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3D Printed Tennis Racket Serves a Collaborative Win

The collaboration between All Design Lab and Protolabs led to the creation of a 3D printed tennis racket via direct metal laser sintering, called Hìtëkw. This project not only pushed the limits of additive in terms of design capabilities but revealed how important active communication between customer and manufacturer can be for a project’s success.

At General Atomics, Do Unmanned Aerial Systems Reveal the Future of Aircraft Manufacturing?

The maker of the Predator and SkyGuardian remote aircraft can implement additive manufacturing more rapidly and widely than the makers of other types of planes. The role of 3D printing in current and future UAS components hints at how far AM can go to save cost and time in aircraft production and design.

3DOS, AeroEdge Collaborate for Decentralized Manufacturing in Japan

The aerospace manufacturer will be the first major industrial partner for metal additive manufacturing on the 3DOS platform for decentralized additive manufacturing.

Part Removal Efficiency In a 600 mm Plus World

Clay Olson of EDM Performance Accessories discusses the difficulties and opportunities in cutting off parts from the build plates of large AM systems. Molybdenum wire EDM offers an effective solution to the challenge of large-part cutoff.

America Awards Research Funding to Colorado School of Mines

The project team will investigate cross-platform consistency in laser powder bed fusion technologies.

Six Years After Launch, OSU Has a Leading Facility for Metal AM

At the Ohio State University metal additive manufacturing lab, undergraduate students serve as employees on projects aiming to help companies advance with AM. Here is a look inside the facility now running a dozen metal additive systems.

New Zeda Additive Manufacturing Factory in Ohio Will Serve Medical, Military and Aerospace Production

Site providing laser powder bed fusion as well as machining and other postprocessing will open in late 2023, and will employ over 100. Chief technology officer Greg Morris sees economic and personnel advantages of serving different markets from a single AM facility.

Production AM Demands Process and Procedures — More Machines Will Come Later

Arch Additive has transitioned to full production of implants made through electron beam melting. The transition has involved practices and personnel, not equipment. As customer products win approval and go to market, here are 5 operational moves the AM implant manufacturer has made.

GE Additive Helps Build Large Metal 3D Printed Aerospace Part

The research is part of an initiative to develop more fuel-efficient air transport technologies as well as a strong, globally competitive aeronautical industry supply chain in Europe.

GE Names Alexander Schmitz CEO of GE Additive

Based in Munich, Schmitz will join the company in mid-January 2023 and report to Riccardo Procacci, former CEO who takes on expanded role at GE Aerospace.

10 Important Developments in Additive Manufacturing Seen at Formnext 2022 (Includes Video)

The leading trade show dedicated to the advance of industrial 3D printing returned to the scale and energy not seen since before the pandemic. More ceramics, fewer supports structures and finding opportunities in wavelengths — these are just some of the AM advances notable at the show this year.

GE Additive, Orchid Collaborate on 3D Printing Orthopedic Joint Implants

The agreement bolsters the use of additive manufacturing in the medical implants sector with the development of electron beam melting solutions.

GE Additive’s Binder Jet Line Series 3 for High-Volume, Serial Production

The system also enables users to depowder intricate parts without destroying fine features.

Additive Manufacturing Production at Scale Reveals the Technology's Next Challenges: AM Radio #28

Seemingly small issues in 3D printing are becoming larger problems that need solutions as manufacturers advance into ongoing production and higher quantities with AM. Stephanie Hendrixson and Peter Zelinski discuss 6 of these challenges on AM Radio.

Beamit Invests in M Line System

BeamIt is investing in a GE Additive Concept Laser M Line system to meet growing demands from its aerospace and military customers.

Additive Manufacturing at IMTS 2022: In the AM Pavilion, and Beyond: AM Radio #26A

Applications and technology for additive manufacturing — not just 3D printing — were widespread across the International Manufacturing Technology Show. Listen to our live discussion recorded during the event for observations on AM at IMTS.

25 Years Later, What’s Exciting in Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion?

Often seen as runner-up to laser powder bed fusion, are we finally in the golden age of the electron beam?

GE Sells Generator Technology for Stake in EV Startup

The company says the Karno generator is expected to be 20%+ more efficient than today’s leading generators — achieved by 3D printing of thermal components and innovative fuel-to-electricity conversion.

Qualification Today, Better Aircraft Tomorrow — Eaton’s Additive Manufacturing Strategy

The case for additive has been made, Eaton says. Now, the company is taking on qualification costs so it can convert aircraft parts made through casting to AM. The investment today will speed qualification of the 3D printed parts of the future, allowing design engineers to fully explore additive’s freedoms.

RAPID + TCT 2022 Report: Advancing into the Next Season of Additive Manufacturing: AM Radio #18

Editors Stephanie Hendrixson, Peter Zelinski and Julia Hider share observations, insights and photos from the latest RAPID + TCT trade show.

AM Will Change Power Generation, But Needs To Prove Itself First

In gas turbines and in nuclear power, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is working with major manufacturers to validate metal 3D printing for conventional parts as a prelude to developing the unconventional ones.

GE Aviation Invests in 5 M Line Metal Additive Production Systems

The system is designed to enable customers with large part size demand to increase productivity and reduce cost for additive production.

GE Additive Partners With Sydney University on Manufacturing-Focused Research Facility

The Sydney manufacturing hub is a new manufacturing-focused research facility that will work alongside industry to deliver cutting-edge R&D in additive manufacturing and materials processing.

AP&C Providing Titanium Powders to Airbus

AP&C also supports Airbus by helping its in-house additive manufacturing team establish its own methods and processes to qualify Ti-6AI-4V powders.

U.S. Air Force, GE Additive Reach Next Milestone in Pacer Edge Program

Phase III of the program tackles the Air Force’s sustainment behemoth of ‘cold starts’ head-on.

GE Additive’s Amp Integrates Build Prep Tools in One Software Platform

The integrated software solution was developed to make it easier for users to develop and 3D print parts quickly and efficiently in order to speed production.

When Additive Manufacturing Becomes Business As Usual

Medical implant manufacturer Tangible Solutions has had its share of growing pains to arrive at full-scale production via AM. But now, the company’s challenges are those that any contract manufacturer might recognize.

GE Additive, WSU-NAIR Partner to Accelerate Military’s Metal Additive Tech Implementation

The partnership will accelerate metal additive adoption within the military aerospace and defense industrial base by advocating for common practices, rapid qualification and certification, and the development of a shared database for additive manufacturing data and knowledge.

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