AM Research
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Tomas Maccio, Laboratories Team Leader Additive Manufacturing at TWI, published an impressive video showing highly flexible 3D printed sheets of… tungsten. The term flexible tungsten is rarely seen as tungsten, a refractory metal, is known as one of the toughest things found in nature. It is super dense and almost…
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There is no question about additive manufacturing’s ability to produce complex, highly integrated geometries: in fact, this capability is one of the technology’s main advantages. Despite this, one of the hurdles to the broad implementation of AM has been actually creating these complex designs in the first place. That is,…
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Purdue University’s College of Engineering has received a grant worth $800,000 from the Department of Energy to accelerate the development of a 3D printed microreactor. The funding, provided through the Nuclear Energy University Program, will allow Purdue to become a key player in the Transformational Challenge Reactor (TCR) Demonstration Program…
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Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems (IKTS) have developed a Multi Material Jetting system that is capable of additively manufacturing parts that integrate multiple materials, including ceramics and metals. The process could enable the production of parts with tunable properties, including insulating or conductive properties, for…
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Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM) has installed a new metal-based 3D printing solution at its facility which will enable it to strengthen its position as an AM partner. The new system is the Fusion Factory developed by XERION BERLIN LABORATORIES (in cooperation with Fraunhofer IFAM…
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The National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME) at Auburn University in Alabama has received a $3 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which will support a two-year research project aimed at improving commercial air travel with 3D printed metal components. The research project will place a particular…
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You don’t need to tell us that 3D printing is an incredibly versatile technology, but that doesn’t mean that we don’t love seeing new ways it’s being used. Recently, a research team from the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) made a breakthrough by producing a super-high-resolution nano display using an…
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The University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) and Navatek LLC, a commercial and DoD research company specializing in ship hull forms and naval structures, have been granted a $5 million contract by the Office of Naval Research (ONR). The contract and funding will enable the partners to…
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21 partners from across Europe have teamed up to advance the development of multi-material metal additive manufacturing through the three-year MULTI-FUN project. The project has dual goals. First, to improve performance and efficiency in metal AM through the integration of multi-functionalities based on active materials, as well as to develop…
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Building on several years of experience analyzing and forecasting the opportunities associated with additive manufacturing composite FRP materials, 3dpbm Research is conducting the industry’s most comprehensive market study on this topic. If you are actively engaged in providing or developing composite AM technology and materials or are considering AM for…
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