Mantle believes the Angstrom Group investment will provide the resources to expand production capacity, strengthen its partner network, and accelerate deployment of its hybrid additive–subtractive manufacturing systems.
Researchers from universities in Scotland and Italy have develop a 3D printed twisting metamaterial that they believe could lead to improved crash protection for vehicles.
The metamaterial has been designed
Weighing 156kg, the tooling insert is conformally cooled and was manufactured with Fraunhofer ILT's gantry-type, multi-laser Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) machine and MacLean-Fogg's patented L-40 tool steel powder.
Following this latest round, Divergent is set to scale its manufacturing capacity and fund the development of new capabilities for upcoming product families.