Directed Energy Deposition

Meltio names service provider K3D as application development partner for DED 3D printing tech

Meltio has announced K3D as its first official service bureau partner and a key contributor to its application development efforts within Europe.

By TCT Team

/ 15 Jun 2022

WAAM3D launches RoboWAAM metal 3D printing platform at TCT 3Sixty

The company, spun out from Cranfield University by a team of researchers, says it aims to increase the potential for multi-metre metallic part development in industries such as aerospace, defence, and oil and gas.

By TCT Team

/ 9 Jun 2022

Norsk Titanium successfully tests Rapid Plasma Deposition 3D printing technology with General Atomics

Norsk Titanium has announced the success of a component level testing programme with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (GA-ASI).

By TCT Team

/ 27 Apr 2022

Bharat Fitz Werner enters metal 3D printing market with DED machine

Indian CNC machine manufacture Bharat Fritz Werner (BFW) has announced the launch of its PHOTON 4000G Laser-DED machine, with more models to be rolled out at a later date.

By TCT Team

/ 25 Apr 2022

Optomec delivers $1m metal 3D printing system to existing customer

Optomec has delivered a $1 million additive manufacturing system for the production repair of aircraft turbine components to an existing customer.

By TCT Team

/ 15 Oct 2021

Gas engine undergoing overhaul at an MRO facility. - Optomec

DM3D Technology manufactures ten-foot-tall rocket nozzle liner for NASA project with DED 3D printing

A Directed Energy Deposition (DED) 3D printing platform from DM3D Technologies is being used by Auburn University in a liquid rocket engine project with NASA.

By TCT Team

/ 24 Aug 2021

Two-tonne additively manufactured full-scale RS25 nozzle liner printed by DM3D Technologies.

Challenges & latest developments in Wire + Arc Additive Manufacturing

Alex Kingsbury at RMIT Centre for Additive Manufacturing discusses the current and near-term opportunities for WAAM and highlights some exciting areas of research.

By TCT Team

/ 23 Dec 2020

Optomec records more than 10 million turbine blade refurbishments with DED 3D printing technology

Optomec has recorded more than 10 million turbine blade refurbishments with its metal 3D printing technology after conducting a recent customer survey.

By TCT Team

/ 25 Aug 2020

Arevo partners with Superstrata to additively manufacture unibody bike frame

Arevo is additively manufacturing impact-resistant unibody carbon fibre bike frames for the flagship product of Silicon Valley-based Superstrata.

By TCT Team

/ 13 Jul 2020

DP Technology enhances metal additive manufacturing support

DP Technology has announced two product updates to support powder bed fusion and direct energy deposition manufacturing.

By TCT Team

/ 11 Jun 2020

DP Technology enhances metal additive manufacturing support

Overcoming distortion in new DED additive manufacturing processes with simulation

Dr.-Ing. Beatrix Elsner, Dr. Frank Silze (OSCAR PLT) and Dr. Axel Marquardt (TU Dresden) present findings from an industry collaboration to overcome distortion in new DED additive manufacturing.

By TCT Team

/ 8 Jun 2020

Figure 1 Shape comparison between CAD (solid colour/white) and additive manufactured components (transparent green). The CAD colour coding indicates the surface deviation in [mm]. Left: Or...

Kingsbury adds GEFERTEC to metal additive manufacturing line-up

UK-based machine tool specialist Kingsbury has been appointed to distribute GEFERTEC's metal additive manufacturing systems throughout the UK and Ireland.

By TCT Team

/ 21 Apr 2020

Additive manufacture of a component by WAAM using the integrated welding torch in a 5-axis GEFERTEC machine.