Additive Manufacturing
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One of the reasons why Boston is becoming a global hub for advanced additive manufacturing is MIT. Several high- profile startups have spun-off from the prestigious University and went on to become AM industry pioneers and unicorns. And traditional industry leaders have… adapted. Now MIT has launched a new industry-facing…
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Even now, news from Formnext 2018 is still trickling in. 3YOURMIND announced this week that it recruited AM veteran Stefan Ritt as its new Head of Global Marketing at the industry event and now a new partnership between AK Steel International B.V. and Bralco Advanced Materials Pte. Ltd. has been…
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Israeli metal and ceramic 3D printing company XJet has announced that Russian company AB Universal has signed on as its latest distribution partner. The distribution agreement, penned at Formnext 2018, will see AB Universal market and sell XJet’s Carmel AM systems in Russia. Within Russia, AB Universal is a recognized…
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PostProcess Technologies (PPT) has announced a new partnership with CUBRC, a not-for-profit scientific corporation specializing in machine learning research, development, testing and systems integration. PPT will utilize its new partner’s Heartwood Analytics suite to advance its own software platforms. The goal of the partnership is to improve PPT’s software offering…
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Over one hundred years ago, the Ford Motor Company reinvented manufacturing with the introduction of the assembly line. Today, the company has continued to show its propensity for innovation, exploring and utilizing new technologies to reinvigorate vehicle production. Recently, for instance, the Michigan-based automaker opened its new Advanced Manufacturing Center…
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With stock value still holding high, even after coming down a little from peaking in September, and booming revenues, Protolabs is one of the most exciting companies in additive manufacturing. In many ways, the company is marking the transition from 3D as software to 3D as a service, which anticipates the…
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Japanese corporation Canon has announced the arrival of a new ceramic 3D printing technology and proprietary ceramic 3D printing material. Canon says the “highly accurate” technology is capable of 3D printing ceramics with “complex geometries” such as honeycomb structures. Within the scope of additive manufacturing as a whole, ceramic 3D…
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XERION (formally XERION Berlin Laboratories GmbH) is a company best known not for its additive manufacturing but for its advanced heating solutions. Still, that hasn’t stopped the German company from bringing its own AM innovation to the table. In fact, XERION has leveraged its expertise with heating technologies, such as…
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TRIDITIVE, a Spanish startup specializing in automated AM production lines using with both plastic and bound metal filaments, is partnering with the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the University of Oviedo MediaLab to drive researching and training programs in its SCALADD AM platform. SCALADD is intended to…
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The European Space Agency released details about a series of 3D printed ceramic objects it made using a simulated lunar regolith. The parts, consisting of small gears, screws and other components, demonstrate how 3D printing could one day be used on the moon’s surface, using local materials to print details…
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