Metal Additive Manufacturing
Metal additive manufacturing is the fastest growing area of industrial 3D printing and is continuing on its disruptive journey, overcoming major challenges and seeing faster movement into true serial production applications.
This trend is spurring more healthy growth in the segment, despite temporary slowdowns experienced at the end of 2016. Now the metal additive manufacturing market appears to be entering its next major phase of growth, with the established area of metal powder bed fusion technologies undergoing major changes to address costs and volumes limitations, and an emerging market coalescing around new bound metal printing technologies.
Relevant Initiatives in this metal additive manufacturing include end-to-end process optimization for both powder bed (SLM, EBM) and powder fed processes (DED, LMD) by all major manufacturers including GE (Concept Laser and Arcam), EOS, 3D Systems, SLM Solutions, Trumpf, DMG Mori and more. Another interesting area of growth is the development of production-ready metal binder jetting technologies and bound metal technologies from major new entry players such as Desktop Metal, HP and GE – along with polymer market leader Stratasys’ own initiatives.
Latest metal additive manufacturing news:
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After opening new customer centers in China and North America earlier this year, GKN Powder Metallurgy launched a third customer center in Germany on July 10th. The state-of-the-art facility in Bonn is a setting for customers and partners to experience all aspects of powder metallurgy and additive technologies. The customer…
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Last month, Desktop Metal announced it was ready to ship its Studio System across Europe, to customers in France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands and the UK. In its latest update, the company revealed its first customers in the UK. The University of Sheffield and global engineering solutions…
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Founded in 1969, Elnik Instruments, Inc. was established as a wholly owned subsidiary of W.H. Joens & Co. GMBH, in Germany, to market the company’s line of temperature controllers, recorders, and programmers. These instruments were designed for use on industrial furnaces, vacuum furnaces, and a variety of plastic extrusion and…
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Despite the many advances in Laser Powder Bed Fusion technology in recent years—including multi-laser capabilities and even support-free builds—powder bed fusion has remained limited by certain factors, namely, consistency. In fact, speaking to many people across the industry, consistency and reliability are two critical points that keep coming up as…
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Texas-based precision machining company Knust-Godwin recently acquired four RenAM 500Q metal 3D printers from UK-based Renishaw. Since implementing the metal AM systems, the company has reported a drastic reduction in lead times for the production of large, complex components for oilfield instrumentation. Like many industrial companies, when Knust-Godwin first adopted…
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Australian company Titomic Limited is partnering with Danish engineering company and mining equipment producer FLSmidth to explore the use of Titomic Kinetic Fusion technology (TKF) for manufacturing high-wear resistant parts for mining applications. The companies will initially collaborate through a production trial agreement to assess the potential of the TKF…
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Australia-based Aurora Labs Ltd recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sweden-based aluminum manufacturer Gränges AB. The agreement, signed through Aurora Labs’ wholly owned subsidiary A3D Operations Pty Ltd., will focus on the development advancement of aluminum for additive manufacturing in the automotive and other industries. The five-year MoU…
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After many years in stealth mode, California-based VELO3D emerged in August 2018 with the release of its end-to-end Sapphire metal 3D printer. The industry took notice. The system, based on the company’s Intelligent Fusion technology, gained significant attention for its promise of support-free 3D printing and production capabilities. Since then, VELO3D…
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Titomic Limited, an Australia-based specialist in metal additive manufacturing, is partnering with German producer of wear-resistant precision metal parts C.A. PICARD Group. Together, the companies will leverage Titomic’s Kinetic Fusion (TKF) technology to produce metal components for the extruder technology market. Titomic will use its proprietary metal AM process to…
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Rosswag Engineering, a division of die forged product provider Rosswag GmbH, has today announced the acquisition of its third selective laser melting (SLM) 3D printer from SLM Solutions. The machine, an SLM 280, was recently delivered and installed at Rosswag Engineering’s facility in Pfinztal, Germany and will enable the company…
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