TTT brings hot isostatic pressing in-house, showing how downstream densification turns printed metal into certifiable hardware.
iAM3D has introduced the LPW Z2500, a laser directed-energy-deposition system built around a 2,000 by 2,000 by 2,500-millimetre envelope. The flagship machine consolidates large-part deposition capabilities inside one enclosure, aiming at users that need repair or near-net-shape production beyond conventional powder-bed dimensions.
GEFERTEC has launched arcTitan, combining plasma-based wire-arc additive manufacturing with a fully enclosed inert-gas atmosphere. The controlled chamber is designed to protect reactive titanium during deposition, addressing contamination risk while retaining WAAM's appeal for large, material-efficient structures.
The U.S. Navy is deploying 12 Phillips hybrid-manufacturing systems and 12 Markforged X7 printers to its Afloat Training Program. The equipment will train sailors in additive and subtractive workflows while building the practical skills needed to support fleet maintenance and distributed sustainment.
Spanish surface-coatings subcontractor TTT Group is bringing hot isostatic pressing into its own production chain with a Hiperbaric HIP 107 system. The investment extends the company beyond coating operations and gives it direct control over a thermal and pressure treatment increasingly important to high-value metal parts.
HIP exposes components to elevated temperature and uniform gas pressure, closing internal pores and improving the consistency of mechanical performance without changing a part's overall geometry. That makes the process especially relevant to additive manufacturing, where complex shapes can be produced efficiently but hidden porosity may still limit fatigue life or qualification.
TTT is targeting aerospace and oil-and-gas work, sectors in which material integrity and documented process control carry more weight than build speed alone. Installing the equipment in-house can shorten logistics between manufacturing, densification, coating and inspection while giving engineers a tighter view of the complete post-processing route.
The purchase also reflects a broader industrial shift: additive production capacity is being matched with finishing and property-enhancement infrastructure. For demanding metal applications, the printed shape is only the beginning; repeatable downstream treatment is what turns it into a certifiable component.
Walter Reed's 3D Medical Applications Center has secured FDA clearance for a patient-specific titanium cranial plate system, believed to be the first such implant clearance granted to a point-of-care institution. The decision gives hospital-based manufacturing a concrete regulatory path from imaging and design to treatment-ready hardware.
Operando X-ray work led by Northwestern University indicates that atomic ordering in liquid metal helps govern grain formation during laser additive manufacturing, alongside cooling rate and temperature gradient. The finding adds a potential control variable for engineers seeking to steer microstructure while a build is underway.
TE Connectivity is using additive manufacturing to produce catheter shafts at lower cost, applying the technology to a tightly regulated component rather than a prototype. The move points to process consolidation and design flexibility in devices whose geometry, materials and surface characteristics directly affect clinical performance.
California metal-AM company 3DEO has entered an assignment-for-benefit-of-creditors process, placing its Intelligent Layering patents, machinery and other assets on the market. The sale will test how the industry values a distinctive production process when its original operator can no longer sustain the business around it.
America Makes and NCDMM selected the teams for a $6 million Air Force-backed program focused on alloy readiness, manufacturability, performance and supply-chain resilience for powder-based additive manufacturing.
PharmaTher and Craft Health will evaluate the CraftMake platform for peptide formulations, including patient-specific doses, combination medicines and controlled-release forms.
The University of Nebraska at Omaha will establish the Nebraska Center for 3D Innovation with an $8 million NSF award, creating statewide research capacity for printed healthcare technology.
Grassmayr Bell Foundry is combining 3D printing, scanning, lasers and simulation with a bronze-casting practice dating to 1599, using digital tools to manage rising costs and changing demand.
Aditiva Brasil's fifth national map identifies 249 companies and institutions active in additive manufacturing, offering the broadest snapshot yet of the country's developing ecosystem.
MLS player Cavan Sullivan has worn Adidas' additively manufactured football boots in competition, moving the lattice-based design from product launch to a visible performance test.
Additive Manufacturing UK reports that athletes at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games are gaining performance benefits from lighter, stronger and individually optimized equipment.
Chromatic 3D Materials has leased space at Minnesota's Camp Ripley for an integrated rocket-propellant test-firing capability, linking its printed-material development with direct hardware evaluation.
A community member shares a free tool for examining print jobs before production. The post invites practical testing from users with different machines and workflows. It is a reminder that small software utilities can prevent expensive material mistakes.
A lattice heat exchanger moves from a design challenge to a functional concept in under an hour. The geometry showcases why additive manufacturing is attractive for compact thermal systems. Readers can judge where rapid design ends and validation must begin.
A rapid cold-plate design targets the growing cooling demands of AI hardware. Internal channels make the object a natural additive-manufacturing application. The post turns a specialized engineering problem into an accessible design demonstration.
A new owner marks the arrival of a first 3D printer and the start of the familiar learning curve. The sparse post leaves room for the community to supply setup advice and early-project ideas. Every industrial workflow still traces back to someone learning how layers behave.
A compact printed carabiner is presented with a claimed load above 100 pounds. The design prompts the useful distinction between a satisfying strength test and certified safety hardware. It is an engaging example of geometry, print orientation and material choice working together.
A foot plate solves the irritating problem of an extension-cord reel moving during rewind. The part uses body weight as the restraint instead of adding a more complicated mechanism. It is a clear case of printing the smallest object that fixes the workflow.
Researchers use on-tip femtosecond-laser fabrication to integrate three-dimensional liquid-diode microvalves into a miniature infusion pathway. The geometry regulates flow without moving valve elements, helping resist pressure disturbances, backflow and cross-contamination in minimally invasive drug delivery.
PEG addition widens the safe debinding window for printed alumina, reducing defects while improving the fired ceramic's mechanical performance.
A temporal-spatial learning system combines several visual monitoring tasks for electron-beam directed-energy deposition while accommodating new tasks incrementally.
A rapid-solidification map and bidirectional operator network connect laser-processing choices with microstructure in aluminium-samarium alloys.
In-situ synchrotron imaging shows how spatter influences material mixing at interfaces during multi-material laser powder-bed fusion.
A maskless manufacturing route combines printed probe structures, metallization and encapsulation for penetrating neural interfaces.
The study tracks how aging temperature changes microstructure and wear behavior in LPBF 18Ni maraging steel.
Applying mechanical work during wire deposition suppresses cracking and deliberately reshapes the microstructure of Invar alloy.
B-spline dwell-time densities make deterministic polishing more efficient while preserving ultra-precision surface-form correction.
Homogenizing martensitic transformation improves superelastic response in laser-printed NiTi TPMS architectures.
A printed mechanical metamaterial is embedded in a robotic structure to demonstrate passive vibration attenuation without added control hardware.
Layer position is linked to microstructure and properties in an aluminium alloy built by additive friction-stir deposition at optimized rotation.
Additively manufactured heat exchangers support a controlled liquid-nitrogen pre-cooling system for instruments on the Extremely Large Telescope.