Aiming to bring affordable metal 3D printing to small- to medium-sized companies and decentralize metal 3D printing, Xact Metal announced the launch of the XM300G series of affordable mid-size metal 3D printers at IMTS 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. “With pricing beginning at a US MSRP of $200,000 dollars, the XM300G series is for printing high […]
Hermeus to 3D print parts for its Mach 5 Chimera engine and Quarterhorse aircraft
Velo3D, Inc. announced that Hermeus, a company developing hypersonic aircraft for defense and commercial applications, has acquired an original Sapphire and a large-format Sapphire XC that is designed for high-volume production. The printers, both of which will be calibrated for Inconel 718, will be used to build parts for Hermeus’ Chimera engine and Quarterhorse aircraft. […]
Polymer additive manufacturing market to produce nearly $26B in components annually by 2030
SmarTech Analysis has released a flagship data product, Polymer Parts Produced: AM Applications Market Analysis, which estimates the production volumes and resulting estimated market values of various polymer additively manufactured components. The study reconfirms the positive long-term outlook for leading polymer AM technologies moving into significant manufacturing roles across a multitude of industries over the […]
Oqton expands its software offering in Altair Partner Alliance
Oqton, a software provider helping manufacturers increase innovation and efficiency by intelligently automating production, announced it is expanding the offerings it provides through the Altair Partner Alliance with the addition of 3DXpert and 3DXpert DfAM (Design for Additive Manufacturing). The all-in-one software for industrial additive manufacturing enables Altair’s customers to prepare, optimize, and 3D print […]
Desktop Metal expands lineup with Shop System+ and Shop System Pro
Desktop Metal announced two upgrade packages on its Shop System, offering new flexibility, functionality, and value for this metal binder jet system. The Shop System+ and Shop System Pro offer power users new options for materials and controls. First unveiled in November 2019, the Shop System was designed to bring metal additive manufacturing to machine […]
How Additive at Scale used 3D printing to develop asset tracking in 60 days
Additive at Scale is a manufacturing services provider, and recently used the Essentium High Speed Extrusion (HSE) 180 ST 3D printing platform and the Essentium PCTG-Z to design and manufacturer 100 pilot units for tracking assets for a multinational chemical company. The company’s engineering team used 3D Printing technology to overcome design, cost, and time […]
3D Printing Software and Services Market Size to reach USD 82.12 Billion by 2030,
The global 3D printing software and services market size was valued at USD 14.98 billion in 2021. It is expected to reach USD 82.12 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 23.7% during the forecast period (2022–2030). North America is the most dominant in the global 3D printing software and services market during the […]
Transferring to digital manufacturing? Follow these tips
By Eric Whitley Digital manufacturing has created unprecedented ways to improve long-standing processes in the industry. At the core of a highly effective digital factory, you will find the integration of both virtual and physical systems working alongside one another. While there is an extensive range of potential technologies to deploy, finding the most appropriate […]
Additive Manufacturing set to surpass US$41 billion by 2033
Since the invention of the first 3D printing technologies in the early 1980s, the 3D printing market has experienced a tremendous amount of innovation and interest. A niche technology until the expiration of key patents, the 2010s allowed many startups to emerge offering inexpensive consumer-level 3D printers. The subsequent media frenzy in the early 2010s […]
America Makes qnnounces the 2022 Class of America Makes Ambassadors
America Makes, the Department of Defense’s manufacturing innovation institute for additive manufacturing, proudly announced the 2022 class of America Makes Ambassadors at the 2022 Members Meeting and Exchange (MMX). The Ambassador Program, launched in 2017, recognizes individuals who have continually demonstrated outstanding dedication to advancing America Makes and its mission. With the additive manufacturing industry’s thrust into the […]
New laser sintering material from igus
igus, the leader in motion plastics, is expanding the scope of its 3D-print service. The company will now offer chemical-resistant, self-lubricating, tribo-polymer components that can be manufactured using selective laser sintering (SLS). This evolutionary step is made possible by a new printing material for laser sintering printers – iglide® i10. The new material is resistant…
Carbon acquires ParaMatters to expand design software for additive manufacturing
Carbon announces the acquisition of ParaMatters, a software provider for additive manufacturing. This acquisition expands Carbon’s current software capabilities to include topology optimization. Carbon’s technology platform now broadens to enable product design and development teams to create better products in less time using a wide variety of materials and production systems. Most software platforms used […]
Accelerating assembly with 3D printed jigs and fixtures
North American Lighting (NAL), a Koito Group Company, has been manufacturing automotive lighting systems for vehicle manufacturers since 1983. With eight facilities across the U.S., NAL provides advanced lighting technology, engineering design expertise, and state-of-the-art production capabilities. NAL works with some of the largest automotive OEMs in America like Ford and GMC, so speed and […]
Desktop Metal and Henkel validate Loctite branded formulations on the Xtreme 8k machine
Desktop Metal and Henkel announced the first initial workflow validations on the Xtreme 8K, the largest DLP build volume machine for the 3D Printing market. Over the past two years, the companies have collaborated on various unique applications on ETEC’s printer platforms for industrial and medical use. The onboarding of Loctite branded formulations represents both […]
Henkel joins the Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA)
Henkel has joined the Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA) to promote the environmental benefits of Additive Manufacturing (AM) throughout all stages of the ecosystem. The membership of the company´s Loctite 3D Printing business underlines the commitment to sustainability initiatives and aims to open up discussions on the environmental benefits of additive design and foster […]
3D Printed metal parts go hypersonic—at zero miles per hour
The term “hypersonics” is getting renewed attention these days, with the release of a U.S. government report about unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) with “impossible” flight behavior—at speeds exceeding the critical Mach 5 level that defines the word. [Reference: June 25, 2021, Office of the Director of National Intelligence Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena. Whether you […]
A 3D printer for electronics
nano3Dprint announced a 3D printer that enables the printing of fully realized electronic devices with seamless integration of micro-to-nanoscale materials. The A2200 3D Multi-Materials Electronics Printer lets users easily print electronics. This desktop-sized printer features a proprietary materials dispensing system to handle functional inks and pastes. It has a side-by-side precision filament extruder that prints […]
What is Multiplex Fused Filamant Fabrication?
Engineers at Rutgers School of Engineering are reporting that they have created a way to 3D print large and complex parts at a fraction of the cost of current methods. “We have more tests to run to understand the strength and geometric potential of the parts we can make, but as long as those elements […]
Velo3D announces that StarHagen has bought a Sapphire 3D printer
Velo3D, Inc. announced that StarHagen, a provider of high-quality production parts for aerospace companies, has joined the Velo3D Contract Manufacturer Network with the purchase of an end-to-end solution from the additive manufacturing technology company. The Sapphire printer acquired by StarHagen is calibrated to print in Inconel 625, a nickel-based superalloy designed for high-strength, and to […]
Wohlers launches new website + publishes Wohlers Report Executive Summary
Wohlers Associates, powered by ASTM International, recently launched a new, more interactive website. The site will serve as a hub for knowledge acceleration within the additive manufacturing (AM) industry. Through the new site, visitors can access the Wohlers Report using a new automated ordering and provisioning system. They can also connect with the team of consultants and […]
3D Systems to acquire dp polar GmbH
3D Systems announced that it has entered an agreement to acquire dp polar GmbH, the German-based designer and manufacturer of the industry’s first additive manufacturing system designed for true high-speed mass production of customized components. Central to dp polar’s patented continuous printing process is a large-scale, segmented, rotating print platform that eliminates the start/stop operations […]
Stratasys signs agreement to acquire Covestro’s Additive Manufacturing Materials Business
Stratasys Ltd., has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the additive manufacturing materials business of Covestro AG (DAX: 1COV). The acquisition is expected to be immediately accretive upon closing. It will include R&D facilities and activities, global development and sales teams across Europe, the U.S. and China, a portfolio of approximately 60 additive manufacturing materials, […]
EOS and Oak Ridge National Laboratory agree to research in-situ monitoring of metal 3D printing
EOS, has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy for a collaborative research project at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The agreement includes an on-site EOS M 290 metal 3D printer and training for ORNL researchers on operation and data collection using EOSTATE MeltPool monitoring software. Using on-axis […]
New process eliminates stair-step effect on 3D printed parts
Scientists at Fraunhofer IGD have devised a purely geometric and algorithmic method for the elimination of stair-step artifacts in multi-material 3D printing. To avoid quantization errors, the surface of the object is modulated with a high-frequency signal. This results in geometrically accurate and color-true surfaces. The research team has set down their findings in a […]
Desktop Metal qualifies nickel alloy Inconel 625 for the Studio System 2
Desktop Metal, Inc. announced it has qualified the use of IN625 for the Studio System, a turnkey metal 3D printing platform that offers customers the easiest way to print high-performance metal parts in low volumes for pre-production and end-use applications. The Desktop Metal Studio System platform now offers more materials than any other metal extrusion […]