A 3D printed grade of steel, capable of producing tools that cut titanium, has won a $15 thousand AUD ($10 thousand USD) prize for a PhD candidate at RMIT University, Melbourne. The project, conducted…
Additec brings directed energy deposition metal 3D printing to the desktop
Additec, a company based in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Bremen, Germany, has launched its first metal 3D printer for the desktop. Using laser metal deposition (LMD), a variety of directed energy deposition…
RMIT applies metal 3D printing to aircraft maintenance and repair
Professor Milan Brandt at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University is leading a project applying metal 3D printing to service the Australian Defence Forces. Working with national airc…
3D-Hybrid releases metal 3D printing toolheads for any CNC
3D-Hybrid, a machine tool company based in California, has released a set of printheads that deliver metal additive manufacturing to existing CNC machines. According to the company, the range can be i…
Bossard Group corners 3D printing market with TRUMPF, German RepRap and Henkel
Bossard (SWX:BOSN), a Swiss fastener technology and logistics group, is entering the additive manufacturing market as a supplier for three established 3D printing industry names. Partnered with TRUMPF…
Formalloy releases L-series LMD metal printer featuring Blue Wavelength laser technology
California-based 3D metal printer manufacturer Formalloy have released their Lab Series (L-series) metal printer, which uses its own patented Laser Metal Deposition technology together with a blue las…
GKN Aerospace partners with Oak Ridge National Laboratory for large-scale additive manufacturing
The aerospace arm of British multinational GKN has signed an agreement with US research facility Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). As reported by Aviation Week, the five-year agreement will focus …
German ministry of education launches “virtually limitless” metal 3D printing project with KUKA Industries
The German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMMF) and KUKA Industries are working on large format metal 3D printing with a number of manufacturing and institutional partners. Titled ProLMD…
BeAM Machines prepares Solutions Center for serial production with Magic 2.0 additive manufacturing
Industrial metal 3D printer manufacturers BeAM Machines, headquartered in Strasbourg, France, has delivered its 5 axis Magic 2.0 machine to it’s Solutions Center in North America. The facility i…