Three years ago, Metal AM magazine published a widely read article on the use of Laser Beam Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB) technology for precious metal jewellery production. Today, the continuing rise of sinter-based AM technologies promises to open up the jewellery sector yet further, with new opportunities for both mass-market production as well as bespoke pieces. Chiara Armbruster, Sonja Kappler, Carlo Burkhardt, Gerald Mitteramskogler and Apollinaria Frydmann offer an overview of this new generation of solutions and the state of the technology. A number of application examples are also presented.
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So much is discovered when it just all goes wrong. From a ‘design-fail-fix’ perspective, it’s expected that developmental components may be pushed to destruction. With rocket engines that operate near the limits of their performance, however, the need to understand the causes of a failure is critical. In the competitive commercial space business there’s a clear advantage not to disclose knowledge gained from such incidents. Thankfully, NASA can share what others cannot. Here, Alison Park, Deputy Technical Fellow, Materials and Additive Manufacturing, and Paul Gradl, Principal Engineer, share insights into one failure.
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EOS GmbH, headquartered in Krailling, Germany, has adopted the CO-AM software platform from Materialise, Leuven, Belgium, in an effort to manage its Additive Manufacturing processes for application
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Wohlers Associates, powered by ASTM International, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, has announced the release of the Wohlers Report 2023. This year’s report takes a deep dive into the growth of the Additive Manufacturing
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At its 35th annual conference, the Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) bestowed its President’s Award to Mark Wynn, Senior Technical Specialist for Yazaki North America, Inc, headquartered in Canton, Michigan
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SPEE3D, Melbourne, Australia, has announced that the British Army is to purchase its new XSPEE3D metal Additive Manufacturing machine to bolster its unplanned repair capabilities. In addition to the new Cold Spray AM
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The Additive Manufacturing industry is in a state of continual evolution. As one group of processes moves towards widespread adoption, others are being introduced and refined. In such a dynamic environment, how do we define AM, and what does ‘good’ AM look like? This article considers the status quo of conventional manufacturing before comparing key AM processes. Steven Camilleri, Andrew Duguid, Sam Katz and Chris Massar (SPEE3D), Martin McMahon (MAM Solutions), Victor Champagne (US Army Research Laboratory), Ozan Özdemir (Northeastern University), Anthony Naccarelli and Timothy Eden (Penn State), Krishnan Kannoorpatti (Charles Darwin University) and Bruce McLean (University of Sydney) unravel AM’s value metrics.
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Piab Group, Stockholm, Sweden, has entered into an agreement to acquire IB Verfahrens- und Anlagentechnik GmbH & Co KG, Lage, Germany. IB provides ultra-sonic sieving and reclaim machines to
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3YOURMIND, Berlin, Germany, has announced that the latest iteration of its software will arrive this month. This release will allow customers to gain access to all of the features and improvements rolled out
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Addman Engineering, headquartered in Bonita Springs, Florida, USA, has purchased two Sapphire XC Additive Manufacturing machines from Velo3D, Campbell, California. The company provides its customers
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France’s Safran Group has announced it has chosen to work with the twelve 1 kw laser power NXG XII 600 Laser Beam Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB) machine from SLM Solutions, Lübeck, Germany. The Additive Manufacturing
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Mantle, San Francisco, California, USA, has announced the release of its High-Precision Shaping package, which includes 0.006” and 0.010” ball mill cutting tools and automated toolpathing software. The package
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