Prototyping

Automation

Markforged’s FX10 Industrial 3D Printer Replaces Metal Parts With Advanced Composites

This fifth-generation print system features built-in automation for quality assurance and print routines designed to deliver strong, accurate parts every print.

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Metal

Renishaw Tempus Technology Reduces Metal Additive Manufacturing Build Times

A new scanning algorithm for Renishaw’s RenAM 500 series of metal additive manufacturing systems enables the laser to fire while the recoater is moving, which over the build cycle can reduce total build time by up to 50% with no reduction in part quality.

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Postprocessing

Protolabs Opens New DMLS Facility to Meet Increasing Additive Demand

Protolabs recently opened the doors to its new DMLS additive manufacturing facility to support its customers’ growing demand for AM. The facility, built from the ground up, was designed to accommodate a smooth and safe workflow, continue expanding machine and technology offerings and promote burgeoning additive production. 

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Supply Chain

3DOS, AeroEdge Collaborate for Decentralized Manufacturing in Japan

The aerospace manufacturer will be the first major industrial partner for metal additive manufacturing on the 3DOS platform for decentralized additive manufacturing.

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Aerospace

Zenith Tecnica Manufactures 3D Printed Hardware for NASA Psyche Mission

The node components designed by Maxar Space Systems were well suited to the advantages of EBM AM due to their complex geometries.

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Polymer

EOS Names Advanced Manufacturing Solutions its Northwest Distribution Partner

Advanced Manufacturing Solutions will carry the full line of EOS polymer and metal 3D printers.

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LPBF

Cumberland Additive Acquires Stratasys Direct Manufacturing Metals Operations, Doubles Metal AM Capacity

The agreement also expands and diversifies Cumberland’s material offerings in aluminum, copper and other metal materials.

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LPBF

Dyndrite, Constellium, Elementum 3D, Sandvik Establish Materials Consortium for 3D Metal Printing

This joint effort aims to make laser bed power fusion (LPBF) powder parameters and related testing data for common materials freely and publicly available to end users, enabling increased knowledge sharing, better outcomes, and faster adoption of materials and techniques.

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EBM

Jeol’s Electron Beam 3D Printer Meets Aerospace Qualification Standard

The company says that meeting the AMS7032 operational qualification standard ensures manufacturers that Jeol’s JAM-5200EBM is capable of producing aerospace-grade material with stable performance and meets all material specification requirements.

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Basics

Copper, New Metal Printing Processes, Upgrades Based on Software and More from Formnext 2023: AM Radio #46

Formnext 2023 showed that additive manufacturing may be maturing, but it is certainly not stagnant. In this episode, we dive into observations around technology enhancements, new processes and materials, robots, sustainability and more trends from the show. 

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