dlab Introduces Zti-Powder, a Titanium/Ceramic Composite Material for Metal 3D Printing
The field of 3D metal printing continues to expand. Metal 3D printers are becoming more affordable, and the range of available materials is widening as researchers discover new ways to…
Amsterdam Company Combines 3D Printed Metal and Artisanal Glass in Maritime Theme
Amsterdam-based Faberhama, a home product design firm headed by a team of Italian designers, is using state-of-the-art 3D printing technology combined with the time-honored craft of glassblowing in a new…
SLM Solutions Group Opens Applications and Demonstration Center in Lübeck, Germany
SLM Solutions Group AG, the provider of metal-based additive manufacturing technologies, just unveiled a new applications and demonstration center with the mayor of Lübeck, Bernd Saxe, as well as some…
America Makes Awards $540K Grant to LLNL & GE to Develop Open-Source 3D Printing Algorithm Software
America Makes is at it again. The Youngstown, Ohio-based institute has been focused for some time now on enhancing the US’ positioning in the additive manufacturing field. It stands as…
Chinese Say Patents On the Way For Laser Metal 3D Printing In Space
The process of exploring space brings with it a rigorous set of limitations and requirements. Among them is the fact that anything you’ll need on the trip had better be…
