ICYMI: Last week was very busy with all of the announcements made during formnext including new hardware, materials, and collaborations. Sintratec, Massivit 3D, HP, Meld, SLM Solutions, DyeMansion, and Chromatic unveiled new hardware. New materials were announced to cover nearly every application area including new options from 3D Systems, Carbon, 6K Additive, Inkbit, Digital Metal, BIO INX, EOS, Evonik, Nexa 3D, and Morf3D. With all of this, the number of collaborations seemed to be the focus of many including partnerships between AMT and HP; Equisperes and Morf3D; Precision ADM and Tecomet; Shell and GE Additive; HP and Wimba; Domension Inx and Lurie Children’s Hospital; Nano Dimension and Tethon 3D; Hexagon and Stratasys; Materialise and CO-AM partners Additive Marking, AM-FLOW, AMT, Castor, Dye Mansion, Identify3D, PostProcess, SLM Solutions, Stratasys|Grabcad, Trinckle; and Twikit; Nexa 3D and DyeMansion; Henkel and Carbon; Desktop Metal and the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs; Carbon, Lexus, and Adidas; and Sigma Additive Solutions and Dyndrite.
Here’s a quick look at these stories and more.
Selective Laser Sintering: A New Era: As a major milestone in the company’s history, Sintratec unveils its one-stop additive manufacturing solution: the All-Material Platform (AMP). In a world first, the AMP scales from prototyping to production and enables processing of all its materials on the same production line. READ MORE
Composite Manufacturing: Massivit 3D Launches Massivit 10000-G: Massivit 3D Printing Technologies announced the company will unveil the new Massivit 10000-G at Formnext. The Massivit 10000-G offers the full range of composite manufacturing applications available on the Massivit 10000 plus a new feature providing access to Massivit 3D’s set of Dimengel photopolymer. READ MORE
Value Chain: Sigma Additive Solutions and Dyndrite Announce Agreement to Build Connected In-process Data Software Using Dyndrite Application Development Kit: Sigma Additive Solutions, Inc. announced an agreement with Dyndrite™. By expanding development of Printrite3D®’s visualization and analysis on Dyndrite’s Additive Developer Kit (ADK), users will have a single user experience for CAM, materials and process development, toolpath creation, and the resulting in-process quality data and analytics. READ MORE
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Inspires All-new Lexus RX from Collaboration with Lexus, Adidas, Adidas S.E.E.D and Carbon: Strength in unity unlocks new possibilities and today, Lexus unveils what’s possible when the luxury automaker, adidas, adidas S.E.E.D, Calty Design Research and 3D printing company Carbon join forces. As a result, the all-new Lexus RX 500h F SPORT is transformed into an eye-catching crossover inspired by Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” now playing only in theaters. READ MORE
FreeFoam: Desktop Metal Announces Major Contract with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for Variety of 3D Printed Products: Desktop Metal, Inc. announced a three-year, multimillion-dollar contract with the Veterans Health Administration to develop, test, and manufacture a variety of 3D printed healthcare products with a revolutionary new FreeFoam™ material. READ MORE
High-performance Metals: 3D Systems Strengthens Materials Portfolio: 3D Systems announced the addition of two new high-performance metals — Certified HX and Certified CuCr2.4 — to its materials portfolio. Both materials are certified for use with the company’s DMP Flex 350, and DMP Factory 350 3D printers, and HX is also certified for the DMP Factory 500 to address a breadth of applications requiring high strength and corrosion-resistance. READ MORE
New Commercial HP Jet Fusion 5400 Series: This week at Formnext, HP is showcased its new commercial Jet Fusion. The show marks the first time HP is publicly exhibiting its new HP Jet Fusion 5420W Solution including white applications. READ MORE
Simulation Software: Markforged Takes the Guesswork out of 3D Printing for Industrial Applications: Markforged released new simulation features for its additive manufacturing software. Simulation is available as a free trial until April 2023, and the company expects to make the feature accessible through a paid subscription thereafter. READ MORE
Strategic Partnership: Henkel and Carbon Expand to Provide Customers Superior Materials and Printing Capabilities: Henkel and Carbon announced the expansion of their strategic partnership to offer several new resins, which are expected to be available on the Carbon idea-to-production platform in 2023. This follows the successful 2020 launch of LOCTITE IND405 Clear, a tough, clear resin that is used in production applications such as enclosures and housings. READ MORE
Damping Elastomers: EPU 43 and EPU 45 Expand Carbon’s Idea-to-Production Platform and Offer New Opportunities for Impact Production: Carbon announced two all-new damping elastomers, EPU 43 and EPU 45. The elastomers add to Carbon’s already impressive portfolio of materials as part of its idea-to-production platform. They offer new opportunities for breakthrough products in impact protection such as padding, gloves, and helmets. READ MORE
Automated Additive Manufacturing Workflow: Nexa3D and DyeMansion Announce Strategic Partnership: Nexa3D and DyeMansion announced a strategic partnership to drive an automated additive manufacturing workflow, integrating Nexa3D’s powder bed fusion workflow and DyeMansion’s automated post-processing hardware. READ MORE
Ultra-Low Oxygen Titanium Powder: 6K Additive Helping Increase Quality While Lowering Overall Print Cost: 6K Additive announced availability of ultra-low oxygen titanium 64 with parts per million range of 500 – 700. The low oxygen Ti64 effectively lowers users’ overall cost for titanium parts with powder that stays with-in printable specification longer. READ MORE
Titan Tough Epoxy 85 Launched by Inkbit: Inkbit unveiled Titan Tough Epoxy 85, its latest additive manufacturing material. Specially formulated for durability, this material delivers enhanced performance for applications that require both high accuracy and production-grade mechanical properties. READ MORE
Large Format 3D Printers: Chromatic Unveils New Line of RX-Flow™ for Reactive Extrusion Additive Manufacturing: Chromatic 3D Materials is launching RX-Flow™, a new line of large format 3D printers for reactive extrusion additive manufacturing with thermoset polyurethanes. RX-Flow™ printers are an option for manufacturers interested in testing and implementing industrial 3D printing with more durable, flexible materials. READ MORE
Metal Binder Jet Printers: Availability of H13 Metal Powder: Digital Metal (from Markforged) announced the availability of H13 metal powder for all Digital Metal binder jet printers. H13, which will go under the name DM H13, is a hot-work tool steel that can maintain its strength and hardness when exposed to high temperatures and exhibits good resistance to thermal fatigue. As an abrasion resistant metal, H13 is commonly found in forming tools such as extrusion dies and injection molds. READ MORE
Materialise Expands CO-AM Platform with Seven New Technology Partners and Magics Integration: Materialise announced seven additional technology partners have joined the CO-AM platform. These solutions support design and pre-printing automation, traceability, printing, and post-processing for 3D printed parts. Materialise Magics has been integrated to CO-AM and offers a new workflow automation feature. READ MORE
BIO INX Launches New Biocompatible Material for Live Cell Encapsulation: BIO INX launched Hydrobio INX N400, the first commercially available bioresin enabling live cell encapsulation in 3D printing with Nanoscribe’s Two-Photon Polymerization technology. This new biocompatible resin opens the path for high-resolution biofabrication. The material is especially designed with the ability for cell encapsulation in combination with cell seeding for the fabrication of complex biomimetic tissues. READ MORE
Sustainable Polymer Materials for Responsible Manufacturing: EOS is looking at sustainability from a holistic perspective. EOS is continuously striving for more sustainable materials, systems, and processes. EOS introduced sustainable polymer materials: a climate neutral PA 1101 and carbon-reduced PA 2200 polymer material. EOS also unveiled Fine Detail Resolution (FDR) for the FORMIGA P 110 polymer system. READ MORE
Vapor Polish 3D-printed Polypropylene: DyeMansion Launches Powerfuse S PP: DyeMansion launched a new Powerfuse S model to smooth 3D-printed polypropylene. The Powerfuse S PP is a green vapor polish solution for highly industrial manufacturing and surface improvements beyond aesthetics to smooth 3D-printed PP. The classic Powerfuse S model works with all common rigid and flexible materials on the market. READ MORE
Lightweighting: Hexagon and Stratasys unlock 3D-printed PEKK’s Potential for Aerospace Engineers with Simulation: Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division and Stratasys have applied Hexagon’s simulation technology to capture the behavior of Antero™ reinforced polyetherketoneketone (PEKK) materials. These rigorously validated simulations offer Stratasys customers unique insight so they can lightweight components and introduce new sustainable aircraft and spacecraft faster. READ MORE
Micro Additive Manufacturing: Nano Dimension Signs Materials Development Deal for Its Fabrica 2.0 3D Printing: Nano Dimension has signed an agreement with Tethon 3D to develop new materials for its Fabrica 2.0 micro additive manufacturing system. The agreement is focused on micro additive manufacturing materials with high-performance and specialty specifications, including high temperature, transparent, and carbon nano tubes. READ MORE
Photopolymers: Evonik Launches Three New Materials for 3D Printing: Evonik launched three new INFINAM® photopolymers for industrial 3D applications, expanding the photo-resins product line launched last year for use in common UV-curing 3D printing processes such as SLA or DLP. With a total of seven new photopolymer formulations, Evonik has diversified the additive manufacturing material landscape in less than two years. READ MORE
Bioscaffolds: Dimension Inx and Lurie Children’s Hospital Awarded Joint NIH Grant to Expand Fertility Restoration Options: Dimension Inx and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago have been jointly awarded an NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant. The grant focuses on uncovering a novel approach to in vitro growth and maturation (IVGM) of ovarian follicles. READ MORE
Producing Metal Parts With a Size of up to 3.0 x 1.2 x 1.2M with SLM Solutions: SLM Solutions announced its next record-breaking solution. The solution enables producing metal parts up to a size of 3.0 x 1.2 x 1.2 Meter (LxWxH). The large part machine concept contains a core unit and a build envelope flexible in size that allows the manufacture of components in individual dimensions. READ MORE
Multi Jet Fusion Technology: 3D Printed Orthoses for Dogs: Krakow-based start-up Wimba is set to manufacture individual orthotic and prosthetic medical devices for dogs with HP Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) technology. READ MORE
Energy Transition: Shell and GE Additive Metal 3D Print Oxygen Hydrogen Micromixer: Shell International B.V. and GE Additive unveiled the results of a joint design and engineering project – an additively manufactured oxygen hydrogen micromixer. This complex, non-functional demonstration part was printed in nickel alloy 718 on a GE Additive Concept Laser M Line system, installed at Shell’s 3D Printing CoE and Workshop: READ MORE
Strategic Partnership: Precision ADM and Tecomet: Precision ADM has entered into a strategic partnership with Tecomet, to expand development and production opportunities in the area of additive and subtractive manufacturing. READ MORE
Photopolymer Resins: Nexa3D Releases Ceramic, Flexible, and Clear Materials: Nexa3D announced the expansion of its high-performance functional resin portfolio with the immediate commercial availability of three new photopolymer resins tailored to address the growing demand for its ultrafast industrial and desktop 3D printers. READ MORE
Hybrid Additive Manufacturing: MELD Unveils 3PO, 3D Metal Printer Combining Additive And Subtractive Technology Into One Hybrid Machine: MELD announced their newest machine, 3PO, a hybrid additive manufacturing machine. It features a MELD additive system with an integrated subtractive head that is independent of the additive portion. READ MORE
Laser Powder Bed Fusion: Dyndrite To Enter End-User Software Market with Next Generation Materials and Process Development Software: Dyndrite™ released the company’s first end-user application focused on materials and process development for laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) machines. READ MORE
High Performance Aluminum Powders: Equispheres partners with Morf3D: Aiming to improve the performance and productivity of metal additive manufacturing, Morf3D Inc. and Equispheres Inc. are collaborating to qualify Equispheres’ high-performance aluminum powders and to develop new applications which will result in further performance improvements based on current expectations. READ MORE
Post Processing: AMT Provides Integrated Solutions to HP’s 3D Printing Customers: Building on many years of close collaboration, AMT and HP announced a new strategic partnership to deliver advanced post processing capabilities to HP customers. The partnership centers on an Integrated Post Processing Solution providing full support through the entire 3D printing production workflow. READ MORE
Autonomous Manufacturing: AMFG Receives $8.5 Million in Funding Led by Intel Capital: AMFG Corp. has secured $8.5M in funding led by Intel Capital to further their spot in the new age of industrial transformation. AMFG will continue to help companies scale their additive manufacturing processes, further solidifying AMFG’s position at the forefront of the autonomous manufacturing revolution. READ MORE
Hear discussion on some of these stories during the next episode of AM News LIVE on November 28.
