Energy
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GE Research announced it has been awarded access to the world’s top supercomputer at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to support the optimization of jet engines and power generation equipment. With access to the advanced computing capability, GE Research says it will be able to focus on reducing fuel…
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A pair of two-year-long Joint Innovation Projects (JIPs) aimed at the qualification of additive manufacturing in the Oil & Gas and Maritime industries, have come to a close. The projects, which brought on 20 partners from across the industries, concluded with a celebration in Norway organized by DNV GL and…
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During the company’s annual meeting – AM2020 – which was held this week within a very large dedicated space inside Florence’s Leopolda Station, energy giant Baker Hughes extensively discussed and showed new technological solutions that will enable to company to meet its decarbonization goals by 2030. It may seem almost…
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GE and partners at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Xerox-owned PARC have been granted over $1.3 million through ARPA-E’s DIFFERENTIATE program. The funding will enable the partners to pursue a research project aimed at reducing design and validation timelines for additive manufacturing by as much as 65%. If successful,…
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Texas-based high precision machining services provider Knust-Godwin is expanding its additive manufacturing parts production services. After acquiring four Renishaw SLM systems last year, the company has just acquired a Sapphire metal 3D printer from VELO3D. As a new and very young player in the metal AM sector, every single system…
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IT service provider Accucode is partnering up with RCAM Technologies, a specialist in large-scale concrete additive manufacturing, to develop 3D printed wind energy components made from concrete. Central to the project is RCAM’s additive manufacturing technology, which is being adapted from concrete 3D printing and more conventional construction methods. The…
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In a big effort to increase reliance on renewable energy sources in the Swedish city of Göteborg, Göteborg Energi and Siemens are partnering to test state-of-the-art gas turbine technology and renewable fuels. The partnership will be based at the Rya combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Göteborg’s energy port…
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GKN Additive has announced a new partnership with Germany-based Kueppers Solutions, an expert in industrial combustion technology. Through the collaboration, GKN Additive will mass produce highly energy-efficient mixing units for industrial burners using additive manufacturing, which will help to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions in the industry substantially. Kueppers Solutions has…
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Remet, a leading European manufacturer of steel structures used in the oil and gas industry, has opened a modern laboratory specializing in the production of prototypes and parts using metal 3D printing technology. Located in Stalowa Wola, Poland, the company has installed one of the most modern metal 3D printers…
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A team from the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM) has produced a scaled gas turbine demonstrator model using additive manufacturing to showcase both the potentials and limitations of powder bed fusion technologies. The model, a 1:25 scale version of a power generation gas turbine, was almost…
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