Metal
1000 Kelvin Enhances AI-Automated Build Prep Workflow Software for Metal 3D Printing
Formnext 2024: 1000 Kelvin has expanded its flagship AMAIZE AI co-pilot software to include a more comprehensive suite of advanced automation tools for metal laser powder bed fusion workflows.
Angela Osborne
Managing Editor, Gardner Business Media
Powder2Powder Atomization System Upcycles Powder Waste and Enables Custom Powder Production for Additive Manufacturing
Formnext 2024: The patented technology offers a complete solution for both recycling and custom alloy powder production.
Read MoreAddimetal’s K2-2 Metal Binder Jet System Features Compact Design, Large Printhead
Formnext 2024: The machine features an open system enabling the use of non-proprietary binders to offer users greater material flexibility.
Read MoreCaracol Develops Vipra AM Robotic Metal DED 3D Printing Platform for Manufacturing Large-Scale Metal Parts
Formnext 2024: The integrated DED metal platform for large-scale components combines hardware and software with advanced robotic monitoring and automation.
Read MoreReplique Enhances 3D Printing Material Hub, Expands Production Network With Traditional Technologies
Formnext 2024: Replique has also collaborated with several health care providers to develop 3D printed innovations such as a fully 3D printed containment valve and new rollator with a 3D printed frame.
Read More3D Printed Metal Vibenite 350 Testing Indicates Biocompatibility for Implant Use
The material is both wear and corrosive resistant, and could be well suited as an implant material where wear resistance is essential, such as human joints.
Read MoreUS Navy Successfully Utilizes Additec’s Liquid Metal Jetting Technoloy While Afloat
The U.S. Navy successfully used a Liquid Metal Jetting (LMJ) 3D printer aboard one of its vessels, enabling them to print high-strength aluminum alloy parts on-demand while in port. This innovation can change how critical parts are manufactured in remote or challenging environments to potentially reshape naval operations.
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Print Genius 150 Double Wavelength’s Infrared and Green Lasers Can Operate Alternately on Same Work Area
Formnext 2024: Prima Additive will also display the Ianus Robotic Cell, which is a multiprocess robotic cell with a flexible system that supports various laser processes and integrates seamlessly with production lines through Siemens software.
Angela Osborne
Managing Editor, Gardner Business Media
Collaborators Developing Green Part Processing Solution for Cold Metal Fusion Technology
Formnext 2024: The AutoSmooth project was launched last year to develop a fully automated process chain for unpacking, depowdering and surface treatment of cold metal fusion parts.
Read More3D Printing Enables a Larger "Sweet Spot" Relative to This Golf Club's Size: The Cool Parts Show #77
Cobra Puma Golf's Limit3D iron uses 3D printed stainless lattices to remove weight from the interior so that it can be reintroduced with tungsten inserts that lower the center of gravity. The combination offers a smaller, sleeker club head with the forgiveness of a larger one.
Read MoreSolukon’s SFM-AT1500-S Depowdering System Handles Heavy-Duty Requirements and Dimensions
Formnext 2024: The Solukon SFM-AT1500-S metal powder removal system can accommodate parts that weight more than 2 tons.
Read MoreCustom Molder Applies Polymer, Metal 3D Printing for Productivity Gains
Custom injection molder Westec Plastics Corp. uses 3D printed end-of-arm tooling for automation as well as inserts printed in metal.
Read MoreVideo: Hybrid Manufacturing Without Melting: Hermle’s Metal Powder Application (MPA) Process
The Metal Powder Application (MPA) process uses cold spray to apply metal to an existing workpiece. Because the material deforms rather than melts, MPA opens new possibilities for functional grading and other multimaterial applications.
Read MoreWayland Additive’s NeuBeam Technology Offers Hot, Stable Process for Producing Fully Dense Parts
Formnext 2024: The Caliber3’s NeuBeam PBF process gives users flexibility to choose the temperature and melt strategy that best suits the part, material selection and application, rather than being confined by the process itself.
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Corona AFX-2000 Beam-Shaping Laser Boosts Productivity for LPBF Additive Manufacturing
Formnext 2024: The laser’s increased power results in higher productivity and lower cost per part, while maintaining the stability needed to produce high-quality parts.
Angela Osborne
Managing Editor, Gardner Business Media
This Year I Have Seen a Lot of AM for the Military — What Is Going On?
Audience members have similar questions. What is the Department of Defense’s interest in making hardware via 3D printing over conventional methods? Here are three manufacturing concerns that are particular to the military.
Read MorePartners Developing In Situ Optical Monitoring System to Enhance 3D Printing Process for Brass
The partners are working to optimize the 3D printing process for brass by detecting real-time defects during the selective laser melting process to enhance the quality and repeatability of produced components.
Read MorePhillips Corp. and Laserline Combine Technologies for Hybrid Laser Powder System
The system features diode lasers, which are well suited for precise and energy-efficient material processing.
Read MoreVideo: Laser Powder Bed Fusion Platform Designed for Safety, Ease of Use
One Click Metal’s compact metal 3D printing platform offers powder handling features to make this affordable system accessible and safe for many types of facilities. See one application in this video, filmed at IMTS 2024.
Read MoreBOFA Rebrands as Donaldson BOFA
The rebranding is to closer align with its parent company and reflect its global reach.
Read MoreBeehive Industries Is Going Big on Small-Scale Engines Made Through Additive Manufacturing
Backed by decades of experience in both aviation and additive, the company is now laser-focused on a single goal: developing, proving and scaling production of engines providing 5,000 lbs of thrust or less.
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Dealing With Dross in Laser Powder Bed Fusion
Researchers in Denmark are uncovering the secrets of meltpool morphology with advanced simulation tools for computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
Read MoreSandvik Osprey HWTS 50 Hot Work Tool Steel Developed for Enhanced Printability
The material offers improved tempering and thermal fatigue resistance as well as thermal conductivity compared to conventional H-class hot work tool steels.
Read MoreDyndrite Enhances LPBF Pro Software for Expanded Program Control
The updated Dyndrite LPBF Pro offers expanded supports control, integrated learning and expanded Renishaw metal 3D printer compatibility.
Read MoreEndeavor 3D Earns International Traffic in Arms Registration
Endeavor 3D strengthens its technology capabilities and operational systems to better support the U.S. defense industrial base as well as energy and supply chain manufacturing services.
Read MoreBike Manufacturer Uses Additive Manufacturing to Create Lighter, More Complex, Customized Parts
Titanium bike frame manufacturer Hanglun Technology mixes precision casting with 3D printing to create bikes that offer increased speed and reduced turbulence during long-distance rides, offering a smoother, faster and more efficient cycling experience.
Read MoreAIM3D Validates Voxelfill Strategy for Overcoming Inhomogeneous Strengths in 3D Components
The strength-enhancing effect of Voxelfill has now been demonstrated for fiber-filled plastics with the tensile strengths of 3D components coming close to those produced through classic injection molding.
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