The open project call, Joint Additive Qualification for Sustainment – Supplier Qualification (JAQS-SQ) – Group 1, is being funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Manufacturing Technology Office (OSD ManTech).
TCT Group Content Manager Sam Davies assesses the rise of Chinese machine manufacturers in AM and explores how incumbent suppliers will respond to the increased competition.
The two companies are said to have worked closely together on the design of the part, with its geometry being optimised for weight reduction and printability.
It comes just days after Desktop Metal - the parent company of ExOne since a $575 million acquisition in 2021 - filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy, with foreign subsidiaries being put up for sale.
Alexander Oster, Technical Director at 3MF Consortium described the news as “another important milestone in our journey to build a professional software ecosystem for additive manufacturing."
Top Definition, available via an over-the-air software release, will allow users to directly print features as thin as 0.2mm, while 'dramatically improving' the as-printed strength of small features previously too fragile to print.
