Additive Manufacturing

There are so many variables in AM that affect the production of a part. The same batch of powder from the same vendor can produce different physical and mechanical properties in different locations of the final product, depending on how the powder is processed and the heat treatment method used.

To help increase its design and production capabilities for filtration and flow control components, Mott Corporation has acquired another metal additive manufacturing (AM) machine from global engineering technologies company, Renishaw.

Fugo Precision 3D recently launched the Fugo Model A, the world’s first centrifugal 3D printer, marking a significant milestone in the evolution of additive manufacturing.

Across the manufacturing industry, automation has helped enable low-cost, high-volume production by reducing operator input, improving part consistency and increasing productivity. In AM too, automation can lower cost per part and improve return on investment (ROI) for users, but the specific processes that are most worthy of automation will depend on how a manufacturer uses AM technology.

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has publicly released a new set of additive manufacturing data that industry and researchers can use to evaluate and improve the quality of 3D-printed components.

Laser technology plays a central role in manufacturing sector, especially in the field of Additive Manufacturing. In this context, the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT) and Makino, global manufacturer of machine tools, have ventured an exciting technological advance: they wanted to transfer the extreme high-speed laser cladding EHLA to a five-axis CNC platform. To do this, however, kinematics had to be developed to enable fast and dynamic movement of the machining head for the EHLA process.

Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a new method for detecting defects in additively manufactured components. One of the most important tasks in any factory is to determine whether a manufactured component is free of defects. In additive manufacturing, it can be particularly challenging to find defects, because additive manufacturing can make components that have complex three-dimensional shapes and important internal features that are not easily observed.

Hello Additive has announced the release of its groundbreaking Dragon Software, designed to revolutionize the additive manufacturing industry. Dragon Software offers advanced capabilities for optimizing the 3D printing process.

Phase3D, a company at the forefront of additive manufacturing (AM) inspection innovation is the first company to correlate measurable metal powder bed fusion build anomalies to final part defects in real-time.