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Machining

Push-Button DED System Aims for Machine Shop Workflow in Metal AM

Meltio M600 metal 3D printer employs probing, quick-change workholding and wire material stock to permit production in coordination with CNC machines.

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Multimaterial, Self-Sensing, 3D Printed Scoliosis Braces

Startup Fited and Brightlands Materials Center have developed a lighter weight, thinner CFRP corrective brace, including pressure sensors made from continuous carbon fibers.

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Space

Sidus Space Successfully Launches LizzieSat Hybrid 3D-Printed Satellite

The hybrid 3D-printed satellite was manufactured using Markforged 3D printers for parts that would be incredibly lightweight, durable and custom to the structure to ensure the satellite remains intact during launch and works properly for its full life span in space.

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Zeiss Hosts Digital Event for Metrology and Software April 15-19

The event is designed to offer a unique opportunity to gain new, interesting insights and exchange ideas with industry experts from all over the world.

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Metal

EOS M 290 1kW Metal AM System Engineered for Materials, Applications That Demand Higher Intensity

The EOS M 290 1kW metal printer features a one-kilowatt laser with the flexible, midsize frame to deliver the power needed to maximize production of industrial applications for copper and copper alloy, with more materials coming.

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Defense

Velo3D Sapphire Printers Become First Metal 3D Printers to Achieve DOD Green-Level STIG Compliance

The certification allows Sapphire printers to be connected to the DOD’s Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet) and gives customers confidence that their metal 3D printers are hardened against potential cyberattacks and other vulnerabilities.

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Polymer

Ultra-Complex 3D Printed Scaffolds Enable Cell Growth: The Cool Parts Show #70

Perhaps the ultimate surface-area challenge is in bioengineering: creating structures that can grow sufficient cells within a compact volume to be effective for leading-edge medical treatments. The Southwest Research Institute develops bioreactor scaffolds that could only be made using 3D printing.

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Implicit Modeling and Metamaterials: The Cool Parts Show All Access

Metafold CEO Elissa Ross describes one of the promises of more effective modeling of geometrically complex 3D printed forms: expanded use of metamaterials. To what extent can material “properties” come from geometry rather than the material itself?

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Ceramic

Tritone Technologies Forges US Strategic Alliance With Adia

Tritone’s technology enables quick and easy switching between a wide variety of metals and ceramics, making it possible to simultaneously manufacture parts of different sizes, shapes and applications.

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Startups

Fluent Metal Startup Launches With Focus on Liquid Metal 3D Printing

The company says its drop-on-demand technology can enable sustainable, production-grade additive manufacturing using high-value metal components.

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