Materials for Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing

What additive manufacturing material for which AM technology? There is a host of additive manufacturing materials out there and the process of joining materials to make parts from 3D model data looks like a story that never ends.

Metallic Powders Company H.C. Starck Tantalum & Niobium rebrands as TANIOBIS

As of July 1, 2020, H.C. Starck Tantalum & Niobium (Ta&Nb) will operate under the TANIOBIS brand. A subsidiary of JX Nippon Mining & Metals, TANIOBIS produces high-quality materials, powders, and alloys based on tantalum...

Heraeus AMLOY and TRUMPF explore new opportunities for 3D printing of amorphous metals

Heraeus AMLOY andTRUMPF are currently collaborating together to open door to new applications for 3D printing of amorphous metals. Both companies aim at establishing additive manufacturing of these materials as a standard production method on the shop floor...

Metalpine opens new production site for metal additive manufacturing powders

Metalpine has recently celebrated the launch of a new production site for metal additive manufacturing powders. The celebration took place before the containment measures at the new site located in Graz in the southeast...

Spectrum Filaments launches two 3D Printing materials for medical and engineering applications

Polish materials producer Spectrum Filaments has unveiled two 3D Printing filaments:  ABS Medical and PET-G FX120. Ideal for medical and engineering applications, these materials deliver properties that meet several requirements in the aforementioned industries....

New extruder turns METHOD 3D Printer into an open materials platform

MakerBot has announced the availability of the MakerBot LABS Experimental Extruder for METHOD. With the new extruder, users will be able to leverage Method 3D printer as an open materials platform and explore a wide range...

Essentium is working with Lehvoss to develop high-performance 3D printing materials

Essentium & Lehvoss Group are currently collaborating to produce high-performance 3D printing materials. Essentium is a US-based manufacturer of extrusion-based 3D printing processes. Its 3D printers required high performance materials that can enable the fabrication of...

Dr. John Duffy on the role of materials characterization in Additive Manufacturing

In general, materials are so complex that they often lead to longer product cycle times when the appropriate material has not been leveraged or used properly. In additive manufacturing, that complexity is even more...

DSM & JuggerBot 3D explore possibilities offered by pellet extrusion 3D printing

Royal DSM & Juggerbot 3D are currently exploring the use of fused granulate fabrication (FGF) in additive manufacturing applications. The science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living is currently exploring new activities via its additive manufacturing division....

Fortify’s new technology addresses challenges that have persisted for decades when processing filled 3D printed resins

Named CKMTM, short for Continuous Kinetic Mixing, Fortify’s new system enables new possibilities for 3D printed photopolymers. There are some industry challenges that have persisted for decades when processing filled resins. Indeed, fiber and particle...

BEAMIT combines its additive manufacturing capabilities with Praxair coating services

A new collaboration will enable Praxair Surface Technologies and BEAMIT will improve the use of additive manufacturing in the aviation industry. Praxair is acknowledged for several types of services including powders and gases the company...

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