New R&D project to establish a comprehensive test and manufacturing data set for aircraft 3D printed interior parts

Etihad Engineering, EOS and Baltic3D.eu are joining forces in a new R&D project entitled “FDM and SLS industrial 3D printing technology applicability in serial...

How Orbital Composites’ technology solution could deliver on 3D printing promise for robotic automation

Even though there is currently a broader use of composite materials in sectors like the automotive due to the desirable combination of low weight...

Partially 3D printed vehicle Czinger 21C smashes lap record in auto racing

Czinger, an engineering company that has been developing high-performance vehicles of the same name, has set a new lap record at WeatherTech Laguna Seca...

In a program issued to Boeing, Thermwood’s LSAM plays a key role in the development of a cure tool

As far as applications are concerned, we have seen the capabilities of Thermwood’s Large Scale Additive Manufacturing (LSAM) in yachts, in autoclave tooling including...

A solution to 3D print with “butterfly wings”

Cholesteric liquid crystals, a man-made material with properties between liquids and solid crystals, can mimic the colors of butterfly wings. Liquid crystals are used...

How 3D printing helps produce custom-moulded digiscoping adaptors.

Digiscoping is a neologism for afocal photography. The term consists in using a (digital) camera to record distant images through the eyepiece of an...

Is Additive Manufacturing ready for Blockchain?

Three years ago, the integration of blockchain in additive manufacturing processes was an idea that professionals had not studied yet in-depth. In 2018, companies...

ExOne and Maxxwell Motors to develop 3D Printed Copper Windings for Electric Drive Systems

Despite the tangible benefits AM can bring in the production of electric motors, this application still remains one of the most complex ones for...

100,000th additively manufactured fuel nozzle tip produced and shipped by GE Aviation

Two GE Aviation facilities reached a new milestone in July with one shipping the 100,000th Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) turbine shroud and the other...

Desktop Metal upgrades its metal 3D printing solution for dentistry along and releases chrome cobalt as first material for this sector

The launch of Desktop Health, a healthcare business within Desktop Metal, first saw the development of material solutions that could be leveraged with EnvisionTec’s...