MRO and Spares
HP & INDO-MIM Collaborate to Boost Metal 3D Printing in India
HP Inc. and INDO-MIM, a US- and India-based supplier of metal injection molding (MIM) powders and contract manufacturer, have announced that the two companies will collaborate to accelerate additive manufacturing…
America Makes Announces IMPACT 2.0: $6.6M in New 3D Printing Funding
America Makes, the Manufacturing Innovation Institute (MII) based in Youngstown, Ohio, has announced IMPACT (Improvement in Manufacturing Productivity via Additive Capabilities and Techno-Economic Analysis) 2.0, a project call which will…
$25M to Back Sintavia’s Largest Expansion of Metal 3D Printing Capacity Since 2019
Sintavia, the digital manufacturing company specializing in mission-critical parts for strategic sectors, announced a $25 million investment to increase its production capacity, the largest expansion to its operations since 2019….
Nikon’s New Metal 3D Printer Uses 3D Scanning for Part Repair and Quality Control
Nikon has released the Lasermeister LM300A, a directed energy deposition (DED) system, along with the Lasermeister SB100 3D scanner. These two are designed to be used together. You can place…
US Navy Awards Contract to Ursa Major for 3D Printed Solid Rocket Motors
The Naval Energetics Systems and Technologies (NEST) Program has awarded a contract to Ursa Major to develop and test a solid rocket motor (SRM) prototype for the US Navy’s Standard…
Naval Postgraduate School Opens Advanced Manufacturing Center as First Submarine Valve Assembly is 3D Printed
The US Navy’s additive manufacturing (AM) activity saw a striking acceleration in 2023, but as I wrote in November of last year, the branch was just getting warmed up. Bearing…
Lincoln Electric Signals Acceleration of Distributed Large Format 3D Printing with RedViking Acquisition
Lincoln Electric (NASDAQ: LECO), the Cleveland-based original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of arc welding systems, has acquired RedViking, a systems integrator for automation solutions based in Plymouth, Michigan. Terms of Lincoln…
US Army Corps of Engineers Taps Lincoln Electric & Eaton for Largest 3D Printed US Civil Works Part
The Soo Locks sit on the US-Canadian border, enabling maritime travel between Lake Superior and Lake Huron, from which ships can reach the rest of the Great Lakes. Crafts carrying…
Know Your Würth: CEO AJ Strandquist on How Würth Additive Can Change 3D Printing
AJ Strandquist is a different kind of additive manufacturing (AM) CEO. He’d be far more at home walking around a shop floor than he would be sitting in the boardroom…
UK Ministry of Defence Buys Two Metal 3D Printers for Royal Navy MRO
The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has purchased two metal 3D printers from UK supplier Additive X, in a contract valued at £383,000 (~$483,000). The Royal Navy will use the…
Air Force Awards Fortius Metals $1.25M to Qualify 3D Printing Wire for Hypersonic Applications
AFWERX, part of the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), awarded a Direct-to-Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract worth $1.25 million to Colorado’s Fortius Metals, to accelerate qualification…
Pressing Refresh: What CEO Brad Kreger and Velo3D Have Learned About Running a 3D Printing Company
To whatever extent a business is successful thanks to specialization, businesses will nonetheless always be holistic entities. A company isn’t a bunch of compartments that all happen to share the…
Würth Additive Launches Digital Inventory Services Platform Driven by 3D Printing
Last week, at the Additive Manufacturing Users’ Group (AMUG) Conference in Chicago (March 10-14), Würth Additive Group (WAG) launched its new inventory management platform, Digital Inventory Services (DIS). WAG is…
Bechtel & ATI Tap Velo3D for US Navy 3D Printing Facility in Florida
As I’ve written about extensively over the last couple of years, the US Navy is at the forefront of US additive manufacturing (AM) innovation, especially when it comes to metals….
US Navy Demonstrates Deployable 3D Printing Kits at Australia’s Autonomous Warrior 2023
Last November, the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) hosted its annual training exercise, Autonomous Warrior (AW23). Among other representatives of Australia’s military allies that participated in AW23 were the US Office…
Manufacturing Giant Doosan Taps Pelagus 3D to 3D Print Spare Parts for Korean Market
The recently formed Pelagus 3D is probably the biggest thing in additive manufacturing (AM) that no one is talking about. A joint venture between steel giant Thyssenkrupp and Wilhelmsen, a…
3D Printed Spare Parts Come to Brazil via New Partnership
In a new development for the adoption of additive manufacturing (AM) for spare parts, SENAI CIMATEC, a prominent Brazilian technology institution, and French start-up SPARE PARTS 3D have announced a…
Markforged Introduces Performance Advisor: Automated Strength Analysis for 3D Printed Parts
Markforged (NYSE: MKFG), the Massachusetts-based additive manufacturing (AM) original equipment manufacturer (OEM), has released an upgrade to its signature Eiger software. Called “Performance Advisor,” the new capability enables users to…
America Makes Doles out $1.2M for EARTH 3D Printing Project
Thanks to consistent funding from the Biden Administration, it’s always Christmas at America Makes, and the U.S.’s flagship advanced manufacturing just announced that it will be granting $1.2 million for…
Collision Repair Standardization of 3D Printed Parts
The collision repair industry is at the cusp of a revolution, driven by the advent of 3D printing technology. This technology can assist in increasing the volume, reducing the cost,…
ExxonMobil and BP Latest Energy Giants to Join Fieldnode’s Digital Parts Inventory Project
In January 2023, a group of five oil & gas giants — ConocoPhillips, Equinor, Shell, TotalEnergies, and Vår Energi — signed an agreement to participate in the development of a…
