Additive Manufacturing Users Group opens conference registration The Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) has announced online registration is now available for its 2019 Education & Training Conference, which will be held in Chicago, Illinois from 31st March…
A fight to the finish To reduce the costs of surface finishing additively manufactured parts, Innovate UK has brought together a team of experts under the project leadership of Croft Additive Manufacturing, including Liverpool John…
Boeing and Thermwood Corp. form AM partnership Boeing and Thermwood Corporation have employed additive manufacturing (AM) technology to produce a large, single-piece tool for the 777X programme. The project is demonstrating that additive manufacturing is ready to…
Formnext 2018: The AM industry’s global elite With new exhibitors from 26 nations generating significant growth and its Hall 3 already full to capacity, Formnext 2018 is adding up to an additive manufacturing event not to be…
Why the cheapest additive powder doesn’t give the cheapest parts LPW's latest case study highlighting confidence in commercial reuse of Inconel 718 AM metal powders. One of the key benefits of additive manufacturing, over conventional manufacturing methods, is the ability…
3D Systems and GF Machining announce DMP Factory 500 3D Systems and Georg Fischer’s Division, GF Machining Solutions, have announced their first joint solution: the DMP Factory 500. The scalable manufacturing system, integrating additive and subtractive manufacturing, is designed…
3D Systems to showcase production workflow solutions at AMB 2018 3D Systems has announced it will feature its most advanced digital manufacturing solutions for metalworking at AMB 2018, including 3D printers, software solutions, and materials. The company’s ProX DMP 320…
Aerospace suppliers urged to join £15m programme Suppliers to the UK aerospace industry are being urged to engage with a £15 million programme funded by Innovate UK and the Aerospace Technology Institute aimed at encouraging them to…
Stratasys helps GKN cut AM assembly tool production time Stratasys has announced that GKN Aerospace is improving production times and removing design constraints for multiple tooling applications since integrating additive manufacturing at its Filton manufacturing site in the UK.…
Metalysis powers up first industrial scale plant Metalysis, the UK technology company with a solid-state process to produce valuable alloy powders, is powering up the world-first commercial plant at its Materials Manufacturing Centre in Wath upon Dearne,…
GKN wins AM contract from ArianeGroup rocket engine turbines GKN Aerospace will develop and manufacture two full scale turbines for the Prometheus low-cost re-usable rocket engine demonstrator on liquid oxygen and methane propellants. The turbines will generate power for…
Is PAEK AM now a reality? It’s an exciting time for additive manufacturing using PAEK or polyaryletherketone polymers, a relatively new industry sector, which has been developing for less than 10 years. As in other areas…
Accelerating AM technologies at the TCT Show Visitors to the TCT Show can learn about 3D printed carbon fibre on the desktop, automated layering and cutting of prepreg carbon fibre sheets, 3D printed moulds and lay-up tools,…
Linked in additive manufacturing When metal additive manufacturing specialist, Zenith Tecnica needed an ERP system that would accommodate the data generated by the 3D printing process it turned to Valuechain for the answer. Ed…
SLM Solutions officially opens new headquarters in Lübeck SLM Solutions Group is celebrating the official opening of its new company headquarters in Lübeck-Genin. Chairman of the Supervisory Board Hans-Joachim Ihde cut the ribbon for the future-oriented location in…
TWI takes the lead in additive manufacturing project TWI is taking the lead in the Open Architecture Additive Manufacturing (OAAM) project to demonstrate the ability to manufacture large metallic components via additive manufacturing (AM) for the benefit of…
Boeing HorizonX invests in high-speed metal 3D Printing company Boeing has announced its investment in Digital Alloys, a US-based company developing high-speed, multi-metal additive manufacturing systems that produce 3D printed parts for aerospace and other production applications. Digital Alloys'…
Victrex unveils new PAEK products designed for AM PEEK polymer pioneer, Victrex says it is preparing newly-developed materials for additive manufacturing (AM). The first of these is a high strength material for laser sintering (LS) which attains lower…
Industry team to test additively-manufactured rotating parts for aircraft engines Pratt & Whitney has announced its participation in an industry team developing and testing additively manufactured turbomachinery components, including the first additively manufactured rotating part for Pratt & Whitney development…
GE Additive welcomes Carpenter Technology to MPN GE Additive has announced that Carpenter Technology Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to become one of the first companies to join its newly-launched Manufacturing Partner Network (MPN). Financial…
Farnborough Airshow 2018: Learn more about Renishaw's additive manufacturing technology Aerospace Manufacturing magazine visited Renishaw at its stand at Farnborough Airshow 2018 to find out more about its additive manufacturing technology.
Oerlikon and Lufthansa Technik to jointly accelerate AM processes and standards Oerlikon, a leading technology and engineering group and Lufthansa Technik, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish robust and repeatable processes for additive manufacturing (AM) in the aircraft…
Finalists announced for TCT Awards 2018 TCT Show organiser, Rapid News Publications has announced the finalists for the TCT Awards 2018. Each finalist entry will be sent to the TCT Expert Advisory Board where the judging…
Geo Kingsbury offers range of metal AM solutions AddUp, a French manufacturer of metal additive manufacturing (AM) machines and production lines, has acquired another French AM machine producer, BeAM. The Strasbourg firm is a leader in directed energy…
