GKN Aerospace invests £50 million to establish an Additive Manufacturing center in Sweden
This investment is meant to build a Centre of Excellence in Trollhättan, Sweden, and will create 250 jobs for highly skilled engineers and operators.
Aerospace...
Align Technology completes acquisition of Cubicure, a developer of direct polymer 3D printing solutions
With this acquisition, Align aims to directly print millions of custom appliances per day.
When I look at the 24 acquisitions covered in 2023, the...
Proclaim develops oral health device with 3D printed mouthpiece to fight off life-threatening bacteria
In just 7 seconds at the push of a button, the clinically proven Custom-Jet Oral Health System comfortably could remove bacteria from one’s mouth,...
Military Additive Manufacturing Summit: What happened in 2023 & a glimpse into 2024
The US DoD is working to develop common technology, standards and processes for additive manufacturing that will enable the military services to share data...
Smart Watch Housings can be 3D printed with Titanium6Al4V and LMM
Remember lithography-based metal manufacturing? The Additive Manufacturing process that turns 3D files into prototypes and small-scale production of components in MIM (metal injection molding)...
Identifying defects by “listening” for them as they occur in a metal 3D printer
Acoustic monitoring for detecting porosity in laser powder bed fusion could be viable.
In a recent article, we learned that one can identify defects in...
Have you heard about the 3D-printed rotating detonation rocket engine NASA recently tested?
With bold objectives that consist in returning to returning to the moon, creating the infrastructure that will let us stay there, or even sending...
12 3D printing ventures that turned stealth mode off in 2023
Every year a range of new companies venture into the Additive Manufacturing industry. In the list of 2023’s newcomers, one notices that the growing...
Volkmann and EOS now provide automated metal powder solutions for 3D printing
A new partnership signed between 3D printer manufacturer EOS GmbH, and metal powder conveying equipment manufacturer Volkmann GmbH led to the compatibility of Volkmann’s...
How 3D printed facial implants help patients suffering from black fungus
Black fungus is a rare, dangerous infection caused by a group of molds called mucormycetes. It often affects the sinuses, lungs, skin, and brain....