The Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), University of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK, has announced a new course titled ‘Metallurgy of Additive Manufacturing’. The course is said to provide an improved ... Read more »

Optomec, headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, has announced the development of a pure copper Additive Manufacturing process using its LENS Directed Energy Deposition (DED) systems ... Read more »

The Virtual Foundry, LLC, Stoughton, Wisconsin, USA, a manufacturer of metal and ceramic filaments for Additive Manufacturing systems, has won a patent for its proprietary process for extruding metal ... Read more »

Cooksongold (Cookson Precious Metals Ltd.), headquartered in Birmingham, UK, and part of the Heimerle + Meule Group, has reported that it will be collaborating with 3D Lab sp. z.o.o., based in Warsaw, Poland, to drive ... Read more »

Engineering software company nTopology Inc., headquartered in New York City, USA, has launched the latest version of its computational-modelling software, nTop Platform 2.0, which the company states, is the only engineering ... Read more »

Formnext 2019, which took place in Frankfurt, Germany, from November 19–22, 2019, reported a 28% increase in visitor numbers throughout the four-day event compared to the previous year’s figures ... Read more »

AddUp, Clermont-Ferrand, France, and Decayeux STI, a metal processing company located in Nibas, France, demonstrated the potential of metal Additive Manufacturing for the luxury industries ... Read more »

The winners of the Purmundus Challenge were announced at Formnext 2019, Frankfurt, Germany, with Dr Alejandro Ojeda from UrbanAlps AG taking first prize with his project ‘Stealth Key’. ... Read more »

Oerlikon AM, the Additive Manufacturing unit of global technology group Oerlikon, and Hirtenberger Engineered Services announced at Formnext a strategic alliance to further industrialise series production and prototype parts using the Hirtisation Process. ... Read more »

GKN Additive and Kueppers Solutions, a specialist for industrial combustion technology, announced at Formnext 2019 a strategic partnership that will see the mass-production of high energy-efficient mixing units for industrial burners, and tap into a new market to create a reduction of nitrogen oxide emissions in the industry. ... Read more »

During a live demonstration at Formnext 2019, SPEE3D printed a 1.012kg copper sledgehammer in just 10 minutes and 2 seconds, using the company’s patented metal Additive Manufacturing technology. ... Read more »

ASTM International and TÜV SÜD, Germany’s testing and certification organisation, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop programmes aimed at speeding the adoption of and trust in Additive Manufacturing ... Read more »

Siemens Gas and Power and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) have announced their collaboration on the development of training services in Additive Manufacturing during Formnext 2019. The services will be offered through Materials Solutions, a Siemens business, as an extension of its additive services portfolio. ... Read more »

Trumpf unveiled its new metal Additive Manufacturing system, aimed at the medical device market, at Formnext 2019, Frankfurt, Germany. The TruPrint 2000 ... Read more »

Simufact announced at Fromnext 2019 that its Simufact Additive 2020, a software solution for the optimisation of metal-based Additive Manufacturing processes, now provides cost estimation of the build process and improves interoperability ... Read more »

Simufact, a global operating software company providing process simulation solutions and services to manufacturing industries, announced at this year’s Formnext a dedicated simulation solution to help manufacturers improve quality for Direct Energy Deposition (DED) metal Additive Manufacturing processes. ... Read more »

3T Additive Manufacturing is celebrating its 20th anniversary at Formnext 2019, Frankfurt, Germany, this week. Founded in 1999 and based in Newbury, Berkshire, 3T is focused on driving the advancements in Additive Manufacturing to help its customers move toward serial production. ... Read more »

6K, a developer of microwave plasma technology for the production of advanced materials used in Additive Manufacturing, lithium ion batteries and other industrial markets, has announced at Formnext 2019 that it can successfully design and produce High Entropy Alloy (HEA) spherical powders.  ... Read more »

Oerlikon AM and Siemens have announced a strategic agreement in which Siemens will provide digital enterprise solutions that will help Oerlikon accelerate the industrialisation of Additive Manufacturing. During Formnext 2019, Frankfurt, Germany ... Read more »

MSC Software Corporation (MSC), recently acquired by Hexagon, has announced the launch of its MSC Apex Generative Design, a new design optimisation solution that improves quality through automation of design processes with embedded manufacturing knowledge. ... Read more »