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What It’s Like to Be the First Patient to Wear LightForce’s 3D Printed Metal Braces
This is Part II of our LightForce interview series. While Part I focused on the technology behind the company’s customized 3D prin...
Killer 3D Printing Applications: Cooling for Body Armor, Helmets, Seats, & Safety Gear
In this ongoing series of Killer 3D Printing Applications, we’ve looked at a lot of things, including tools, tool voids, factory a...
Archer to acquire Boeing autonomy subsidiaries
The deal includes Wisk, SkyGrid and Insitu, adding eVTOL, air traffic management and UAS capabilities to Archer’s platform. The po...
Schneider Electric debuts multi-chemistry UPS
The next-generation APC Smart-UPS supports VRLA and lithium-ion batteries for distributed IT and edge environments. The post Schne...
MiTAC expands Newark operations facility
The California site adds NPI, engineering lab, customer experience and service center functions for AI and cloud infrastructure. T...
SOLIZE partners with Dassault Systèmes in Japan
The agreement supports use of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform across design, engineering and manufacturing workflows. The post SOLIZE pa...
3D Systems receives $9 million Air Force award
The GEN-II DMP-1000 program focuses on large-format metal 3D printing for flight-related components. The post 3D Systems receives ...
Chinese 3D Printer OEM Targeting Market for Tiny Metal Parts Closes Pre-Series A Round
Earlier in the year, a consortium that includes China’s BLT announced a major breakthrough in using a high-precision, liquid metal...
Improve safety and hazard protection, based on expert advice
Three experts weigh in on hazard protection, personal protective equipment, fall protection and other safety topics. The post Impr...
NUWC Keyport Becomes First Naval Warfare Center to Receive Official Approval for Metal AM Process
US Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) has approved the PBF process for 17-4PH stainless steel demonstrated by Naval Undersea Warfa...
Chromatic 3D Materials Opens Propellant Test-firing Site in Minnesota
Chromatic 3D Materials has inaugurated a test firing site at Camp Ripley in Little Falls, Minnesota. It’s a 210 square kilometer M...
3DPOD 310: Metal LPBF Under $10k with Tom Bakker, Metal-Base
Tom Bakker is a talented engineer who has worked in LPBF, custom machine building, and on semiconductor equipment. Now he wants to...
VCollab adds simulation review tools for engineers
RRR structures CAE results, flags risks, compares iterations and shares browser-based Digital Slides across teams. The post VColla...
BQP and Modovolo apply simulation to UAV design
BQPhy was used to optimize 3D-printed propellers and reduce trial-and-error testing in Modovolo’s development workflow. The post B...
Siemens to add two U.S. manufacturing facilities
The $200 million investment will expand production of electrical equipment for AI data centers and create more than 1,500 jobs. Th...
Firebird launches regional NVIDIA DSX AI factory
Armenia site plans to scale past 70,000 NVIDIA GPUs by 2027, with Kazakhstan added as Firebird’s second market. The post Firebird ...
Smart IOPS and H3 unveil billion-IOPS AI storage
The system pairs Unobtanium T50 NVMe devices with an H3 appliance for GPU-driven inference and small-block workloads. The post Sma...
NAMI secures Saudi military manufacturing license
The GAMI approval supports Vision 2030 goals and expands localized additive manufacturing for defense and energy sectors. The post...
New 3D Printing System Makes Interactive Objects that Change Appearance Based on User Interaction
Many dynamic, interactive objects change their appearance through the use of electronics, like LEDs and screens. But if the object...
Eplus3D & UCL Rocket Test New LOX IPA Engine
Eplus3D has worked with UCL Rocket on liquid rocket engines. Right now, they’re working on a regenerative liquid oxygen (LOX) and ...
3D Printing Financials: Xometry, Protolabs, and Lincoln Electric Post Strong Quarters
The latest earnings reports from Xometry (Nasdaq: XMTR), Protolabs (NYSE: PRLB), and Lincoln Electric (Nasdaq: LECO) suggest manuf...
The Barnes Global Advisors Lands BPMI Metal AM Database Contract
Other than workforce development, materials qualification is perhaps the greatest existing barrier to the scale-up of metal additi...
Makera links CNC software, mobile control and project sharing
Studio adds CAM, simulation and guided setup tools for Carvera, Carvera Air and Z1 desktop CNC users. The post Makera links CNC so...
NEOTech acquires Virtex to expand defense manufacturing
The deal creates an 11-site U.S. manufacturing network with more than 2,500 employees and expanded engineering capabilities. The p...