Materials

Formlabs has added a 30th patented material to its catalog! During the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas, which took place virtually this year, the American manufacturer presented its new resin intended for jewelers: the Castable Wax 40 Resin. To develop…

Yesterday, RUSAL America announced the expansion of its aluminium product offerings to include additive manufacturing powders. The new powders will comprise four traditional Al-Si based casting alloys and five specialty alloys designed for use in the aerospace and automotive industries,…

According to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, almost 800,000 people suffer from a stroke each year in the US. During a stroke, blood supply to part of the brain is cut off. In 85% of cases, it is…

Equispheres is a Canadian company that specialises in the development of metal powders, particularly for additive manufacturing technologies such as laser powder bed fusion or cold spray. Drawing on its experience on the market, Equispheres recently conducted a study investigating…

At UC Santa Barbara and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a team of researchers have developed new defect-resistant high-performance alloys for metal 3D printing. The researchers explain that designing alloys that are compatible with the unique additive processing conditions while offering…

German startup Xolo has just unveiled its new 3D printer, called xube, which is based on volumetric additive manufacturing, a much faster method than traditional resin processes. xube is said to be able to construct parts of the smallest size…

While going public a few weeks ago, US manufacturer Desktop Metal announced the addition of pure copper to its range of materials compatible with its Studio System solution. Known for its excellent thermal and electrical conductivity, copper could enable the…

Austrian manufacturer, Rolf Spectacles, have developed a plant-based 3D printed eyewear collection using castor bean. Rolf’s latest collection, entitled substance, comes in six different colours and 23 different frame designs. Rolf is a family company based in Austria’s Tyrolean Alps.…

Additive manufacturing, in contrast to traditional machining techniques, makes it possible to produce parts with complex geometries whose total weight can be optimized using a numerical method called topology optimization. This method also maximizes the mechanical strength of the part…

Redwire, the new leader in mission critical space solutions announced that its Ceramic Manufacturing Module (CMM) – initially developed by Made in Space – successfully manufactured a ceramic part in space. Its module is based on stereolithography (SLA) and uses pre-ceramic…

On the 10th of December, 3Dnatives hoted a webinar with Prodways, Sculpteo and BASF Forward AM to talk about Polypropylene (PP) applications in Additive Manufacturing. Widely used in the plastic injection industry, Polypropylene offers interesting characteristics for industrial applications such…

Not so long ago, the Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA) released its report on the environmental impact of metal additive manufacturing. Conducted by Jeremy Faludi of Delft University of Technology and Corrie Van Sice of Dartmouth College, the study…