The city of Querétaro, Mexico, has become the host of the first Additive Manufacturing Consortium (Conmad) in Latin America. Launched in a bid to validate and explore viable 3D printing technology for…
Motorbikes, ships, scandium and NDT: inside Additive Manufacturing journal Oct. 2018
As seen from the highly efficient 3D printed batteries at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Missouri University of Science and Technology, the October 2018 edition of ScienceDirect’s Additive…
3D printing creates “major advance” for longer life batteries
Scientists from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Missouri University of Science and Technology have applied 3D printing to produce high capacity lithium-ion batteries. Deemed “a major advanc…
OPM to establish 3D printed medical device operations in Asia
High performance additive manufacturing (HPAM) and material science company Oxford Performance Materials (OPM) has partnered with advanced material supplier JSR Corporation in Tokyo to launch medical …
Airbus to help qualify GEFERTEC metal 3D printer for aerospace-grade production
GEFERTEC, the German developer and provider of 3DMP metal 3D printers and technology, is to deliver an industrial-scale arc403 machine to international aeronautics company Airbus. Together with German…
Allevi partners with Made In Space for first zero gravity tissue 3D printer
Allevi, the 3D bioprinting company formerly known as BioBots, has announced a partnership with U.S. microgravity 3D printer developer Made In Space. Together, the two companies are to work on the Alle…
Markforged cleared of IP infringement, Desktop Metal awaits countersuit
Markforged, the manufacturer of Mark series carbon fiber 3D printers and the Metal X, has been cleared of patent infringement allegations claimed by rival company Desktop Metal in March 2018. The case…
University of Huddersfield proposes universal language for additive manufacturing
Researchers from the University of Huddersfield in the UK are developing a new language to help streamline the additive manufacturing process. According to Dr Qunfen Qi, a research fellow at Huddersfi…
Volkswagen credits 3D printing for record breaking electric car
The Volkswagen I.D. R prototype electric racecar has smashed records at the 2018 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) with thanks, in part, to 3D printing. Given only 8 months to produce car fo…
Organizations rally to overturn 3D printed gun settlement
Californian 3D printing service bureau 3Diligent has issued a statement saying it “will not take orders to [3D] print guns or gun parts” intended to circumvent the Undetectable Firearms Ac…