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.

One step closer to 3D printed body armours

Since December 2020, AML3D Limited is collaborating with Lightforce a manufacturer of defence solutions, for their next-generation ‘made-to-fit’ titanium body armour prototype trials.  The Australian expert in WAAM announces that they are entering the Stage...

Burloak Technologies and Kinectrics to Develop & Qualify 3D Printable Parts for the Nuclear Power Industry

Burloak Technologies Inc., a division of Samuel, Son & Co., Limited, and Kinectrics sign an agreement to develop and qualify additively manufactured parts for the global nuclear power generation industry. Kinetrics provides life cycle management...

ORNL equips TVA Browns Ferry nuclear plant with 3D printed nuclear reactor components

“This project provides the foundation for designing and manufacturing a variety of 3D-printed parts that will contribute to creating a clean energy future”, John Strumpell, manager of North America Fuel R&D at Framatome. As far...

An entire new category of national stock numbers has been created for 3D printing filaments

A National Stock Number (also known as a NATO Stock Number) is simply the official label applied to an item of supply that is repeatedly procured, stocked, stored, issued, and used throughout the federal supply system. The 13-digit...

Why is AM a good production candidate for expeditionary manufacturing? Phillips Corporation told us.

Exclusive feature sponsored by the Military Additive Manufacturing Summit.  Do you believe that necessity is the mother of invention? I do, and today, I think that this saying has never been truer than in the...

3YOURMIND supports the SIMMT’s decentralized production that requires the management of a fleet of 60 FDM 3D printers

The area of use for additive manufacturing in the military sector is vast, both from a logistical and industrial point of view. It enables a quick, decentralized, and flexible production of parts that would...

ASTRO America To Support the fabrication of U.S. Army’s Largest Metal 3D Printer for Ground Vehicle Production

The Applied Science & Technology Research Organization short for ASTRO America has been selected to manage a new U.S. Army initiative to develop and deliver a hull-scale tool using metal additive manufacturing technology. ASTRO America...

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