3D Printing Processes
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Modix, an Israeli-based 3D printer manufacturer, has expanded its portfolio of large-format AM systems for the aerospace, automotive and prosthetic markets. The new systems, which bring the company’s total offering to six 3D printers, are the Modix BIG-Meter, the Modix BIG-180X and the Modix BIG-40. The new large-format 3D printing…
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Smart, 4D biomedical implants that reconfigure themselves upon demand are closer to reality with a new way to print shape-shifting soft robots. Rafael Verduzco and graduate student Morgan Barnes of Rice’s Brown School of Engineering developed a method to print objects that can be manipulated to take on alternate forms…
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Intech Additive Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (formerly Intech DMLS), a metal additive manufacturing company based in Bangalore, has appointed Pradeep Nair as Vice President of Hardware Sales for APAC and ME Asia. Nair is a veteran of the AM industry and played a vital role in introducing the technology to the…
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Rocket Crafters, a Florida-based space launch company that has pioneered 3D printed rocket fuel, has completed testing for its Comet engine, a large-scale proof-of-concept test model for the STAR-3D hybrid rocket engine. The testing, which began in February, demonstrate that the patent-pending hybrid rocket engines could be viable for commercial…
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DLR, the German Aerospace Center, is getting ready to launch a parabolic flight that will test a completely new metal powder bed fusion additive manufacturing system for zero-G conditions that has been in development since 2017. The machine is based on a tried and tested principle and designed as a…
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UpNano GmbH, a Vienna-based company spun out from TU Wien, has made a breakthrough in nano-scale 3D printing by producing test specimens large enough for material characterization according to ISO standards. The test specimens were produced using UpNano’s 2-Photon Polymerization (2PP) 3D printing technology, which is capable of producing details…
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As we have seen and will continue to explore in our AM Focus this month, there are many facets to the topic of Sustainability within additive manufacturing. On the one hand, additive manufacturing opens up opportunities for more sustainable processes in many industries through the production of design-optimized and lightweight…
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Ohio-based metal AM company Open Additive has been awarded a 27-month Air Force Commercial Readiness Program (CRP) contract worth $2.94 million to industrialize and scale its large-format laser powder bed fusion metal additive manufacturing technology. The CRP contract, called Open Systems Platform for Multi-Laser Additive Manufacturing, is sponsored by the…
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Israeli startup Nanofabrica, which specializes in optical-based micro 3D printing technology, has raised $4 million through an investment round led by M12, Microsoft’s venture fund, and NextLeap Ventures. The money, which brings the company’s total investments to $7 million, will enable it to expand R&D efforts and grow its sales.…
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As additive manufacturing technology has developed rapidly over the last decades, it has shown great potential for environmental sustainability. The benefits offered through reduced material waste, supply chain innovations and the use of recycled plastics and metals in materials can all position AM as a sustainable production solution for companies.…
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