The Royal Netherlands Army has placed an order for ten units of Titomic’s D523 metal cold spray manufacturing system, with nine to be sent to support Ukraine's war efforts.
The flow plates are thought to be the ‘first ever safety-related AM components to enter serial production’ and are installed in VVER-440 fuel assemblies.
The addition of the SLM 280 2.0 machine is expected to have a significant impact on AMS' production efficiency, supporting its play in the UK motorsport, defence, aerospace and space markets.
Colin Hautz made the point on this week’s Additive Insight podcast where, in addition to detailing ArcelorMittal’s motivation for entering the additive manufacturing market, he sought to explain the benefits of using steel over aluminium.
The University of Birmingham plans to use this system for research into novel materials including functionally graded materials, copper, precious materials, and refractory metals.
The German developer of Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) based systems says its new arc80X series can build metal parts measuring up to 8 metres³.
Leap 71 has agreed a strategic collaboration with robotic metal 3D printing system provider Solideon to design and manufacture multi-metre-scale hardware for space applications.
These latest installations build on top of the two 3D Systems machines which are already in use at its Competence Center for 3D Printing, and will be dedicated to specific materials such as titanium and stainless steel.
The collaboration between the Los Angeles-based additive manufacturing (AM) company and Japanese aerospace engineering firm is said to to ‘enhance the adoption and implementation of AM technologies.’
Led by former Desktop Metal Chief Engineer Peter Schmitt, Fluent Metal is bringing to market a 'drop-on-demand' approach that is compatible with most metals and is said to enable the printing of parts in a single-step process.
