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High-Energy X-rays Light Path to 3D-Printing One of Strongest Stainless Steels

Metrology

For airliners, cargo ships, nuclear power plants and other critical technologies, strength and durability are essential. This is why many contain a remarkably strong and corrosion-resistant alloy called 17-4 precipitation.

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Hardware, Collaborations, and QMS: AM News Roundup for October 31-November 11

Additive Manufacturing

Looking to the next generation of hardware, Vitro3D announced seed financing to develop a volumetric additive manufacturing platform. Several collaborations were announced including Stratasys and Axial3D, Align Technology and Desktop Metal, Henkel and Quad Industries, as well as Sigma Additive Solutions and SLM Solutions.

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Building for the Uncertainty of Tomorrow: Impact of 3D Printing in Space & on the Ground

Additive Manufacturing

The cost of placing cargo into orbit has dropped dramatically, opening up space to non-governmental entities that previously could not afford it. The post Building for the Uncertainty of Tomorrow: Impact of 3D Printing in Space & on the Ground appeared first on Additive Manufacturing (AM).

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3D Bioprinter Launching to Space Station

Additive Manufacturing

/November 2, 2022 — Redwire Corporation is launching its upgraded 3D bioprinter, the BioFabrication Facility (BFF), along with three other payloads on Northrop Grumman’s 18 th cargo resupply services mission (NG-18) for NASA to the International Space Station (ISS).

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Aerospace partnership offers sky high opportunities

AU Manufacturing

AIR Hub is an industry and research collaboration driving innovation in aerostructures, focusing on civil, cargo and aeromedical airliners, urban electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air vehicles, and advanced composite materials for the space and satellite industries. . About the organisations .

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Method for 3D-printing strong stainless steel revealed with particle accelerator

E&T

For airliners, cargo ships, nuclear power plants and other critical technologies, strength and durability are essential. The researchers’ strategy, described in the journal Additive Manufacturing, is based on high-speed data about the printing process they obtained using high-energy X-rays from a particle accelerator.

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Innovation on a Larger Scale

Fabricating & Metal Work

Milling head on the MasterPrint machine removing 3D-printed thermoplastic material, finishing the contours of this scale-model cargo ship. The CNC platform enables us to investigate a broader range of materials.” Material solutions emerge in the realms of rapid prototyping for civilian, defense, and infrastructure applications.