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.

Lubrizol recently joined Ultimaker’s Material Alliance Program

The Lubrizol Corporation recently announces, it has joined Ultimaker’s Material Alliance Program. With a worldwide network that includes formulation design, manufacturing, R&D and cutting-edge technologies, Lubrizol Engineered Polymers brings more than six decades of experience in...

AP&C to provide metal AM Specialist Titomic with titanium powders

Additive manufacturing companies AP&C and Titomic announced a double collaboration yesterday. The company of GE Additive will supply the Australian manufacturer with Titanium Ti6Al4V powder. In addition to the supply agreement, both companies sign a...

Digital Metal® releases superalloys DM 247 and DM 625 for demanding environments

Acknowledged for their ability to withstand extreme conditions, superalloys are increasingly becoming materials of choice for some applications requiring the use of metal additive manufacturing. Most of these applications are observed in the aerospace,...

FORECAST 3D installs 2 new HP Jet Fusion 5210 Pro 3D Printers– now offers TPU Material

FORECAST 3D, 3D printing service bureau, has installed two of HP’s Jet Fusion 5210 Pro industrial 3D printers. The company now supplies a new elastic material (TPU) option, ULTRASINT™ developed by BASF. HP unveiled its...

SprintRay, Inc. adds Biocompatible, Model 3D Printing Resins to its portfolio

Medical Tech company SprintRay expands its 3D printing resin portfolio with four new FDA-compliant dental 3D printing resins and new model resins. According to SprintRay, these new additions offer similar or superior performance to their brand-name competitors at a reduced...

An additive manufacturing standard-guide for mechanical testing of plastics will be available soon

Standardization organization ASTM, is currently working on an additive manufacturing standard-guide for mechanical testing of plastics (WK66029). AM operators, AM systems suppliers, material producers, testing laboratories, technology adopters, type-certification holders, and certificate regulators will learn...

ExOne Licenses ORNL Ceramic Metal 3D Printing to produce neutron imaging parts

Specialist of binder jetting technology ExOne has licensed a patent-pending method of 3D printing a ceramic-metal material from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Both companies had previously announced their collaboration to develop cutting-edge technology...

Anisoprint & Polymaker explore new properties for composite 3D Printed parts

Anisoprint and Polymaker have announced a collaboration that aims to explore a wide range of properties for composite 3D Printed parts. As a reminder, Anisoprint develops and commercializes desktop 3D printers intended for the manufacture...

Nexxt Spine creates 3D printed porous titanium interbodies using GE Additive’s Mlab printer

Following the investment in its fifth additive manufacturing system, Nexxt Spine is now able to share a few advancements of their activities. The specialist of spinal solutions has been granted FDA 510(k) clearance of the NEXXT MATRIXX® Stand Alone...

Aeromet develops one of the strongest aluminium AM powders, the A20X™

Aeromet, a manufacturer of cast and finished components to the Aerospace & Defence Industries, has developed an aluminium alloy for additive manufacturing (AM). Called A20X™, the patented powder is said to be one of...

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