Metal Additive Manufacturing

A wide range of different technologies can be used in the metal Additive Manufacturing field today. This segment looks at these technologies and the way they are leveraged by industries.

Eplus3D launches a customizable metal 3D printing machine with enhanced options

OEM 3D printer manufacturer Eplus3D has introduced the EP-M400S, a metal 3D printer based on Laser Beam Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB). The machine would be an improved version of EP-M400, one of the mid-size...

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...

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...

The Materials Processing Institute to develop an AI tool that will enable the production of 3D-printed parts while saving costs

Together with software provider AMFG and provider of material and process validation services Additive Manufacturing Solutions Ltd,  the Materials Processing Institute will develop an artificial intelligence tool that could lead to greater efficiencies within...

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...

Gravity-1 Y-1 carrier rocket successfully launches with critical metal 3D-printed parts

Orienspace, an aerospace company known for the design and manufacture of Gravity Series launch vehicles and Force Series rocket engines, has recently launched the Gravity-1 Y-1 commercial carrier rocket. The rocket delivered the Yunyao-1 No....

APWORKS adds Farsoon LPBF 3D printer to its production environment

APWORKS, an AM service bureau that focuses on delivering metal 3D printing applications, has added a new Laser Powder Bed Fusion machine to its portfolio: the FS422M-4 3D printer. Developed by Farsoon, the new machine...

Smart Watch Housings can be 3D printed with Titanium6Al4V and LMM

Remember lithography-based metal manufacturing? The Additive Manufacturing process that turns 3D files into prototypes and small-scale production of components in MIM (metal injection molding) quality. So far, this manufacturing process is known as a...

Identifying defects by “listening” for them as they occur in a metal 3D printer

Acoustic monitoring for detecting porosity in laser powder bed fusion could be viable. In a recent article, we learned that one can identify defects in a laser powder bed fusion machine using the Materialise Quality...

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