Research & Development

If you think for a second, the biggest innovations that are shaking the world of today started with R&D. This stage has been fundamental in any industrial revolution, including additive manufacturing. This segment highlights the latest AM developments in the R&D sector.

Meet The Educator and The Researcher: B-jetting’s 3D binder-jet development platforms

These modular printers are 100% designed, built, and serviced in the US. Dan Brunermer has come a long way. When he started his consultancy firm...

Lithoz’ Ceramic 3D printing process to support go-to-market strategy of patented polycrystal components for solid-state lasers

A new partnership between ceramic 3D printing company Lithoz and Italian start-up ZENIT Smart Polycrystals will accelerate the go-to-market strategy of the latter’s patented...

One step closer to 3D printing models of life-like 3D organs

A team of University of Colorado researchers has developed a new strategy for transforming medical images, such as CT or MRI scans, into incredibly...

A look at Rotational multimaterial 3D printing

A research team from Harvard, has developed a Rotational multimaterial printing technology for creating helical filaments. Using this new approach, the team designed and...

Rounding off another demanding year: what the AM industry should keep from 2022 to move forward in 2023

From mergers & acquisitions to bankruptcies, expected & unexpected milestones, 2022 led us through an emotional rollercoaster. As 2022 draws to a close, 3D...

An OpeN-AM experimental platform enables to study the microscopic behavior of additive metal welds as they’re being created

The experimental platform system is called OpeN-AM, with OpeN being short for operando neutrons, a term for using neutrons to study something while it’s...

Could metal 3D printed high-temperature, high-pressure receivers help to a decarbonized world?

While harnessing energy from the sun is key to a decarbonized world, getting to those higher temperatures needed in industry is often the Holy...

Lockheed Martin and Sintavia to explore metal additive manufacturing opportunities as an alternative to castings and forgings

This is an interesting partnership: a global security and aerospace company (Lockheed Martin) on the one hand and a designer and manufacturer of advanced...

ANDRITZ Savonlinna Works Oy & FAME 3D print large pressure vessel

Pressure vessels are enclosed containers that hold liquids, vapors, and gases at a pressure significantly higher or lower than the ambient pressure. Their size...

TRUMPF 3D prints critical part for particle accelerator for CERN-coordinated I.FAST project

If you read this article, you may have seen a pure-copper accelerator component produced using AM as part of the EU-funded I.FAST project coordinated...