German railway company Deutsche Bahn is integrating metal additive manufacturing 3DMP technology from GEFERTEC to improve the availability of hard-to-procure spare parts. The 3DMP process was implemented for the first time as part of this pilot project. According to Dr. Tina Schlingmann,…
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Wabtec brings industrial 3D printing to the rail industry with purchase of GE’s H2
Global rail and transit manufacturer Wabtec has become one the first customers for the H2 binder jet metal 3D printer from GE Additive. The Pennsylvania-based company plans to use the 3D printer to manufacture large, complex parts, growing the use…
Bombardier Transportation installs Stratasys F900 3D printer for maintenance and end-use rail parts
German rail company Bombardier Transportation has installed a Stratasys F900 3D printer at its Hennigsdorf facility, north-west of Berlin. The F900 FDM/FFF printer will be used for the production of tooling, prototyping, and end-use parts for trains and trams. The…
Energica back on track for MotoE World Cup thanks to CRP Group
Italian electric motorbike manufacturer Energica, is back on course to participate in the inaugural 2019 FIM Enel MotoE World Cup which will begin in July this year. In March, the MotoE World Cup suffered a setback when all the eighteen bikes taking part in…
Navantia and Ministry of Defense to construct warships using additive manufacturing
Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense to construct five F-110 frigates (warships) incorporating additive manufacturing for the Spanish Navy. According to the company, these ships will be the first in the fleet to have…
Major European railways sign MoU to identify applications for additive manufacturing
At the 3rd Additive Manufacturing Forum in Berlin, German railway company Deutsche Bahn (DB), the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), Italian train operator Trenitalia and government-owned Swedish railways company SJ signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by proxy of seven European…
DNV GL leads research on Singapore-based program for additive manufacturing in the maritime sector
DNV GL, an Oslo-based international classification society, has been appointed as the lead researcher of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore-initiated Joint Industry Program (JIP) which seeks to accelerate additive manufacturing in the maritime industry. Within the JIP, DNV…
MELD Manufacturing graduates to Phase III in the army’s search for an expeditionary helping hand
In August 2018, industrial metal 3D printing company MELD Manufacturing announced that it had been selected for Phase 1 of the U.S. Army’s Expeditionary Technology Search, xTechSearch. Now, over 7 months later, the company has confirmed that it has graduated through Phase…
Deutsche Bahn extends partnership with 3YOURMIND to develop digital spare parts warehouse
German railway company Deutsche Bahn (DB) has extended its collaboration with Berlin-based 3D printing software developer 3YOURMIND. Sourcing 3D printing ideas from its employees, in this partnership DB plans to build a ‘digital spare parts warehouse’ using the 3YOURMIND digital workflow.…
Swinburne robot constructs automotive repair using 3D printing
Swinburne University of Technology has collaborated with Sydney-based industrial automation firm Tradiebot Industries and automotive aftercare company AMA Group to 3D print a replacement lug for an automotive headlamp assembly using a robotic arm. Initially funded by a sum of…
