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3D Printed Heat Exchanger Uses Gyroids for Better Cooling | The Cool Parts Show #43

Replacement heat exchanger for a helicopter is half the size and delivers 4× the cooling, thanks to a geometry that could only be made via additive manufacturing.

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Software

Senvol ML Enables New Approach for Material Allowables Development

Senvol demonstrates use of machine learning software to enable path for rapid development of material property allowables for additive manufacturing.

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Metal

AP&C Providing Titanium Powders to Airbus

AP&C also supports Airbus by helping its in-house additive manufacturing team establish its own methods and processes to qualify Ti-6AI-4V powders.

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Metal

3D Printed Composite Bracket Versus Machined Steel: The Cool Parts Show #41

Can a 3D printed composite bracket work as well as one machined from steel? Can it also be faster to make and cheaper to produce? In this episode of The Cool Parts Show we explore a new way of manufacturing a bracket for a helicopter door hinge, and similar small parts today made from metal. 

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Defense

U.S. Air Force, GE Additive Reach Next Milestone in Pacer Edge Program

Phase III of the program tackles the Air Force’s sustainment behemoth of ‘cold starts’ head-on.

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EBM

Sciaky Delivering World’s Largest Metal EB DED 3D Printer

Contract calls for a customized, high-deposition EBAM 300 Series additive manufacturing system to Turkish Aerospace Industries to 3D print titanium aerostructures 6 meters (nearly 20 feet) in length.

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Metal

Velo3D Ships First Sapphire XC to Aerospace Customer

The company’s newest and largest metal 3D printer is said to deliver bigger parts, productivity improvements and cost reduction for metal additive manufacturing

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Polymer

The First Choice Was Right: How RP+M Succeeded With Production FDM

This additive manufacturing company narrowed its focus onto the 3D printing capability it knew best and the industry sector best able to benefit from FDM production parts. Characterizing and controlling the process was the breakthrough that has led to production work from Boeing and others.

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Space

Velo3D Qualifies New Superalloy for Use in Its Sapphire Printers

New nickel-based Höganäs Amperprint 0233 Haynes 282 powder enhances the capabilities of Velo3D’s end-to-end solution for customers in oil and gas, aviation, energy, space and other high-value applications.

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Materials

10 Ways Additive Manufacturing Reshapes a Production Facility (Forget What You Know About Factories)

Sintavia’s purpose-built facility for powder bed fusion of aircraft components illustrates fundamental ways the plant is different when 3D printing is the operation.

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