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Entering a new age of real low-cost Titanium for Additive Manufacturing with IperionX.

Used for everything from cars, medical implants, jewelry to heat exchangers and more, titanium is appealing for its lightweight, strong, stable properties and ability to withstand corrosion. Its low density and high strength make...

An OpeN-AM experimental platform enables to study the microscopic behavior of additive metal welds as they’re being created

The experimental platform system is called OpeN-AM, with OpeN being short for operando neutrons, a term for using neutrons to study something while it’s operating, and AM for additive manufacturing. Researchers at the Department of...

GKN Aerospace and Northrop Grumman achieve their largest Titanium 3D Printed Aerostructure Component

Imagine a component that measures 8 feet (2.5 meters) and processed from approximately 100 pounds (45 kg) of titanium. This is exactly the type of additive manufacturing production I would like to see by...

New 3D Printed Nuclear Component is in Operation. Installed by Framatome at Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant

Designer and supplier of nuclear equipment Framatome first appeared on our radar two years ago. It had just 3D printed uranium-molybdenum and uranium-silicon objects. Fast forward to today: the company announces the successful installation...

AM Materials: IperionX produces low-carbon spherical titanium from Tennessee minerals

Materials producer IperionX Limited is on a mission to scaling Titanium production for additive manufacturing with 100% recycled titanium metal as feedstock. For the US-based manufacturer, one way to achieve that is to rely...

Westinghouse achieves another premiere in nuclear AM: the fabrication and installation of a 3D Printed Fuel Debris Filter

The first application of additive manufacturing in the nuclear industry was a 3D printed thimble plugging device fabricated by Westinghouse and installed at Exelon’s Byron Unit 1 nuclear plant. that was two years ago. In...

Additive Talks: How has AM advanced in the nuclear industry? Opportunities & Challenges

The nuclear topic is trending and raises a lot of debates across industries and governments.  As explained in this introductory article, many operating reactors are facing retirement, high initial capital investment limits the utilities to...

Additive Talks: How has AM advanced in the nuclear industry? Opportunities & Challenges

Did you know that nuclear energy provides about 10% of the world's electricity from about 440 power reactors? Surprisingly, it is the world's second largest source of low-carbon power (28% of the total in...

3D printing News Round-Up: Xerox, VBN Components & Russell Finex

Who recently purchased what? And who will distribute what? This edition of “news roundup” covers multiple purchases and 3D printing partnerships across the world. Xerox and Siemens Xerox® Elem™ Additive Solutions, the AM business of Xerox,...

Oak Ridge National Laboratory to Advance Liquid Metal Additive Manufacturing with Xerox® ElemX™ 3D printer

On the heels of Vertex Manufacturing, the next research institute that will explore the capabilities of Xerox® ElemX™ 3D metal printer is the Department of Energy's Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).    As...