Italian 3D printer manufacturer Kentstrapper has launched the Mille, a large-format FDM system with a 1,000 × 1,000 × 1,000 mm build volume. Previewed at Mecspe 2026 in Bologna, the machine is now commercially available from €40,000 plus VAT. Each…
America Makes selects 25 suppliers for $10.5M metal AM qualification program
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) have selected 25 project teams for a $10.5 million program intended to expand the US defense industrial base for metal additive manufacturing. The Joint Additive Qualification for Sustainment…
RWTH Aachen releases open-source geometry library to reduce AM CAM memory requirements
The Institute Digital Additive Production (DAP) at RWTH Aachen University has released an open-source computational geometry library for developing and optimizing additive manufacturing CAM software. Called DAPComputationalGeometry, or DAP-CG, the C# library provides geometry-processing algorithms for build orientation, support structure…
Researchers 3D print photo-responsive components for dynamic light modulation
Researchers in Poland and Italy have developed photo-responsive materials for vat photopolymerization that allow 3D printed components to dynamically alter the intensity and polarization of a laser beam. The materials incorporate azobenzene-based molecules whose orientation changes when exposed to polarized…
ZCZH selects Xaar Nitrox printheads for industrial wax-jetting 3D printing system
ZCZH, a China-based industrial 3D printing company, has selected Xaar Nitrox printheads for a wax-jetting system designed to produce patterns for precision investment casting. The system converts 3D design data into wax patterns through an additive inkjet process. The approach…
AML3D carries A$16.8 million in orders into FY2027 as US Navy demand drives expansion
AML3D, an Australian manufacturer of wire additive manufacturing systems, is carrying A$16.8 million of orders into its 2027 financial year after its order book peaked at A$29 million during FY2026. The company received A$20 million in new orders during the…
Pratt & Whitney tests TJ150 engine with nearly 60% additively manufactured content
Pratt & Whitney, an aircraft engine manufacturer owned by RTX, has completed demonstration testing of a TJ150 expendable engine in which nearly 60% of the engine by volume was produced using additive manufacturing. The company is using the technology to…
Sinterit and DyeMansion partner on compact SLS post-processing workflow
Sinterit, a Polish manufacturer of selective laser sintering systems, has partnered with polymer post-processing specialist DyeMansion to offer an integrated printing, vapor smoothing and coloring workflow for compact industrial SLS users. Under the agreement, Sinterit will sell DyeMansion’s VX1 vapor…
Lithoz reports 40% growth in ceramic material revenue as LCM production scales
Lithoz, an Austrian ceramic 3D printing company, has reported a 40% year-over-year increase in ceramic material revenue at the end of the second quarter of 2026. The company attributed the growth to rising production volumes among Lithography-based Ceramic Manufacturing (LCM)…
Italian researchers use field-driven lattice design to cut prosthetic socket weight by 25%
Researchers from four Italian universities have developed a digital workflow for producing patient-specific upper-limb prosthetic sockets with spatially graded lattice structures. Combining 3D scanning, finite element analysis, elastic-plastic homogenization and Field-Driven Design, the method adjusts lattice strut diameter according to…
