Adoption of 3D Printing

GKN Aerospace to additively manufacture parts for a solid rocket motor demonstrator

Multinational aerospace and defense technology company Northrop Grumman has chosen GKN Aerospace, a company that designs and manufactures aerostructures and engine systems, to help with the production of parts for a solid rocket motor...

Additive Talks | New Space & AM: Current Applications driving industrialization & technological challenges

You may have heard it more than once: the transformative shift that the space field is undergoing is marked by the emergence of a “new space” economy. The New Space covers several industrial manufacturing...

New test confirms binder jetting can be used to 3D print recyclable residual materials from the construction industry

In collaboration with Parastruct GmbH, a company that specializes in converting mineral and biogenic waste streams into circular materials and components, 3D printer manufacturer voxeljet used its Binder Jetting 3D printing technology to process...

Airbus and AddUp install a metal 3D printer in the ISS

Six years ago, in a conversation with Airbus’ Delphine Carponcin, we learned that the space company was working with the European Space Agency on the development of a 3D metal printer to send it...

A.D.A.M’s next key project focuses on 3D printed bone implants

Advanced Development of Additive Manufacturing (A.D.A.M.), a provider of 3D printing systems for customized bone implants, and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in New York, are working together to advance bone implant delivery and...

The Exploration Company explores TRUMPF’s metal 3D printing capabilities for the production of spacecraft components

The aim is to make the Huracán engine reusable and refuelable in orbit with bio-methane and oxygen. The Exploration Company, a European spacecraft manufacturer, develops, and operates the Nyx space capsule for space agencies and...

Hyliion begins 3D printing components for production-intent design of the KARNO generator

Hyliion Holdings Corp., a developer of sustainable electricity-producing technology, has begun the AM production of parts for its production-intent design of the KARNOgenerator (BETA). Additive Manufacturing is used for several parts of the KARNO generator...

Designers could leverage this MIT model to optimize 3D-printed shoe performance

With the goal of discovering which shoe best suits a person’s particular running style, MIT engineers have developed a new model that predicts how certain shoe properties will affect a runner’s performance. “Shoe designers are...

Smilefy Inc. introduces an instant, cost-free chairside solution for 3D print-ready mockup designs

In just 5 minutes, dental technology company Smilefy Inc. promises dental professionals to get a 3D mock-up design powered by AI. The solution that may enable you to get that mock-up on your Iphone,...

It’s possible to use iron-silicon powder for 3D printing components for electrical motors

Elkem, one of the main providers of advanced silicon-based materials, has developed a new specialized iron silicon powder, which may allow 3D printing of components for electrical motors. The development was made as part of...

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