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Meltio introduces M600 metal DED 3D printing system

Meltio has introduced the Meltio M600 metal 3D printing system, designed to address long lead times, costly stock-keeping and increasingly fragile supply chains.

By Sam Davies

/ 12 Mar 2024

Sandvik introduces CuCrZr copper-based metal powder for MIM and metal 3D printing

Sandvik has launched the Osprey C18150 (CuCrZr) copper-based metal powder tailored for applications requiring excellent mechanical strength at high temperatures, while maintaining high electrical and thermal conductivity.

By Sam Davies

/ 11 Mar 2024

Ursa Major's Hadley engine flies successfully with Stratolaunch TA-1 test vehicle

Ursa Major's Hadley engine has flown for the first time, helping Stratolaunch to successfully fly its Talon-A1 (TA-1) test vehicle for the first time over the Pacific Ocean.

By Sam Davies

/ 11 Mar 2024

Hadley engines on the manufacturing floor at Ursa Major’s headquarters. - Ursa Major

Phase3D introduces True Layer Thickness toolkit at AMUG Conference

The toolkit has been developed to measure the quantity of metal powder spread across the build area in microns, helping to certify uniform distribution for every layer of every build in metal powder bed fusion 3D printing processes.

By Sam Davies

/ 8 Mar 2024

True Layer Thickness records the uniformity and amount of powder distributed across the build area. The data, visualised in 3D (left) is created using Fringe structured light in-situ monit...

Velo3D Sapphire XC metal 3D printer purchased to support U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program

Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc. (BPMI), a prime contractor for the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, has invested in a Velo3D Sapphire XC metal 3D printing system.

By Sam Davies

/ 8 Mar 2024

‘Developing new alloys with additive manufacturing has been the biggest piece of Ursa Major’s process’ – Joe Laurienti

Laurienti provided this insight on the latest Additive Insight podcast episode, in which he joined TCT Group Content Manager Sam Davies to discuss the application of 3D printing technology in Ursa Major’s rocket engines.

By Sam Davies

/ 8 Mar 2024

Ripley engine on test stand at Ursa Major HQ. - Ursa Major

Additive manufacturing in defence - 5 things we learnt from the 2024 AMADS Conference

Group Content Manager Sam Davies reports back from the 2024 Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace, Defence and Space Conference in Bristol, UK.

By Sam Davies

/ 6 Mar 2024

Materialise automates support generation for metal 3D printing with e-Stage for Metal+

Materialise will introduce its e-Stage for Metal+ software for laser powder bed fusion 3D printing processes at next week's Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) Conference next week.

By Sam Davies

/ 5 Mar 2024

Michelin Molding Solutions purchases sixth AddUp FormUp 350 metal 3D printer

Michelin Molding Solutions (MMS), based in Greenville, South Carolina, has purchased its second AddUp FormUp 350 Powder Bed Fusion machine, the sixth added to a global fleet of FormUp systems in use across Europe and North America.

By Oliver Johnson

/ 4 Mar 2024

Velo3D announces launch of Flow Developer software tool

Velo3D has released a new print preparation software tool that simplifies the migration of additive manufacturing projects onto a Sapphire metal 3D printing systems.

By Sam Davies

/ 29 Feb 2024

RMIT University creates new 3D printed titanium metamaterial that shows “supernatural strength”

RMIT University has announced that a team of researchers have created a new metamaterial, a term used to describe an artificial material with unique properties not observed in nature, from common titanium alloy, to be used 3D printing.

By Oliver Johnson

/ 28 Feb 2024

PhD candidate Jordan Noronha holding a sample of the new titanium lattice structure 3D printed in cube form. - RMIT University

Renishaw adopts Plastometrex mechanical testing to increase confidence in metal 3D printed parts

The collaboration, which will see Renishaw using Plastometrex’s PLX-Benchtop system, is said to increase the precision and efficiency of mechanical property analysis and confidence in metal 3D printed parts.

By TCT Team

/ 27 Feb 2024

3D printed sample under machine - Renishaw/Plastometrex