13 February 2020 –The Industrial/Professional printer market (that is, for all printers above $5,000), has seen a +8% rise in polymer material utilisation over the last twelve months. Within polymers, photopolymers have seen the...
Today’s aircraft structures consist of many different materials. For example, the fuselage and wing structure of the Airbus A350XWB is constructed mainly of composites with some metal parts. Here, parts are joined, per classical...
Current titanium alloys used in additive manufacturing often cool and bond together in column-shaped crystals during the 3D printing process, making them prone to cracking or distortion. And unlike aluminium or other commonly used...
Global engineering company, Renishaw, is collaborating with Sandvik Additive Manufacturing to qualify new additive manufacturing (AM) materials for production applications. This encompasses a broad range of metal powders, including new alloy compositions that are...
Optomec — a privately-held global supplier of production-grade additive manufacturing equipment and software today announced the development of a pure copper Additive Manufacturing process using Optomec’s LENS directed energy deposition (DED) systems. At FormNext...
3D printers are revolutionizing manufacturing by allowing users to create any physical shape they can imagine on-demand. However, most commercial printers are only able to build objects from a single material at a time...
NXT Factory, a pioneer in the development of Quantum Laser Sintering (QLS™) for high speed production of thermoplastic parts, today announced the commercial launch of its QLS350 3D production platform, bringing together new levels...
Physicians often encounter the predicament of leaving a device in a patient’s body to support healing, or in some cases to restructure anatomy. However, if left implanted permanently, these devices can trigger chronic inflammatory...
Nov. 12, 2019, Formlabs, the designer and manufacturer of powerful and accessible 3D printing systems, has announced the acquisition of Spectra Group Photopolymers LLC. Spectra has been Formlabs’ primary material supplier for its library...
Designers now have the option to 3D-print silicone rubber parts in color using liquid silicone rubber from Dow and a new dosing system developed by Nexus. A collaboration between Dow (NYSE: DOW), Nexus Elastomer...
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