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GE Aerospace announces additional additive manufacturing investments as $650m pumped into global manufacturing sites

GE Aerospace is to invest 650 million USD into its manufacturing facilities and supply chain this year, with more than 150 million to be allocated to facilities running additive manufacturing equipment.

By Sam Davies

/ 14 Mar 2024

AMUG 2024: Greg Morris on the GE LEAP fuel nozzle and validation of metal 3D printing

Gregg Morris joins Todd Grimm on stage at the 2024 AMUG Conference in Chicago to discuss his life and career in this year's Innovator's Showcase fireside chat.

By Laura Griffiths

/ 13 Mar 2024

Farsoon introduces FS721M-8-CAMS metal 3D printing solution

Powered by its Continuous Additive Manufacturing Solution (CAMS) concept integration, the FS721M-8-CAMS has been designed to ‘open up the potential’ for ‘true series production and increased automation.’

By Sam Davies

/ 13 Mar 2024

Seurat Technologies qualifies 6K Additive 316L stainless steel powder for use on Area Printing metal AM platform

Seurat Technologies has qualified 6K Additive’s 316L stainless steel powder for the company’s Area Printing metal 3D printing platform.

By Sam Davies

/ 13 Mar 2024

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