Laser Powder Bed Fusion

Powder2Powder Atomization System Upcycles Powder Waste and Enables Custom Powder Production for Additive Manufacturing

Formnext 2024: The patented technology offers a complete solution for both recycling and custom alloy powder production.

Angela Osborne
Managing Editor, Gardner Business Media

Partners Developing In Situ Optical Monitoring System to Enhance 3D Printing Process for Brass

The partners are working to optimize the 3D printing process for brass by detecting real-time defects during the selective laser melting process to enhance the quality and repeatability of produced components.

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Video: Laser Powder Bed Fusion Platform Designed for Safety, Ease of Use

One Click Metal’s compact metal 3D printing platform offers powder handling features to make this affordable system accessible and safe for many types of facilities. See one application in this video, filmed at IMTS 2024. 

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Beehive Industries Is Going Big on Small-Scale Engines Made Through Additive Manufacturing

Backed by decades of experience in both aviation and additive, the company is now laser-focused on a single goal: developing, proving and scaling production of engines providing 5,000 lbs of thrust or less.

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Dealing With Dross in Laser Powder Bed Fusion

Researchers in Denmark are uncovering the secrets of meltpool morphology with advanced simulation tools for computational fluid dynamics (CFD).

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Sandvik Osprey HWTS 50 Hot Work Tool Steel Developed for Enhanced Printability

The material offers improved tempering and thermal fatigue resistance as well as thermal conductivity compared to conventional H-class hot work tool steels.  

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Dyndrite Enhances LPBF Pro Software for Expanded Program Control

The updated Dyndrite LPBF Pro offers expanded supports control, integrated learning and expanded Renishaw metal 3D printer compatibility.

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Corona AFX-2000 Beam-Shaping Laser Boosts Productivity for LPBF Additive Manufacturing

Formnext 2024: The laser’s increased power results in higher productivity and lower cost per part, while maintaining the stability needed to produce high-quality parts.

Angela Osborne
Managing Editor, Gardner Business Media

ASTM and EOS Expand AM Machine Operator Certification Program

The ASTM International Powder Bed Fusion – Laser Beam (PBF-LB) Machine Operator Certification program now includes both the EOS M 290 and EOS M 400 platforms.

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Preassembled Turbojet Engine, 3D Printed in One Build: The Cool Parts Show #75

Turbojet engines typically consist of hundreds or thousands of parts, but this engine — 2023 winner of The Cool Parts Showcase for Best Proof of Concept — was 3D printed as just two pieces, with the monolithic rotor embedded inside the stationary engine shell. 

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Lessons in Personalized Production From the 3D Systems Surgical Guide Process

Tailor-made manufacturing is one of AM’s richest possibilities, but the success factors inevitably draw on more than AM.

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Additive Industries Adds In-Process Quality Monitoring to MetalFab LPBF Systems

Additive Industries is extending the capabilities of its MetalFab series of LPBF printers with the addition of Additive Assurance’s AMiRIS in situ process monitoring to inspect quality during production.

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Solukon Upgrades SFM-AT350/-E Depowdering System to Handle Larger, Heavier Parts

The SFM-AT350/-E depowdering system can accommodate the increased weight due to an adapted arm design, which means that the chamber volume and the associated inert gas consumption remain the same.

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EOS Additive Minds Academy Opens Space for Hands-On AM Training

The engineering, consulting and education arm of EOS has offered training in various capacities before now, but a new physical footprint at the company’s Novi, Michigan, facility will make AM training more accessible and affordable.

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3D Printing Enables a Larger "Sweet Spot" Relative to This Golf Club's Size: The Cool Parts Show #77

Cobra Puma Golf's Limit3D iron uses 3D printed stainless lattices to remove weight from the interior so that it can be reintroduced with tungsten inserts that lower the center of gravity. The combination offers a smaller, sleeker club head with the forgiveness of a larger one. 

Stephanie Hendrixson
Executive Editor, Additive Manufacturing

Nikon Corp. Opens California Technology Center to Provide Customer Support

The center offers a variety of solutions and services aimed at accelerating customer adoption, scaling and supply chain in metal additive manufacturing.

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Spatter, Surrogate Modeling and More Advanced Manufacturing Research Happening at Carnegie Mellon University: AM Radio #53

In this trip report, we discuss research at the Manufacturing Futures Institute and Next Manufacturing Center, both under CMU’s umbrella, to advance industry with robotics, AI and additive manufacturing. 

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BLT Supports Successful Flight and Recovery Test of Longyun Liquid Oxygen-Methane Engine

This 10-km-level test represents China's largest scale vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) flight trial for reusable rockets to date.

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Formlabs Acquires Micronics to Accelerate Its SLS 3D Printing Capabilities

The acquisition of Micronics will now complement Formlabs’ SLS team to bring new tools and solutions that enable product designers and innovators to unleash even more creativity, take design risks and print robust end-use parts.

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Nikon Reorganizes and Rebrands Morf3D Subsidiary to Create Nikon AM Synergy

The transformation includes new leadership and a reorganization that shifts away from the former general-purpose contract manufacturing service bureau business.

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Integrated 3D Expands Production Capacity With 4-Laser EOS M 400-4 Metal 3D Printers

Integrated 3D is purchasing 12 ultraproductive 4-laser EOS M 400-4 metal 3D printers to grow capacity at its Redmond, Oregon, production facility.

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Solukon’s SFM-AT1500-S Depowdering System Handles Heavy-Duty Requirements and Dimensions

Formnext 2024: The Solukon SFM-AT1500-S metal powder removal system can accommodate parts that weight more than 2 tons.

Angela Osborne
Managing Editor, Gardner Business Media

3D Printed Seal for Geothermal Power: The Cool Parts Show #73

Plugging a hole is a complex challenge when it’s a well for geothermal power. Additive manufacturing produces a shape-changing stainless steel seal for high-temperature applications deep underground.

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AM Workshop at IMTS: Succeeding With Powder Bed Fusion

A half-day event at the International Manufacturing Technology Show focuses on tactics for success for machine shops and other manufacturers preparing to embrace production 3D printing via powder bed fusion.

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Farsoon’s FS811M Offers Large-Format, 12-Laser Metal LPBF Platform

The FS811M platform offers a variety of innovations, including an all-new multilayer gas flow with advanced wind-wall design to ensure real-time particle removal throughout the whole oversized chamber.

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Researchers Use Additive Manufacturing to Make Aircraft Propulsion Systems More Eco-Friendly

Project researchers aim to utilize hydrogen fuel cells and additive manufacturing as a pathway to achieve low-emission aviation by 2050. The goal is to recuperate the waste heat of a fuel cell-electric propulsion system, paving the way for a clearer, more sustainable future in aviation.  

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America Makes’ Summer Research Project Call Worth $2.1 Million

The RFP includes 6 topic areas of focus with research project proposals due by August 16, at 5 p.m. (ET).

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Video: How Multimaterial Laser Powder Bed Fusion Works

Penn State University’s CIMP-3D is exploring applications of the Schaeffler Aerosint system for multimaterial 3D printing. During a recent visit, I got an introduction to this system.

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