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.

EVENT: Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace, Defence, & Space

The aerospace industry is continuously evolving, and the introduction of additive manufacturing (AM) has revolutionised the industry. AM is rapidly revolutionising the aerospace, defence,...

British Army tackles obsolescence with their first metal 3D printed parts

As part of a global advanced manufacturing investment programme that aims to place 3D printed parts anywhere in the world as and when the...

New 3D Printed Nuclear Component is in Operation. Installed by Framatome at Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant

Designer and supplier of nuclear equipment Framatome first appeared on our radar two years ago. It had just 3D printed uranium-molybdenum and uranium-silicon objects....

The Royal Netherlands Navy assesses Zetamix technology for the production of metal and ceramic 3D printed parts on site

The Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN), the naval force of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, is currently looking to produce 3D printed parts directly on...

A look at the additive manufacturing journey of a United States Air Force base

It started with a piece here, a small part there. Arnold Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in Coffee and...

Westinghouse achieves another premiere in nuclear AM: the fabrication and installation of a 3D Printed Fuel Debris Filter

The first application of additive manufacturing in the nuclear industry was a 3D printed thimble plugging device fabricated by Westinghouse and installed at Exelon’s...

3D Systems & Airbus Defence and Space leverage 3D printing to create RF Components for Fully Reconfigurable Satellite

With the goal of producing critical components for its industry-first satellite innovation – OneSat -, Airbus Defence and Space  called on 3D Systems’  Application Innovation...

Dive Technologies, an AUVs developer that brings 3D printing to subsea robotics, is now an Anduril Industries company

Defense technology company Anduril Industries has acquired Boston-based start-up Dive Technologies, a developer of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). Dive Technologies enables safe and successful access...

AM is not going to be the answer to everything…but the first step in making the DoD’s AM agenda a reality is “exposure”

Whether it is leveraged for emergency replacement of critical parts, manufacturing of unmanned platforms, or innovation in time of need, Additive Manufacturing has proven...

Ultra Safe Nuclear licenses ORNL method to 3D print Nuclear Reactor Components

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has developed a new method to 3D print components for nuclear reactors. Licensed by Ultra Safe Nuclear...