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Phase3D closes oversubscribed $2.9M round to scale real-time inspection for metal AM

The Chicago in-situ inspection specialist secures its first institutional venture raise on top of more than $3.5M in prior government grants. Phase3D, the Chicago-based expert...

How LCM enabled a monolithic ceramic gyroid that delivers five times the power-to-weight ratio of conventional solid oxide fuel cells

…And why that changes the equation for hydrogen propulsion Additive manufacturing is so known for what I often describe as the "sexy applications" it enables...
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What if refractory metals didn’t need all that post-processing?

The development of new materials with unique post-processing requirements We’ve always been the first to praise manufacturing approaches that focus on perfecting post-processing stages. For...

In-situ monitoring vs. Post-process inspection: Complementary tools or competing technologies?

In additive manufacturing, two approaches take center stage in the quest for quality. In-situ monitoring works in real time, spotting defects and fine-tuning processes...

How do AM software providers adapt their solutions with the rise of AI agents?

If AI was already the buzzword of last year, end-of-year predictions outside the manufacturing world hinted at the next frontier of generative AI: AI...

Closing the gap between simulation and manufacturing in Large-Format AM

Composites can be processed by a wide range of processes and machines. A walk through JEC World, the leading international composites show, quickly reminds...
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Composites: Additive, but not “AM” as we know it

With several large industrial players stepping away from composites additive manufacturing between 2024 and 2025, including Asahi Kasei Plastics North America, Braskem’s Xtellar unit,...
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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...
Hang Yu, associate professor of materials science and engineering, with a miniaturized additive friction stir deposition machine used in his advanced manufacturing research. Photo by Peter Means for Virginia Tech.

How to crack the code of shape-memory ceramics?

Creating a shape-memory ceramic that can be manufactured at scale without breaking, that’s the challenge that Hang Yu, associate professor of materials science and...

What’s a spray-based 3D printing system?

Japanese construction 3D printing company Shimizu Corporation introduces a new construction 3D printer. With a material spray simulator as the key selling point, the Spray-based...