CAMRE NPS XSPEE3D Cold Spray metal 3D printer and SPEE3Dcell post-processing unit crane-lifted onto the MV Asterix for RIMPAC 2026.

SPEE3D’s cold spray AM helps to produce 32 mission-critical parts at sea

SPEE3D’s cold spray metal additive manufacturing was recently chosen to manufacture mission-critical parts at sea across a distributed network reaching from ship to shore. The...

NordSpace accelerates Canada’s launch roadmap with its Hadfield‑150 additively manufactured engine

Aerospace defense company NordSpace recently unveiled a massive metal 3D printed combustion chamber, built for its light and medium lift orbital launch vehicles. To support...
3D-printed titanium replacement for Airbus aircraft

Materialise and Lufthansa Technik develop a 3D-printed titanium replacement for Airbus aircraft

3D printing service provider Materialise recently teams up with Lufthansa Technik to replace using 3D printing a damage-prone polymer part called the latch. This component...
Operator at Foundry

Continuum Powders to quality its metal powders for Mastrex’ LPBF 3D printers

Following the launch of its Custom Foundry Runtime (CFR) for small-batch production, Continuum Powders collaborates with machine manufacturer Mastrex to validate the use of...

ExOne and voxeljet GmbH now operate as one company

Since August 13, ExOne GmbH and voxeljet GmbH operate as one company. 2025: Anzu Partners united these two pioneering manufacturers of industrial binder jetting 3D...

Volkmann tackles powder moisture upstream of the printer, without heat

 The vDryer vacuum drying module from metal powder handling equipment manufacturer Volkmann USA restores metal 3D printing powders that have absorbed moisture to a...
© Fraunhofer IWM, Photo: Kai Wudtke Cyclic load testing of an additively manufactured metal component after me-chanical surface treatment at the highly stressed zones. In the experiment, the increase in service life achieved by the post-treatment is tested.

Fraunhofer IWM boosts fatigue strength of metal 3D printed parts by up to 40% and can now predict it

When a metal part is 3D printed, it comes out of the machine with weaknesses concentrated at its surface: roughness, tensile residual stress locked...

Arc Impact’s framework helps bridge design validation and scalable manufacturing through an application-first strategy.

Here is its framework. One of the concerns of aerospace and defense manufacturers is to figure out whether a difficult part can move from concept...

Freemelt joins Alpha Alliance to deliver 3D printed tungsten parts for Proxima Fusion’s net-energy stellarator

We do not usually get to speak twice in the same week about the same company. Yet, here we are, talking about Proxima Fusion,...

Explaining AM PravaH®: Multiscale simulation predictions for every stage of the metal AM workflow

Producing high-quality feedstock, i.e., powder of a variety of alloys, to achieve high-quality metal AM products is one of the challenges that the AM...