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• Rosswag’s PBF-LB parameter marketplace now in beta phase

  June 30, 2022

  Rosswag Engineering, Pfinztal, Germany, reports it is currently developing a Laser Beam Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB) Additive Manufacturing process a...»

• Sauber Technologies and Alfa Romeo F1 team extends partnership with Additive Industries

  June 30, 2022

  Sauber Technologies, part of the Sauber Group, and Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN have extended their technology partnership with metal Additive Manufact...»

• Titomic TKF1000 cold spray machine installed at TWI’s Cambridge facility

  June 30, 2022

  The Welding Institute (TWI), headquartered in Abington, Cambridge, UK, has announced the installation of a TKF1000 Titomic Kinetic Fusion (TKF) col...»

• 6K Additive expands commercial operations to Europe, appoints new European Sales Director

  June 30, 2022

  6K Additive, a division of 6K, headquartered in North Andover, Massachusetts, USA, reports that it will expand its commercial operations into Europ...»

Transforming access to medical implants: How PrinterPrezz and Additive Manufacturing will improve global healthcare

Some companies have bolder missions than others. Whilst Elon Musk leverages metal Additive Manufacturing to transform space exploration, the founders of PrinterPrezz, Alan and Alexis Dang, Kishore Karkera and Shri Shetty, are aiming to do something equally bold with the same technology: bring safe, affordable, right-fit medical implants to the 97% of the world that can’t currently access them. Todd Grimm interviewed Alan Dang and Shri Shetty to discover more.

Anatomy of an AM part failure: Lessons for managers, designers and producers from 2021’s Olympic bike crash

In the men’s track cycling team pursuit qualifying at the 2020 Olympics, broadcast live to a global audience, a handlebar part produced by metal Additive Manufacturing failed with catastrophic consequences for the rider, Australia’s Alex Porter.

Six months later, a forensic analysis of the incident was published as a 170-page report. The good news is that the company that made the AM part, along with the technology itself, were cleared of blame.

So: what went wrong, and what lessons can be learned? Robin Weston digs into the details.

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At Metal AM, we cut out the hype, kill the buzzwords and simplify metal AM / 3D printing technologies & industry trends. Since launching in 2015, we’ve worked to provide a platform for the sharing of experiences from the heart of the AM industry, helping to push the technology and its users towards success.

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