Additive Manufacturing (AM) is often celebrated for the freedom it offers designers, freedom from tooling, freedom from conventional constraints, freedom to explore geometry at levels once unimaginable. Yet for all its promise, AM has also become trapped in a cycle of what can perhaps be called superficial innovation.
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Renishaw has collaborated with Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR) to support groundbreaking research into additive manufacturing (AM) for novel aerospace materials. This collaboration is part of a Disruptive Technology Innovation Fund (DTIF) project led by mBryonics, a leading manufacturer of freeform optics for the space industry.
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hillips Corporation has become the first Meltio partner worldwide to successfully integrate the Meltio Engine Blue into a Haas CNC machine. This milestone marks a significant evolution in hybrid manufacturing, combining additive and subtractive technologies into one streamlined workflow, paving the way for advanced applications in the defense sector.
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Recent advancements at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory show that 3D-printed metal molds offer a faster, more cost-effective and flexible approach to producing large composite components for mass-produced vehicles than traditional tooling methods.
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GKN Aerospace – Centre of Excellence in Trollhättan, Sweden has integrated Interspectral’s AM Explorer software into its additive manufacturing (AM) workflow, strengthening its commitment to advanced digital manufacturing and sustainability. The adoption of AM Explorer enhances quality assurance, process monitoring, and operational efficiency, ensuring high-reliability production of aerospace components.
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Ensuring dimensional accuracy, repeatability, and quality assurance in additive processes is far more complicated than in traditional subtractive methods.
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Researchers at University of Toronto Engineering are leveraging machine learning to improve additive manufacturing. In a new paper, published in the journal of Additive Manufacturing, the team introduces a new framework they’ve dubbed the Accurate Inverse process optimization framework in laser Directed Energy Deposition (AIDED).
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A research collaboration between the National Research Council Canada and the University of Victoria has yielded a promising breakthrough in the field of volumetric additive manufacturing (VAM). The team has developed a fully automatic exposure control system for tomographic VAM, marking a significant leap forward in precision and efficiency for this cutting-edge 3D printing method.
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Nikon Corporation has announced a development agreement between Nikon Advanced Manufacturing and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM), managers of America Makes.
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Sodick Co., Ltd., headquartered in Yokohama, Japan, has finalized its acquisition of Prima Additive from the Prima Industrie Group. The acquired company will now operate under the new brand name Prima Additive by Sodick, continuing to base its operations at its Italian headquarters.
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