Electron Beam Melting (EBM)
Semiconductors, Tungsten, AM Affordability and More from Formnext 2024: AM Radio #56
The trade show included increased applications for the semiconductor market, machine launches and technology advances aimed at cost cutting, plenty of LFAM and more. Listen to our conversation on Formnext 2024.
Stephanie Hendrixson
Executive Editor, Additive Manufacturing
Colibrium Additive Develops Spectra M EB-PBF Printer for Smaller Build Volumes
The printer offers a smaller build volume making it well suited for a variety of additive manufacturing users, including medical and orthopedic implant manufacturers looking to further reduce cost-per-part and additive production costs.
Read MoreEOS Partners With nLIGHT to Optimize Laser Technology for Additive Manufacturing
EOS will make nLIGHT’s AFX programmable beam shaping lasers available in its metal additive manufacturing systems and the two companies will collaborate on technologies for light engine optimization.
Read MoreAM Workshop at IMTS: Succeeding With Powder Bed Fusion
A half-day event at the International Manufacturing Technology Show focuses on tactics for success for machine shops and other manufacturers preparing to embrace production 3D printing via powder bed fusion.
Read MoreSciaky Manufactures Critical EBAM Component for Intuitive Machines’ Moon Landing
The Sciaky engine component was the upper section of the IM-1 lander’s main engine nozzle, which provided the main source of thrust for descent in the February 2024 mission to the Moon.
Read MoreSciaky Develops Smaller EBAM-53 Machine for Labs, Research Facilities
With a much smaller space requirement and lower cost, the EBAM-53 features a build envelope of 26 in2, enabling test coupons, small demonstrators and geometry trial parts.
Read MoreZenith 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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Powder2Powder Atomization System Upcycles Powder Waste and Enables Custom Powder Production for Additive Manufacturing
Formnext 2024: The patented technology offers a complete solution for both recycling and custom alloy powder production.
Angela Osborne
Managing Editor, Gardner Business Media
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.
Read MoreVBN Components Offers High-Performance Materials Development as a Service
Formnext 2023: VBN Components is exploring new possibilities in metal materials development, including promising prospects with hard metals and refractories.
Read MoreWayland Additive’s Calibur3 Features NeuBeam PBF Process
Formnext 2023: The company’s fully neutralized NeuBeam process for the Calibur3 metal additive manufacturing system solves the charging issues that have previously restricted electron beam melting processes.
Read MoreVideo: What Is Electron Beam Melting (EBM)?
Electron beam melting is the higher-energy metal 3D printing process offering advantages when it comes to productivity and thermal stresses. Here is an introduction to EBM.
Read MoreProduction AM Demands Process and Procedures — More Machines Will Come Later
Arch Additive has transitioned to full production of implants made through electron beam melting. The transition has involved practices and personnel, not equipment. As customer products win approval and go to market, here are 5 operational moves the AM implant manufacturer has made.
Read MoreGE Additive, Orchid Collaborate on 3D Printing Orthopedic Joint Implants
The agreement bolsters the use of additive manufacturing in the medical implants sector with the development of electron beam melting solutions.
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Wayland Additive’s NeuBeam Technology Offers Hot, Stable Process for Producing Fully Dense Parts
Formnext 2024: The Caliber3’s NeuBeam PBF process gives users flexibility to choose the temperature and melt strategy that best suits the part, material selection and application, rather than being confined by the process itself.
Angela Osborne
Managing Editor, Gardner Business Media
JEOL Brings Electron Beam Melting and a Taste of Japan
The supplier of electron beam technology is entering the additive market with its first 3D printer.
Read MoreUnusual Forms of 3D Printing, and How to Categorize This Technology: AM Radio #21A
In this episode of AM Radio, Stephanie Hendrixson and Peter Zelinski quiz each other on six 3D printing processes — some common, some novel. Test your own knowledge and stick around for a discussion about how to categorize (or maybe re-categorize) AM technologies.
Read MoreJEOL E-Beam Metal AM 3D Printer for Improved Productivity
This electron beam melting powder bed fusion machine is said to achieve high productivity, reproducibility and accuracy due to its automatic correction of focus and spot shape.
Read MoreSciaky 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.
Read MoreAI to Aid Consistency in Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing
Machine vision and algorithms have helped EBAM users address problems as they occur in deposition, but AI could be able to predict problems before they happen.
Read MoreOil 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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Colibrium Additive Upgrades EB-PBF Software for Enhanced Printer Performance, Productivity
The EBMControl 6.4 software enables support-free prints, point melt printing and elimination of start plates to optimize EB-PBF printer operations and part quality.
Angela Osborne
Managing Editor, Gardner Business Media
NeuBeam 3D Printing Process Is an Update for Electron Beam Melting
The recently introduced Calibur3 system from Wayland Additive overcomes challenges to bring new materials and capabilities to EBM metal 3D printing.
Read More3D Printed Scapula Customized for Patient: The Cool Parts Show #25
A patient treated for a tumor of the shoulder blade was able to preserve full use of the arm thanks to an implant tailored to the precise form of the original scapula and made through electron beam melting.
Read MoreWith This 3D Printed Block, EBM Is an Aid to CNC Machining
Holding the part is a challenge of machining for additive manufacturing. This medical manufacturer prints fixture tooling tailored to its additive parts.
Read MoreFor EBM Implant Manufacturer, Growth Is Built into the Plan
Amplify Additive needs to be small today. A close, nimble team can innovate quickly and realize the promise of additive manufacturing for orthopedic implants. Yet the company needs to be bigger soon, because success will lead to scalable production.
Read MoreSciaky's EBAM Advances Metal 3D Printing
Sciaky Inc.’s Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (EBAM) technology is an industrial metal 3D printing solution with approved applications on land, sea, air and space.
Read MoreSciaky EBAM Produces Parts Ranging to 19 Ft. in Length
Rapid 2019: Sciaky’s Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (EBAM) is an industrial solution for 3D printing large-scale metal parts.
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