Regulations

ASTM International Additive Manufacturing Committee Publishes Two New Standards

ASTM International’s additive manufacturing committee (F42) has developed two new standards that cover powder quality and aviation parts, respectively. In case you do not know, the committee was formed in 2009, meets twice a year,...

DNV updates its additive manufacturing standard with new edition

The independent energy expert and assurance provider DNV has published a new edition of DNV-ST-B203 Additive manufacturing of metallic parts. The standard, which is the result of a joint industry project, now includes baseline requirements...

Rounding off another demanding year: what the AM industry should keep from 2022 to move forward in 2023

From mergers & acquisitions to bankruptcies, expected & unexpected milestones, 2022 led us through an emotional rollercoaster. As 2022 draws to a close, 3D ADEPT Media is looking back over a year difficult to...

Shell joins a consortium of companies to advance the use of 3D Printing as a repair method of underwater assets

Last year, Kongsberg Ferrotech, Equinor, SINTEF, and Gassco joined forces to develop 3D printing technologies for subsea equipment repair and maintenance. The partners who respectively specialize in robotics, energy, research and gas, believe that...

LÖMI joins ColdMetalFusion Alliance to support the acceleration of standards in sinter and Additive Manufacturing

With 30 years of experience in the metal and ceramic injection moulding industry, LÖMI GmbH is adding its know-how in the area of process engineering for debinding and solvent recycling systems to ColdMetalFusion. The...

New standard for Industrial AM Sites vs the revised DNV AM Standard

No matter how powerful your Additive Manufacturing solutions are, standards remain the ultimate performance measurement tools that confirm your production processes and environments are uniquely positioned to ensure the quality of the end products...

Sheikh Mohammed releases Decree To Regulate 3D Printing Use In Dubai’s Construction Sector

Dubaï is one of the regions that have big ambitions for construction 3D printing and a new regulation's initiative to help accelerate the growth of the sector in this region. In his capacity as Ruler...

Qualification & Certification: Their Differences & Next Challenges for Additive Manufacturing

One usually focuses so much on end-applications that it is easy to forget that what makes an additive manufacturing-based application viable for a given industry, is a pivotal end-to-end qualification and certification process. As...

Patent Activity remains strong amid global pandemic – Here are those who lead the game in Additive Manufacturing

IFI CLAIMS Patent Services, an organization that uses proprietary data architecture to produce the industry’s most accurate patent database, has announced the results of its latest study on patent activity. The European Patent Office (EPO),...

A new ISO/ASTM standard was published for Laser Beam Powder Bed Fusion in aerospace

ASTM International committee F42 and ISO TC261 has published a new standard that provides requirements and test methods for the qualification and re-qualification of laser beam machines for metal powder bed fusion additive manufacturing...