Metal Additive Manufacturing

A wide range of different technologies can be used in the metal Additive Manufacturing field today. This segment looks at these technologies and the way they are leveraged by industries.

The AM strategies Sintavia takes to embrace the various directions the commercial aerospace market is embracing

The aerospace industry has always been mentioned as one of the early adopters of Additive Manufacturing. At the time (in the 2010s), being able to leverage plastic 3D printed parts for testing and simulation...

NASA’s new 3D printable alloy would be 1,000 times durable than existing aerospace metal alloys

The combination of material modeling with AM drastically accelerated the material development process and enabled the development of a material which delivers better performance As you may know, aerospace organization NASA is not a material...

Desktop Metal makes Sand 3D Printing Affordable with new Robotic 3D printing Machine

Robotic 3D printing is trending and for good reason, robotic solutions have opened new avenues of automation in numerous manufacturing industries. Manufacturers and industrials who have understood this potential are currently exploring an exciting paradigm...

 Triditive and Foxconn to develop new additive manufacturing equipment with Binder Jetting technology

The Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn has joined forces with the Spanish company Triditive, a leader in development of automated industrial AM machinery to develop a revolutionary binder jetting 3D Printer. Binder jetting technology, also known...

GE Aviation Singapore receives approval to use metal additive manufacturing for commercial jet engine component repairs.

Aerospace company GE Aviation celebrates a new milestone in its activity as its Singapore-based facility has been granted approval to use metal additive manufacturing for commercial jet engine component repairs. As you may guess, AM...

Velo3D releases Flow 3.0 to Support Print Preparation for Larger 3D Printed Parts

Metal additive manufacturing technology company Velo3D, releases its Flow 3.0 print preparation software. The new version supports larger models of parts that are able to be manufactured on the company’s Sapphire XC (Extra Capacity) printer, which...

3D Printed Tooling Inserts demonstrate various capabilities from MANTLE’s Trueshape technology

Remember MANTLE, the start-up that develops a hybrid metal 3D printing based on metal pastes? Well, ever-since it unveiled its Trueshape technology, the company decided to focus on tooling to demonstrate its capabilities.  As...

Equinor: An “Additive Mindset” to address climate change and sustainability issues

There are some industries – like the energy sector – where the struggle to drive climate change is more challenging than others. Brede Lærum and Pantea Khanshaghaghi took 50 minutes of their Wednesday shift...

ConocoPhillips shares first impressions after experiencing additive manufacturing

How would you describe your first experiences of additive manufacturing? For some users, the feeling is similar to the one you have when you unpack a Christmas present. For others, it’s the uncertainty in...

IperionX scales Titanium production for additive manufacturing with 100% recycled titanium metal as feedstock

IperionX ambitions to build a new Titanium Demonstration Facility (TDF) with an initial target capacity of -125 tonnes per annum by the end of 2022. US-based company IperionX ambitions to lead the American titanium market,...