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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.

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...

Norsk Titanium delivers a 3D printed flight critical structure to a defense customer

Norsk Titanium, a producer of aerospace-grade structural titanium components using its patented Rapid Plasma Deposition® (RPD®) technology, has delivered a flight critical aircraft structure to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), a defense and...

1000 Kelvin and Fieldmade join forces to support the military sector with AM. Here is how.

1000 Kelvin, the AI-driven additive manufacturing (AM) software company that recently launched AMAIZE, joins forces with Fieldmade, an expert in mobile manufacturing for rugged environments. Together, they ambition to increase the immediate deployment of 3D...

Auburn University to support the US Army with its Additive Manufacturing expertise in a $50M project

Auburn University just secured what is described as the largest research contract in university history. Through a new three-year project, the advanced manufacturing team from the university will help the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities...

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