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Linde and Liebherr-Aerospace collaborate to optimise additively manufactured aluminium aircraft components
May 16, 2019
The Linde Group, a leading industrial gases and engineering company has collaborated with Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse SAS, France, part of the Lieb...»
Wabtec Corporation invests in GE Additive's Binder Jet technology
May 15, 2019
Wabtec Corporation, a global provider of equipment and services for the freight and transit rail industries, headquartered in Wilmerding, Pennsylva...»
Quintus launches new Hot Isostatic Press for the Additive Manufacturing industry
May 15, 2019
Quintus Technologies, Västerås, Sweden, has launched a new Hot Isostatic Press (HIP) targeted to meet the needs of the Additive Manufacturing ind...»
Freeman Technology to host powders for Additive Manufacturing seminar
May 15, 2019
Freeman Technology, a powder flow specialist company headquartered in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, UK, is set to host a free seminar titled 'Unders...»
From rapid prototyping to rocket engines: The evolution of 3T Additive Manufacturing
With two decades of experience in part production using Additive Manufacturing technologies, 3T Additive Manufacturing Ltd, based in Newbury, UK, today enjoys a strong position as an international developer and supplier of cutting edge metal AM components.
At a time of transition for the company, Metal AM magazine’s Nick Williams and Emily-Jo Hopson met with outgoing CEO Ian Halliday and his successor, Nigel Robinson, to discuss the evolution of the metal AM industry to date and the business’s plans for further expansion.
Natural resources and national strategies: How metal Additive Manufacturing is taking off in Australia
Australian expertise is today becoming much more commonplace on the international AM scene. From technology and materials suppliers to application developers, companies are growing on the back of world-class research and education facilities, and a business environment where innovation and international trade are rewarded.
Combine this with an abundance of AM-relevant natural resources and, as Alex Kingsbury explains, an environment has been created in which AM is thriving.
Scalmalloy® is too expensive and design optimisation only makes sense in aerospace. True or false?
Additive Manufacturing is not a cheap production process. The software, machine time, materials and expertise required to make the most of the technology all come at a significant cost. The resulting financial pressures may give rise to the temptation to select a material on its price and view advanced topology optimisation as a luxury.
As Jon Meyer, APWORKS, and John Barnes, The Barnes Group Advisors, demonstrate, the unique capabilities of AM mean that basing material choice on cost without considering the impact of material performance on the mass of the part is a false economy, limiting the competitiveness of AM and the potential of an application.
