Metals
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Sintavia, a designer and 3D printer of a new generation of flight and launch components, has developed proprietary printing technology for GRCop-42, the preferred copper alloy used by NASA and private space flight companies for rocket thrust chamber assemblies. The new technology, which is a combination of a proprietary parameter…
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Working with artist Ricardo Ragazzoni, MX3D began working on the Tresse project in 2020. This fully 3D printed stainless steel sculpture has now been placed in a private garden in the South of France. In his search for a manufacturing partner, Ragazzoni went to Italy and approached several companies that…
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In an industry-first, GKN Additive successfully adapted and enhanced a DP600-like material, a widely used low alloy dual-phase steel in the automotive industry, for additive manufacturing. The process enables diverse designs and applications for mass production in automotive and in other industrial sectors. The newly developed metal powder materials DPLA…
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Precious metal powder manufacturer C. Hafner signed an official collaboration agreement with metal 3D printer OEM TRUMPF. Together, the companies will be pushing innovation and advancements in additive manufacturing technology with precious metals. The specific aim of the cooperation is a broad use of AM technology in an industrial environment.…
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Last March, ExOne made headlines by revealing the company was now able to mass-produce aluminum 6061 parts with its binder jetting technology. ExOne now also revealed that the breakthrough has been enabled by the use of Abbott‘s Continuous Furnace for sintering. The long-time collaborators have partnered on the use of…
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The NASA SBIR Phase I funding awarded to Elementum 3D is centered around the development of additively manufactured soft magnetic materials for large diameter (HETs). In-space electric propulsion systems are growing in terms of importance for interplanetary missions. Better manufacturing methods are needed to produce large diameter Hall-effect thrusters with…
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Optisys, an advanced turnkey antenna, and radar product supplier, use the SLM 500 to manufacture parts used on space missions that include the moon. SLM technology offers multiple advantages but of particular interest to space, companies are that parts can be manufactured using topology optimization to produce light, compact and…
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GE Aviation has received Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) approval from the US Air Force (USAF) for an F110 additively manufactured sump cover. The latest milestone in the USAF and GE’s pathfinder Pacer Edge program, this F110 component is the first engine component designed for and produced by metal additive manufacturing…
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A study conducted by Swiss researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and ETH in Zurich has produced, for the first time via additive manufacturing, a high-density amorphous and crack-free bulk metallic glass (BMG) based on palladium alloy. The results show significant promise in the use of such material…
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PyroGenesis Canada has shipped its first commercial samples of plasma atomized titanium powder to a client in the aerospace industry (that will remain confidential for competitive reasons). These are the first samples shipped using PyroGenesis’ new cutting-edge Additive Manufacturing NexGen plasma atomization powder production line. “This shipment represents the first…
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