Articles Tagged with ''additive manufacturing''

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GE Additive, under terms of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Sydney, will invest a maximum of $1 million annually over the next 10 years in research and development to accelerate the adoption of metal additive manufacturing in Australia. The MoU reinforces the university’s commitment to establish a new 1,000-square-meter Additive Manufacturing and Advanced Materials Processing research facility and supports the creation of the first metal AM ecosystem in Australia. The 10-year agreement also covers materials and powder technologies, including alloy design, alloy modification, powder characterization, post-processing optimization and materials gaps in repairs.

Germany’s SMS group won the German Design Award in the “Industry” category for an additively manufactured spray head used to cool dies in the forging industry. The award recognizes innovative products and projects and the companies or individuals who have fabricated and designed them. In this case, it was not only the spray-head component that was noteworthy, but also that additive-manufacturing (AM) techniques were used to produce the part.

This paper discusses the IVD process advantages when it comes to mitigating surface imperfections and providing corrosion and dissimilar metal protection, as well as the AM requirements for vacuum heat treatment processes.

Some say we are on the cusp of another industrial revolution, namely the decentralization of manufacturing heralded by the growth of additive-manufacturing (AM) technology.

Carpenter Technology Corp. acquired LPW Technology Ltd. (LPW), a developer and supplier of advanced metal powders and powder lifecycle-management solutions to the additive-manufacturing industry, for approximately $81 million. LPW is based in Widnes, Cheshire (U.K.), with additional processing operations near Pittsburgh, Pa. The company employs about 80 people.

Sciaky Inc., a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries Inc., received an order from a southeast Asian aerospace parts manufacturer for a dual-purpose electron-beam additive-manufacturing (EBAM) and EB welding system. The hybrid machine will be customized with special controls to switch from 3D printing to welding in a quick and easy process. The company will utilize the system to 3D print metal structures and to weld dissimilar materials and refractory alloys for these structures and other aerospace parts.

The topic of “Sintering/Additive Manufacturing (AM)” garners much reader interest, particularly because of the dynamic nature of AM.

Kaiser Aluminum Corp. acquired Imperial Machine & Tool Co., a provider of multi-material additive manufacturing and machining technologies for aerospace, automotive, defense and general industrial applications. Columbia, N.J.-based Imperial Machine & Tool provides multi-material expertise in aluminum, titanium, tantalum, molybdenum, nickel alloys, tungsten, cobalt chromium and stainless steel. The company offers a differentiated approach by combining traditional machining know-how and related technical capabilities with additive-manufacturing expertise.

Additive manufacturing (AM) is certainly becoming the “disruptive technology” predicted by some in the industry.