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New AM Materials Round Up, March 17, 2023

Several new AM materials were announced in past weeks.

Solukon Brings Automated Depowdering to EOS P1 and P5 Series 3D Printers

Solukon announced a new series of adapters that should greatly expand the use of the sophisticated post processing system.

Metal Powder Works: An Eco-Friendly and Efficient Way to Create Metal Powder

Metal Powder Works has developed an incredibly straightforward and energy efficient method of producing metal powder that can be used in additive manufacturing.

New Research Paper Explores 3D Printing Copper and Steel Within the Same Job

A new research paper describes a method of 3D printing copper and steel within the same job.

EOS Announces Sustainable Polymers

The company factors material sourcing, consumption and reusability into its new, more sustainable materials.

Freemelt’s Unusual New Metal 3D Printer Features

We had a look at Freemelt’s latest innovations in metal 3D printing.

More On Multimaterial Powder Depostion Methods

Our post describing a new approach for multimaterial powder recoating generated some discussion.

New Method For Powder-Based Multi-Material 3D Printing Developed

One of the most interesting technologies we observed at Formnext 2022 was a new way to 3D print multiple materials in powder.

6K’s Expansion and Global Implications

6K Additive announced a massive expansion of their metal powder production capacity.

Intelligent Depowdering Is Here

I’m looking at a new solution from Solukon that can automatically depowder 3D prints.

GE Additive Announces Revolutionary Binder Jet Factory System

GE Additive announced the Series 3D binder jet metal 3D printer system yesterday, and it could be a revelation for manufacturers.

Raplas Offers a Wide Selection of Production 3D Printers

Raplas has a broad product set including both resin and powder-based 3D printers.

New AM Materials Round Up, September 16, 2022

Several new AM materials were announced in the past week.

New AM Materials Round Up, August 5, 2022

Several new AM materials were announced in the past week.

Grid Logic’s Multi-Material Powder 3D Printing System

Grid Logic has developed a unique process that can 3D print metal and ceramic in the same job.

Formlabs Announces Advanced SLS 3D Printer

Formlabs announced the Fuse 1+ 30W SLS 3D printer.

6K Additive Proves Their Sustainability

6K Additive is yet another 3D print company that’s working diligently on attaining a sustainable state.

The AddiMap Project Could Solve a Ton of 3D Printing Problems

The AddiMap Project could revolutionize production metal 3D printing as we know it.

The Secret First Stage of Metal 3D Printing: GEMCO

Do you know what is the real first stage of 3D printing?

New AM Materials Round Up, July 1, 2022

Several new AM materials were announced in the past week.

Velo3D Introduces Much Larger Metal 3D Printer

Velo3D announced a new 3D printer, their largest: the Sapphire XC 1MZ.

Formalloy’s Smart DED 3D Printer

Formalloy produces a metal DED 3D printer, and it’s a lot smarter than you might think.

Meltio Focuses On Metal Manufacturing 

I had a long chat with Ángel Llavero, CEO of Meltio about their unique metal 3D printing process.

The Two Types of Metal 3D Printing: Dangerous and Not So Dangerous

Those categories would be “dangerous” and “less dangerous”.

An Open Source Electron Beam Metal 3D Printer?

Believe it or not, there is an open source electron beam metal 3D printer project underway.

Linde’s New Advanced Metal Powder Laboratory

Linde intends on doing some deep research on powder materials for 3D printing.

Titanium For Additive Manufacturing At Risk

There may be big challenges ahead for metal 3D printing.

Ten Simultaneous Materials For Powder 3D Printing?

Aerosint proposed an astonishing TEN material powder 3D printing concept.

New AM Materials Round Up, January 14, 2022

Several new AM materials were announced in the past week.

Copper 3D Printing Breakthrough

A German company announced a new copper powder that can be more easily 3D printed.

Desktop Metal and Uniformity Labs Partner to Develop Binder Jetting Powders

The two companies will be producing high-performance powders for binder jetting additive manufacturing.

A Look At Freemelt One, A Materials Development Metal 3D Printer

Freemelt is a Swedish company offering an unusual electron beam metal 3D printing system.

Legal, 3D Printed Coins Produced

A Slovakian 3D print service has produced silver coins that are actually legal tender.

ExOne Debuts InnoventPro Metal 3D Printer

One CTO, Rick Lucas, discusses the company’s newest metal binding jetting 3D printer, the X1 Powder Grip and other exciting company updates.

Sinterit’s New Compact Lisa X SLS 3D Printer

Sinterit announced a new SLS 3D printer, the Lisa X.

The Promise of EHLA 3D Printing to Create — And Destroy

Researchers at Fraunhofer ILT have developed a revolutionary method of 3D printing metal.

Sindoh’s Line of 3D Printers is Now Quite Broad

One of the more interesting but less well-known 3D printer manufactures is Sindoh.

Xaar’s New Printhead Could Lead to New 3D Printers

Xaar announced the new Irix printhead for high-speed printing.

6K Additive to Triple Metal Powder Capacity With Massive Investment

6K announced a huge US$51M investment raise, allow them to triple their capacity.

Renishaw Developing “Flex” 3D Printer

Renishaw has commenced testing of a new “flex” printer at DMC.

Stratasys’ New Materials and an MES Response

Stratasys’ New Materials and an MES Response

Stratasys made a bundle of announcements this week, mostly regarding materials, but also a very key partnership.

Inside the NILS 480 SLS 3D Printer

Inside the NILS 480 SLS 3D Printer

Sinterit has revealed more details about their upcoming NILS 480 SLS 3D printer, which could shake up the SLS market.

Meltio’s Latest Hybrid Metal 3D Printer

Meltio’s Latest Hybrid Metal 3D Printer

Meltio announced a hybrid metal 3D printer with the help of Philips Corporation.

Hyperion and EOS Partner to Develop Low Carbon Titanium Powders for 3D Printing

Hyperion and EOS Partner to Develop Low Carbon Titanium Powders for 3D Printing

The low cost, low-to-zero carbon titanium material is expected to expand access and innovation in additive manufacturing applications.

ACTIVE is a FABULOUS Material for Water Applications

ACTIVE Is A FABULOUS Material For Water Applications

FABULOUS announced a new 3D print material, “ACTIVE”.

Evolve Additive’s STEP AM System Ships

Evolve Additive’s First STEP AM System Ships

Startup AM company Evolve Additive has now shipped its first commercial STEP system.

Digital Metal Launches DPS 1000

Digital Metal Launches DPS 1000

Digital Metal announced an accessory for their popular DM P2500 high-resolution metal 3D printer.

How Does Sakuú’s Unusual 3D Printing Process Work?

How Does Sakuú’s Unusual 3D Printing Process Work?

I spoke with Sakuú’s VP of Marketing and Business development, David Pederson, to find out more about this mysterious 3D print startup.

Fine Tuning Additive Manufacturing With AI

Fine Tuning Additive Manufacturing With AI

What will a meltpool look like? That’s what researchers can now predict with some accuracy.

GKN Additive’s Latest 3D Printing Powders Target Automotive Manufacture

GKN Additive’s Latest 3D Printing Powders Target Automotive Manufacture

Today, GKN Additive announces its latest metal powders for additive manufacturing, adapted from a popular traditional automotive material.

100% Reusable Bluesint PA12 Powder Service Now Available

100% Reusable Bluesint PA12 Powder Service Now Available

Materialise announced the broad availability of their 100% reusable powder 3D printing service, Bluesint PA12.

Wematter Announces Unusual SLS Post Processing Device

Wematter Announces Unusual SLS Post-Processing Device

Wematter announced the Density Gen II post-processing unit, and it uses an unusual two-step process for cleaning SLS 3D prints.

Windform Announces Unusual SLS Material

CRP Technology Announces Unusual Windform SLS Material

Windform RS is a new SLS material that will certainly be used in specific 3D printing applications.

The FormUp 350’s Powerful New Features

The FormUp 350’s Powerful New Features

AddUp announced a new metal 3 printer, the FormUp 350, and it includes quite a number of unusual features.

The Real Secret Behind Successful Powder 3D Printing

The Real Secret Behind Successful Powder 3D Printing

The key to powder 3D printing is not the binder or laser.

Evonik Partners With Farsoon For High Performance 3D Print Materials

Evonik Partners With Farsoon For High Performance 3D Print Materials

Farsoon announced the first results of a collobartion with chemical company Evonik.

Formlabs Expands Fuse 1 Materials

Formlabs Expands Fuse 1 Materials

Formlabs announced a new nylon material for their Fuse 1 system, Nylon 11.

The Mysterious Sakuu 3D Printing Process

The Mysterious Sakuu 3D Printing Process

A Bay-area startup hopes to 3D print batteries using a new hybrid process.

Three New Stratasys 3D Printers With One Strategy

Three New Stratasys 3D Printers With One Strategy

Stratasys announced not one, but THREE new industrial 3D printers today, each very different.

BLUE CARE 3D Printing Powder Is Definitely The Right Color

BLUE CARE 3D Printing Powder Is Definitely The Right Color

A new material from FABULOUS has a very interesting property: its blue color.

Updates From Sinterit on Materials and Software

Updates From Sinterit On Materials And Software

Sinterit has updated their 3D print job preparation software with a powerful feature.

A Close Look at the Formlabs FUSE 1 SLS 3D Printer

A Close Look At The Formlabs Fuse 1 SLS 3D Printer

Recently I had the opportunity to take a closer look at Formlabs’ recently released FUSE 1 SLS 3D printer.

Sinterit Introduces Polypropylene Material

Sinterit Introduces Polypropylene SLS Material

Sinterit announced the availability of a new polypropylene material for their low-cost, compact SLS 3D printers.

Uniformity 6061 Paves the Way for Sintering Mass-Produced Aluminum Parts

Uniformity 6061 Paves the Way for Sintering Mass-Produced Aluminum Parts

Desktop Metal and Uniformity Labs have developed Uniformity 6061, a powder that enables aluminum sintering for binder jetting.

ExOne’s X1 160Pro Metal 3D Printer Can Now Use Access Reactive Metals

ExOne’s X1 160Pro Metal 3D Printer Can Now Use Reactive Metals

ExOne announced a new atmosphere-controlled version of their massive X1 160Pro metal 3D printer, opening up the possibility of using many different metals.

Aurora Labs Closing In On Metal Powders With Gränges

Aurora Labs Closing In On Metal Powders With Gränges

Aurora Labs provided an update on their ongoing metallurgy project with Gränges.

Metal 3D Printing Powders Consolidation: ALTANA Completes TLS Acquisition

Metal 3D Printing Powders Consolidation: ALTANA Completes TLS Acquisition

ALTANA has completed its acquisition of TLS, focusing on the metal 3D printing powder market.

Rapidia-ExOne Deal Shakes Up The Metal 3D Printing Market

Rapidia-ExOne Deal Shows Challenges And Opportunities

The partnership involving ExOne and Rapidia highlights some of the problems in 3D printing these days.

Wematter’s New Atmosphere System Increases SLS Part Quality

Wematter’s New Atmosphere System Increases SLS Part Quality

Wematter announced a new system that increases 3D printed part quality significantly.

EMBARGO January 26 at 9 am EST Formlabs Finally Releases The Fuse 1 SLS 3D Printer

Formlabs Finally Releases The Fuse 1 SLS 3D Printer

At long last, Formlabs has released the Fuse 1, their production SLS 3D printer.

New Superalloy Class Points To Defect-Free Metal 3D Printing

New Superalloy Class Points To Defect-Free Metal 3D Printing

Research may have identified a new class of 3D printable metals that can overcome current limitations.

Evonik Buys Into UnionTech

Evonik Buys Into UnionTech

German chemical giant Evonik acquired a piece of UnionTech.

Sinterit Launches Powder Handling Station

Sinterit Launches Powder Handling Station

Sinterit announced a new powder handling station (PHS) to accompany their popular desktop SLS 3D printer, the Lisa PRO.

The Mysterious Seurat Metal 3D Printer

The Mysterious Seurat Metal 3D Printer

I’ve been investigating the rather quiet company Seurat Technologies, which is developing a new metal 3D printing process.

Xact Metal Makes Copper 3D Printing Inexpensive

Xact Metal Makes Copper 3D Printing Inexpensive

Xact Metal has adapted their inexpensive metal 3D printer technology to enable the use of copper material.

3D Printing With 100% Recycled Powder

3D Printing With 100% Recycled Powder

Materialise has introduced Bluesint PA12, enabling 3D printing with 100% recycled powder.

Elcan: Sifting Through The Metal 3D Printing Powder

Elcan: Sifting Through The Metal 3D Printing Powder

Charles R. Goulding and Peter Favata discuss the importance of quality for metal 3D printing materials.

Published October 16, 2020
Categorized as materials Tagged elcan, materials, metal, powder, quality, recycling
Sinterit Introduces Comprehensive SLS Toolkit

Sinterit Introduces Comprehensive SLS Toolkit

Sinterit announced the availability of a new “comprehensive set of powder tools”, which aims to change the game when acquiring an SLS 3D printer.

Published October 9, 2020
Categorized as Hardware Tagged powder, sinterit, sls, toolkit, tools
Alloyed Develops Functional Nickel Superalloy For High-Temperature AM

Alloyed Tests Functional Nickel Superalloy For High-Temperature AM

Alloyed announced the results of a project they’ve undertaken with Honeywell Aviation to assess a new high-temperature metal powder for aerospace applications.

Published October 8, 2020
Categorized as materials Tagged aerospace, alloyed, Honeywell, manufacturing, metal, nickel, powder
Why Are There So Many New AM Metal Powder Companies?

Why Are There So Many New AM Metal Powder Companies?

I had a thought about why there are a number of new entrants to the AM metal powder market.

Published September 22, 2020
Categorized as materials Tagged alloyed, materials, metal, partnership, powder, taniobis, titanium
A New Player Has Entered The Metal 3D Print Powder Game: ALTANA

A New Player Has Entered The Metal 3D Printing Powder Game: ALTANA

There is news about what appears to be a new player in the metal 3D printing powder market: ALTANA.

Published September 17, 2020
Categorized as Corporate Tagged acquisition, altana, amt, eckart, metal, powder, tls
Plasmonic Seasoning Adds Color To SLS 3D Printing

Plasmonic Seasoning Adds Color To SLS 3D Printing

Researchers at the University of Duisburg-Essen have developed a way to generate colors during SLS 3D printing processes.

Published September 7, 2020
Categorized as research Tagged color, energy, laser, powder, sls
Wayland Additive Sets NeuBeam Target For January

Wayland Additive Sets NeuBeam Target For January

Wayland Additive is set to release their NeuBeam metal 3D printer this coming January.

Published August 21, 2020
Categorized as printer Tagged metal, neubeam, pbf, powder, wayland, wayland additive
Azoth’s Unique Digital Inventory Approach Using XYZprinting’s SLS System

Azoth’s Unique Digital Inventory Approach Using XYZprinting’s SLS System

XYZprinting’s MfgPro230 xS SLS 3D printer is enabling a company to provide an unusual digital inventory service.

Published August 11, 2020
Categorized as Service, Usage Tagged @xyzprinting, #sponsored, azoth, digital inventory, manufacturing, powder, production, sls
Inverted Powder 3D Printing

Inverted Powder 3D Printing

Researchers at Columbia University have developed a unique form of powder 3D printing that is inverted.

Published August 3, 2020
Categorized as research Tagged columbia, ils, inverted, lipson, powder, sls

Sinterit Lowers SLS Powder Refresh Ratio

SLS 3D printing becomes more cost efficient as more powder can be reused.

Published July 15, 2020
Categorized as materials Tagged costs, powder, sinterit, sls

Holographic 3D Printing With Multiple Lasers

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a method of using holography in 3D printing.

Published July 10, 2020
Categorized as research Tagged holography, laser, metal, pbf, polymer, powder, speed

All About 3D Printer Recoater Blades

I’m reading a fascinating piece by Additive Manufacturing Consultant Michael Wohlfart discussing the different types of recoaters one might use.

Published July 7, 2020
Categorized as Ideas Tagged eos, metal, pbf, powder, recoater, velo3d

6K Additive Makes Some Big Moves

6K Additive has commissioned their first units and at the same time has landed a sustainable client.

Published July 2, 2020
Categorized as materials Tagged 6k additive, aerospace, metal, powder, production, recycling, relativity space, rocket, space, sustainable

Tethon 3D Releases New Mullite Ceramic Powder For SLS 3D Printing

Tethon 3D announced a new product: a ceramic powder suitable for use in SLS 3D printers to add to their extensive portfolio of printable ceramic materials.

Published June 4, 2020
Categorized as materials Tagged ceramic, high temperature, powder, resin, sla, tethon3d

EOS Focuses On Metal 3D Print Safety

A technical notice recently issued by EOS to their clients regarding 3D print metal condensate safety.

Published May 27, 2020
Categorized as learning Tagged condensate, eos, metal, powder, safety

AMT On Post-Formnext Developments In The Time Of COVID-19

AM Technologies has been busy developing new 3D print post processing gear during the COVID-19 crisis, including a new powder removal unit.

Published May 20, 2020
Categorized as Hardware Tagged Additive Manufacturing Technologies, am technologies, amt, post processing, powder, recycling

Wayland Additive’s NeuBeam Metal 3D Printing Process

Wayland Additive has introduced a new form of metal 3D printing they call “NeuBeam” that should be superior to laser or electron beam processes.

Published May 17, 2020
Categorized as printer Tagged ebm, laser, metal, pbf, powder, wayland, wayland additive

Analyzing The Upside-Down SLEDM Metal 3D Printing Process

Researchers have developed an unusual metal 3D printing process called SLEDM, which uses LEDs instead of lasers. But could it actually work as defined?

Published May 12, 2020
Categorized as research Tagged cost, laser, led, metal, powder, sledm, speed

Multicolor SLS 3D Printing Coming?

New research has demonstrated an inexpensive method of reliably producing different color shades during SLS 3D printing, but will it replace dyeing?

Published May 10, 2020
Categorized as research Tagged color, multicolor, photochromic, powder, sls

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