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Additive manufacturing for Defence & Nuclear

From prototype concept through to design and manufacture, defence & nuclear industry applications are part of the nascent industries that adopt additive manufacturing technologies. This segment reports on these applications and sheds light on defence and nuclear organizations’ approach of AM technologies.

Mehler Protection enhances its ballistic protection solutions with 3D printing

Mehler Protection, a provider of protection and tactical-gear solutions for law enforcement and military forces, enhances its ballistic protection solutions with the launch of PROTEC3D. It is a product line that relies on Additive...
IperionX, Titanium, HAMR, furnaces

IperionX achieves major milestone with titanium furnace production

IperionX, an advanced titanium production technology company, has announced that the first production run of its Hydrogen Assisted Metallothermic Reduction (HAMR) furnaces at their Titanium Manufacturing Campus in Virginia, USA, has been successful. This...

Pratt & Whitney on its use of metal Additive Manufacturing for the development of military engines

Although it operates in a critical market often subject to confidentiality when it comes to revealing how it uses AM, we know Pratt & Whitney has built up expertise in using AM for the...

When DED metal 3D printing works for the French Navy

In sectors such as defense, laser powder bed fusion is not always the first Additive Manufacturing technology that comes to mind, especially for the creation and repair of metal parts. After Cold Spray Additive...

Westinghouse 3D prints bottom nozzles to improve safety and efficiency in operating nuclear reactors

Westinghouse continues its journey in the use of AM within nuclear power plants by releasing recently developed applications. This time, the said application is a set of bottom nozzles designed to improve debris capture...

Additive Talks: The use of AM in the nuclear industry and its hidden complexities

This third episode of Additive Talks was the continuation of a conversation that started two years ago during season two of Additive Talks. With different characters this time, this virtual table provides an update...

Additive Talks: The use of AM in the nuclear industry and its hidden complexities

Two years ago, when we first sat down with industry insiders from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Burloak Technologies to discuss the use of Additive Manufacturing in the nuclear industry (Additive Talks, season 2,...

SPEE3D unveils on-site metal AM solution for the defense industry

SPEE3D, Australian metal additive manufacturing company, has unveiled its Expeditionary Manufacturing Unit (EMU), a complete on-site mobile additive manufacturing solution. EMU combines SPEE3D’s expeditionary metal 3D printer, XSPEE3D, with its SPEE3Dcell post-processing and testing...

3D printed jet engine developed by Beehive Industries undergoes first test firing

Beehive Industries, the additively-enabled jet propulsion company, completes first fire tests for its 3D-printed engine demonstrator. This engine is a high-efficiency, attritable engine designed for unmanned aerial defense vehicles such as cruise missiles, collaborative combat...

New milestone for the use of AM in the nuclear industry: Westinghouse 3D prints its 1,000th fuel flow plate

Westinghouse Electric Company, a company that provides a wide range of nuclear power plant products and services to utilities throughout the world, continues to push the use of AM in the nuclear industry. The company’s...