adidas’s latest 3D printed CLIMACOOL LACED ensures all-round breathability
Since the launch of the Futurecraft 4D in 2017, which featured a 3D-printed lattice midsole made with Carbon’s resin and printing process, adidas has...
Royal3D’s solution to ensure high quality prints throughout the printing process
While many teams invest effort upstream (part design, print orientation, slicing parameters, thermal simulation) to reduce defects, or on post-production inspection, small temperature variations...
From damage to deployment in 24 Hours: How Cold Spray AM is leveraged for a critical defense infrastructure
On a Tennessee training range, a critical combat support vehicle sat “deadlined” and effectively out of the fight. A failed Battle Lock Handle had...
How cybersecurity is quietly deciding who gets to use AM in aerospace and defense
In 2024, I sat down with Mark Yampolskiy, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Auburn University, and a recognized expert in...
3D Systems expands NextDent Jetted Denture solution
Additive Manufacturing solutions provider 3D Systems has enhanced the use of its NextDent Jetted Denture Solution, its FDA-cleared, end-to-end digital platform that enables labs...
Multimatic Motorsports proves reliability of 3D printed thermal systems on the track. Here is how.
A 3D-printed, configurable transmission oil cooler from Conflux Technology has completed a full-distance endurance race on a Multimatic-engineered car, demonstrating the viability of additively...
L3Harris cuts propulsion component lead times 10× with additive manufacturing.
L3Harris Technologies has improved its use of additive manufacturing for parts used in air-breathing hypersonic engines. By refining these 3D-printing processes, the company can...
3D-printed helicopter bracket in recycled titanium cleared for flight
QinetiQ, an integrated global defence and security company, worked with Additive Manufacturing Solutions Limited (AMS Ltd.), an expert in metal AM, to develop a...
Divergent and Mach turn concept into flight-ready prototype in 71 days
Divergent Technologies and Mach Industries joined forces to deliver Venom, a prototype flight demonstration aircraft showing hardware development at software speed.
"This partnership between Mach...
Boom on how to de-risk AM and the technology’s opportunity in supersonic flight’s extreme conditions
Key facts regarding the most complicated 3D printed parts installed on XB-1
When Boom Supersonic announced in 2019 that it would 3D print hundreds of...