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Additive manufacturing technology breakthroughs, process advances, patents, and technical innovations across metal and polymer AM.
Elmet Technologies to 3D print hypersonic vehicle heat exchangers on 3D Systems' DMP Flex 350 Triple using C103 niobium alloy
Elmet Technologies, a refractory metals producer, is deploying 3D Systems' DMP Flex 350 Triple metal 3D printer to additively manufacture large heat exchangers for hypersonic vehicles. The program use...
GKN Aerospace wins multi-year Pratt & Whitney repair contracts covering 20+ GTF component types, deploys DED in Sweden
GKN Aerospace has secured multi-year repair agreements from Pratt & Whitney spanning more than 20 component types across the geared turbofan engine family, with contract terms running 5 to 10 years. T...
3D Systems' Elmet Technologies advances C103 niobium alloy on DMP Flex 350 Triple for hypersonic aerospace parts, targets NASA certification
3D Systems' subsidiary Elmet Technologies is deploying the DMP Flex 350 Triple metal additive system to produce hypersonic vehicle components in C103, a niobium-based alloy suited to extreme high-temp...
Alloy Additive showcases titanium WAAM launcher and pressure-vessel parts at ESA's Industry Space Days 2026
Alloy Additive, a German metal additive manufacturing company, is showcasing large-scale titanium additive manufacturing at the European Space Agency's Industry Space Days on September 16-17, 2026, at...
Skyroot's Vikram-1 Reaches 450km Orbit on 3D Printed Raman-1 Engines, India's First Private Orbital Launch
Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 reached a 450km low Earth orbit on July 18, becoming the first private Indian rocket to reach orbit and deploying six payloads during a 16-minute flight from Sriharikota....
On boosts Busan robotic 3D-printing output 30x with 32-robot plant ahead of Cloudboom Strike 2 launch
On has scaled up robotic 3D-printing production at a newly built, fully automated factory in Busan, South Korea, ahead of the July 30 domestic launch of the second-generation Cloudboom Strike. Thirty-...
Interspectral coordinates SEK 7.4M Vinnova TRUSTAM project for federated learning in AM quality control
Interspectral AB is coordinating TRUSTAM (Trusted Federated Intelligence for Additive Manufacturing), a two-year project backed by Sweden's innovation agency Vinnova with a grant of SEK 7,413,300. Run...
PERI 3D Construction prints three serial DREIHAUS multi-family homes in Heidelberg (21 units, 30% faster)
PERI 3D Construction is printing three multi-family DREIHAUS buildings in Heidelberg with Korte-Hoffmann and other partners, delivering 21 residential units for commercial housing use. A robot-guided...
Guangzhou Wenbo Intelligent Technology wins Chinese utility model for compact pellet-powder heating hopper
Guangzhou Wenbo Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. received a Chinese utility model on 17 July 2026 for a compact heated hopper for polymer pellet, granulate, and powder feed in material-extrusion 3D pr...
JuggerBot 3D unveils H6-106 hybrid large-format printer pairing pellet extrusion with thermoset resin, backed by $4M AFRL award
Youngstown, Ohio-based JuggerBot 3D has built the H6-106, a large-format hybrid additive system that combines pellet-fed thermoplastic extrusion with a two-component thermoset resin delivery system in...
Zhongti New Materials becomes exclusive China agent for Airbus-linked Scalmalloy EX high-conductivity 3D-printed aluminum alloy
Zhongti New Materials, the sole licensed China distributor for the Scalmalloy aluminum alloy series, has added Scalmalloy EX to its powder lineup, a scandium-aluminum alloy developed by APWORKS, the A...
Xi'an Weilai Zhizao builds custom resin 3D printing test rig for Xi'an Jiaotong University's mechanical engineering school
Xi'an Weilai Zhizao delivered a custom-built resin 3D printing test rig to Xi'an Jiaotong University's School of Mechanical Engineering, centered on vat photopolymerization (SLA/DLP/LCD) curing. The m...
Reichenbacher deploys MKS Ophir BeamPeek for multi-laser LPBF beam measurement
Reichenbacher Hamuel GmbH has deployed MKS Instruments’ Ophir BeamPeek system across research and development, commissioning, quality assurance, and maintenance of its industrial LPBF equipment. The G...
Ampera completes full-scale silicon-carbide microreactor module designed for 30 years without refueling
Ampera has completed production of what it describes as the first full-scale 3D-printed nuclear reactor module, unveiling the unit this month at its innovation center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. T...
Diamant Polymer and SKZ launch AblImp project to develop post-process impregnation for durable ESD-safe SLS parts
Diamant Polymer and Germany's SKZ plastics institute began a joint research project on January 1, 2026, called AblImp (Ableitfahiges Impraegniermittel), to develop a post-processing impregnation that...
Additive Assurance's AMiRIS enters aerospace OEM evaluation to unify in-situ process monitoring across multiple metal LPBF platforms
An unnamed aerospace and defense OEM is evaluating AMiRIS, in-situ process monitoring software from Australia's Additive Assurance, to consolidate thermal-signal data collected across different metal...
Deep Manufacturing CEO Peter Richards details wire arc DED build strategy for underwater habitats and certified pressure vessels
On the 3DPOD podcast, Deep Manufacturing CEO Peter Richards described how the company uses wire arc directed energy deposition (WAAM/DED) to build underwater habitats, pressure vessels, and large cert...
DEW's binder jetting process hits 58% green density for tungsten-nickel-iron parts, rated to 1250°C for silicon carbide components
DEW has put a self-developed binder jetting (BJ) hardware and debinding-sintering line into production, now turning out 93WNiFe and 95WNiFe tungsten-nickel-iron heavy alloy parts alongside reaction-bo...
3YOURMIND validates NATO RAPID-e interoperability with cross-border part print at AM Village 2026
3YOURMIND released an eBook detailing three case studies from AM Village 2026, the European Defence Agency's third annual workshop, where NATO took part for the first time. In one exercise, the Berlin...
3D-LINE, a V-Concept brand founded 2017, produces 3D-printed concrete garden furniture using a self-built printer and custom cement formulations
3D-LINE, the design-focused brand of French company V-Concept, produces 3D-printed concrete furniture, including garden planters, pots, benches, decorative pieces, and garden lamps, for architects, de...