Metal

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Marle Group Acquires Tangible Solutions

This acquisition gives Marle Group a total of eight global production facilities which are exclusively focused on orthopedic and spine implant manufacturing for OEMs worldwide.

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Materials

Metal Parts Are Now Within Reach for Users of Polymer 3D Printers

An option for accessible metal 3D printing: New metal composite filament from BASF Forward AM has made it easy for Austrian company Sparox 3D to pivot its Ultimaker FFF capacity into metals, without major additional investments in skills or equipment. 

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Metal

Materialise, Sigma Labs Develop Platform to Enhance Scalability of Metal AM Applications

Platform is said to deliver industry-first ability to identify and address process and quality issues in real time.

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Metal

SLM Solutions Integrates Assembrix VMS Software for Secure Remote Printing

The integration is said to enable the creation of a reliable, international AM ecosystem with new opportunities across the entire value chain.

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Metal

What Process Should Make This Part? New Tool for Comparing Production Methods

Free tool COSMO generates apples-to-apples comparisons of manufacturing processes including 3D printing to help engineers and companies make better decisions and expand production options. 

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Cool Parts

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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Aerospace

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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Video: Functional Excavator Features 3D Printed Parts

Oak Ridge National Lab's Project AME swapped an excavator's cab, stick and heat exchanger for 3D printed parts. Stephanie Hendrixson and Peter Zelinski get the scoop. 

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