Prototyping

Production

Oil Collector Upgrade for Legacy Helicopters Is a 3D Printed Pathfinder Part

The lightweight part was delivered faster and made more easily via electron beam melting (EBM) than a conventionally manufactured alternative could be produced, while also illuminating a way forward for upgrading other existing systems.

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Production

Polymer AM Cuts Costs of Small-Batch Replacement Components

Producing replacement parts through polymer AM has cut Mosca’s lead times and component costs to small fractions of their original size, even when producing small batches of parts.

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Design

The Challenge with AM Process Substitution

Understanding the cost curves for AM is key.  

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Metal

Erofio Group 3D Prints First Part on GE Additive Concept Laser M Line

Mold core successfully additively manufactured on first attempt, using hot work tool steel, in a six-day test build.

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Aerospace

Materialise, EOS Qualify to Supply Airbus 3D Printed Parts

The qualification is valid across Airbus and marks a milestone for the wider adoption of polymer 3D printing in aerospace.

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Basics

After Years in China, 3D Printing Lets Vacuum Accessory Maker Develop U.S. Production

The costs of injection molding had Dustless Technologies making tooling and many parts offshore. Additive manufacturing promises an alternative, as in the case of the company's newest product, which is entirely U.S.-made.

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Production

AddUp's FormUp 350 Metal 3D Printer Designed for Safe, Repeatable Operation

Printer offers modular, scalable architecture to delay obsolescence and maintain high level of performance.

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Materials

Farsoon Expands Flight Technology Materials Portfolio

Polymer materials can suit a broad array of industrial applications.

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Polymer

Job Shop’s AM Journey Takes It from Production to Tooling

Despite the fact that RPG was prepared to start with production metal additive manufacturing, the job shop couldn’t ignore the benefits of 3D-printed tooling.

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Sporting Goods

Thermoplastic Composites Facilitate DED of Electric Scooter

The Scotsman scooter’s creators say it is the first fully custom, 3D printed electric scooter. The company uses Arevo’s Aqua DED system to print the carbon-fiber thermoplastic composite body.

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