Metals
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Soon to be commercialized by specialized Australian metal 3D printing service provider Amaero, new high-performance titanium alloy, Amalloy Beta Ti, is now closer to broad international patent coverage, having entered the national phase of the Patent Co-operation Treaty (“PCT”). Amalloy Beta Ti is a heat treatable version of a beta…
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Metal AM company VELO3D has developed a process for 3D printing parts made from aluminum F357 using its Sapphire system. The now commercially available process creates numerous opportunities for the foundry-grade aluminum alloy, especially for thin-walled heat transfer applications in the aerospace and defense industries. Traditionally, aluminum F357 has been…
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Heraeus AMLOY, a specialist in amorphous metals, has partnered with machine manufacturing company TRUMPF to advance the 3D printing of amorphous metals. The group of materials, also known as metallic glasses, demonstrate exceptional strength (twice as strong as steel) but with less weight and more elasticity. Through their collaboration, the…
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Equispheres, a materials science company based in Ottawa, Canada, has raised CAD $30 million (~USD $21M) through a Series B investment round. The funding round was led by HG Ventures, an investor firm specializing in advanced materials and sustainable tech, and saw participation from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) and…
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A team of researchers from Texas A&M University and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has developed a technique for 3D printing defect-free parts made from martensitic steel, a steel variant with superior strength and which is more cost-effective to produce. The hard steel has applications in the aerospace, automotive…
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During 3dpbm’s recent visit to the new GE Additive Arcam EBM Center of Excellence in Gothenburg, we had the opportunity to sit down with the two persons in charge of the company’s Technology and Engineering teams: Annika Ölme, VP of Engineering, and Isak Elfström, VP of Technology. Their teams make…
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M. Holland Company, a distributor of thermoplastic resin materials, has announced an expanded distribution partnership with BASF 3D Printing Solutions. The agreement will see M. Holland begin to distribute a stainless-steel composite filament, BASF’s Ultrafuse 316L, marking the company’s first foray outside of thermoplastic resins. Ultrafuse 316L is a metal-polymer…
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Massachusetts-based 3D printing company Markforged is now one of a small handful of companies in the AM industry offering a copper 3D printing material. Today, the company announced the release of pure Copper for its Metal X 3D printer, which will enable the production of complex copper components with high…
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Elementum 3D, Inc., a Colorado-based R&D company specializing in the development of advanced metals and composites for additive manufacturing, has received an investment from trading firm Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA). The backing will enable Elementum 3D to expand its marketing and sales efforts for its proprietary metal powder technology.…
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Copper has been hot in 3D printing recently and titanium has been hot from the start of the metal AM industry. Now a study on a new titanium copper alloy, published in Nature Journal by RMIT researchers, combines the two materials in order to reduce the risk of cracking and deformation.…
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