Adoption of 3D Printing

WASP unveils 3D printed “Dropcity” concept

In 1960, in Colorado, United States, the first 'Drop City' emerged as an artistic and countercultural community dedicated to exploring new ways of living in harmony with nature, finding expression through art and architecture. Today,...

Kuwait United Poultry Company gets 3D printed water tanks made with material savings of 25%

Construction company Abyan has recently built 3D-printed large water tanks for Kuwait United Poultry Company. Built to provide drinking water to chickens on a farm, the tanks are described as a “world’s first” and...

3D printed jet engine developed by Beehive Industries undergoes first test firing

Beehive Industries, the additively-enabled jet propulsion company, completes first fire tests for its 3D-printed engine demonstrator. This engine is a high-efficiency, attritable engine designed for unmanned aerial defense vehicles such as cruise missiles, collaborative combat...

BMW Group on its growing use of wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) to produce vehicle components

BMW Group engineers were able to demonstrate that WAAM components can be used for high loads, including cyclical loads, even without post-treatment of the surface. During the past years, car manufacturer BMW Group has always...

New milestone for the use of AM in the nuclear industry: Westinghouse 3D prints its 1,000th fuel flow plate

Westinghouse Electric Company, a company that provides a wide range of nuclear power plant products and services to utilities throughout the world, continues to push the use of AM in the nuclear industry. The company’s...

Can Additive Manufacturing (AM) deliver “faulty” implications for its “green” credentials? (Part 3)

I remember the very first interviews I conducted in the AM industry. As a newcomer, I didn't have enough distance to analyze things. Therefore, I found myself repetitively writing the same sentences, spoken by...

Automotive supplier ZF bets on 3D Spark to fabricate 3D printed parts

Automotive supplier ZF decided to rely on the 3D Spark platform to simplify the process of fabricating 3D-printed parts. As a reminder, 3D Spark is a software solution that enables to identify the ideal 3D...

MIMO TECHNIK & ASTRO Test Lab to leverage Leap 71’s Computational Engineering Models for aerospace AM

MIMO TECHNIK, LEAP 71 and ASTRO Test Lab signed an agreement at AMUG to create an end-to-end workflow for the design, manufacturing, and validation of computationally engineered products primarily in aerospace. MIMO TECHNIK is a...

BellaSeno’s 3D-printed resorbable scaffold is used in critical-size large segmental radius bone defect

A team at the Hannover Medical School, Clinic for Trauma Surgery, led by Prof. Dr. med. Philipp Mommsen successfully used a 3D-printed resorbable scaffold in critical-size large segmental radius bone defect. The scaffold was produced...

Key areas of focus in the application of ESG by AM companies (Part 2)

The first part of this dossier shed light on the importance of implementing an ESG strategy taking into account the legislation that applies to your specific situation. While each company’s sustainability journey is unique...

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