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Zhenghui Sha, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Texas at Austin whose lab developed one of the world’s first operational cooperative 3D printing systems, has been…UT Austin Researchers Join Inaugural Chief of Naval Research Fellows

Newcastle-based XYZO has launched an automated hybrid manufacturing platform designed to move polymer additive manufacturing from isolated 3D printing operations toward finished-part production. The system integrates additive processes with precision…XYZO launches automated hybrid manufacturing platform for polymer production

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Boeing have produced a steel Stamp Form Die (SFD) mold using wire-arc additive manufacturing (WAAM). The tool stands 6 feet tall, measures 4 feet…ORNL 3D Prints Steel Mold for Boeing Aircraft Work

Twenty-three 3D printed artificial reefs now sit on the Atlantic seabed at depths of up to 1,100 metres, placed there by a Franco-Irish research team testing whether additive manufacturing can…University of Galway and Ifremer Test 3D Printed Reefs for Cold-Water Coral Recovery

When I first travelled to Formnext Shenzhen in 2023 I saw a familiar pattern, the show tells you what China’s additive-manufacturing industry wants to sell. Go outside the show and…What Happens When 15,000 Desktop 3D Printers Become a Factory?

Radian Forge, a Virginia-based maker of large metal components using wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM), has closed a $2.5 million Series Seed Preferred round. Veteran Ventures Capital (VVC) led the…Radian Forge Closes $2.5M Round to Support Maritime Industrial Base

IperionX has validated GenX, a continuous version of its patented HAMR titanium powder process. Every spherical powder sample it produced met the Grade 23 oxygen specification, the extra-low-interstitial grade widely…IperionX’s GenX Could Lower Feedstock Costs for 3D Printing

Sheffield-based Instruct3D has commercially launched Additive Build Intelligence, a combined software and sensor system for metal additive manufacturing (AM). The system is designed to help users predict where build issues…Instruct3D Launches Additive Build Intelligence Platform for Metal AM Quality Verification

Australian metal additive manufacturing (AM) company AML3D has joined a three-year research and development (R&D) project that aims to qualify its Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAM) process for aerospace tooling production.…AML3D Commits AU$0.53M to Project Targeting Aerospace Tooling Lead Times of Up to 24 Months

Austal USA Advanced Technologies has placed an initial production order with AML3D for three large copper-nickel (CuNi) fluid control components destined for US Navy nuclear submarines. The contract, worth roughly…AML3D Secures AU$0.5M Order for Navy Nuclear Submarine Parts