Post-processing consolidation leads the issue, while titanium material extrusion points toward cleaner metal AM feedstocks.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory alloy work funded by the U.S. Department of Energy has met strength and durability requirements for General Motors' low-mass, high-efficiency medium-duty truck engine. The result links additive alloy development with a production vehicle target: higher operating temperatures and lighter components for better fuel economy.
Hi3D has added maker-focused tools to its browser platform in an attempt to turn AI-generated models into printable parts with less CAD repair. The update targets a practical weak point in consumer 3D printing: geometry that looks plausible on screen but fails when sliced.
The U.S. Air Force plans to install additively manufactured microvanes across its C-17 Globemaster III fleet after testing the small aerodynamic devices on operational aircraft. The blade-shaped parts are designed to reduce drag on the cargo aircraft, turning a modest printed component into a fleet-level efficiency measure.
DSH Technologies is moving its toll debinding and sintering operation to Pineville, North Carolina, where it will share a facility with sister company Elnik Systems. The consolidation places a post-processing service provider and furnace-equipment manufacturer in the same building, tightening a production chain that often determines whether metal additive manufacturing parts are ready for real use.
For users of binder jetting, metal material extrusion and metal injection molding, printing is only the opening act. Debinding, sintering, atmosphere control and dimensional control decide final density, tolerance and repeatability. By bringing service work and equipment expertise together, the companies are positioning the site as a more integrated support point for customers moving from trials to dependable production.
The move also reflects a wider trend in additive manufacturing: the market is paying closer attention to the steps after printing. As more manufacturers try to qualify metal AM parts, post-processing capacity is becoming a strategic bottleneck rather than a back-office operation.
Founder and CEO Stefan Joens, who leads both companies, relocated Elnik to the Pineville site in 2023. DSH joining that footprint gives the group a single base for customer work, process troubleshooting and furnace-related know-how.
Nano Dimension is exploring a merger with Infinite Epigenetics after selling or divesting several additive manufacturing holdings over the past year. The move would mark a sharp turn for a company once defined by electronics printing, Desktop Metal, Markforged and Fabrica assets.
Havelar used COBOD construction 3D printing to produce a 500-square-meter recycling center office in Porto in nine days of printing. The project is notable less for spectacle than for delivery discipline: a public building made with concrete AM and reported as completed on budget.
XTPL is entering the Japanese market with its printed electronics and chip-packaging technology. The expansion points to a maturing niche for additive manufacturing at microelectronic scale, where deposition accuracy and industrial partnerships matter more than visible part size.
Fabri has raised $13.5 million to build what it calls a digital foundry, aiming to modernize a manufacturing sector with limited domestic capacity. The pitch is not simply to print parts, but to connect digital workflows with casting and foundry production where supply is constrained.
Bambu Lab launched PLA Pure, a filament positioned around cleaner home printing and a less workshop-like user experience.
Robot Factory's desktop injection molding system drew attention as a compact complement to additive workflows for small production runs.
Neil Doherty, age 14, was named the next 3D Printing Rising Star, signaling how early maker fluency is feeding the sector's future talent pipeline.
Meltio added Force Automation, Snowbird Technologies, Phillips Corporation and Fastech to strengthen its U.S. defense-sector presence.
Stratasys introduced DM PA6/66-GF30-FR for Fortus systems, targeting certified end-use parts and spares in rail and transportation.
The Chilean engineering firm adopted SHINING 3D scanning for mining-equipment inspection, reporting faster dimensional checks on ball mills.
A new Marine occupational specialty folds welding, machining and 3D printing into one expeditionary manufacturing skill set.
Snapmaker cut the U1 price to $849 for its 10th anniversary, keeping desktop multi-tool hardware in the consumer-printer conversation.
A production-floor question cuts through marketing claims about extreme print speeds. The discussion asks what heavy-duty FDM machines really deliver when volumetric flow, uptime and part quality all count. Without a reliable image from the feed, the post gets room for the practical debate behind the headline.
A large-format user is weighing aiBuild OS and CAM against other tooling workflows. The post is useful because it asks for lived experience rather than spec-sheet comparison. It also shows how software cost and 3-axis machine limits shape real LFAM adoption.
A used metal printer auction became a shop-floor drama about low hours, unpaid wages and bargain industrial hardware. The post is half marketplace tip and half reminder that expensive machines can move through very human channels. It is the kind of odd practical story that only community boards surface.
A visual reminder from the SLS world: check the machine before the build, because powder-bed mistakes are expensive once the job starts.
A teaser for robot-control software hints at how additive workflows continue to blur into automation and cell-level orchestration.
A shared video on printed tungsten divertor tiles connects additive manufacturing with one of the harshest environments in energy engineering.
The paper develops a Ti-6Al-4V feedstock for metal material extrusion using a binder system built partly from bio-based polymers. Its practical value is in the full chain: extrusion, printing, solvent and thermal debinding, and sintering, giving metal MEX a clearer route toward less petroleum-dependent formulations without ignoring manufacturability.
The authors map LPBF parameter windows for M50NiL bearing steel, linking laser power, scan speed and spacing to density and microstructure.
The study shows how material-extrusion toolpath fragmentation at lattice nodes can undermine the expected isotropic behavior of efficient lattice designs.
The paper compares failure criteria for compressed Ti-6Al-4V AM lattices, giving designers better guidance for simulation-driven lattice qualification.
The paper integrates end-state error quantification into binder jetting, giving process monitoring a clearer connection to final part quality.
A transient model tracks melt-pool heat and flow in Joule hot-fuse wire AM, clarifying how print velocity changes penetration and accumulation.
The article examines how concrete AM could be adapted for underwater and marine use, where material placement and curing conditions differ sharply from land-based printing.
The framework shifts porous AM design beyond standard lattices by putting geometry generation at the center of architecture design.
The work studies how powder-bed-fusion aging affects end-capped PA12, a material issue directly tied to reuse, consistency and polymer PBF economics.
The review connects advanced aluminum AM alloy design with industrial deployments, emphasizing structural-functional components and near-net-shape fabrication.
The paper uses AM to build layered microfilter structures inspired by microfiltration, connecting printed geometry with water-treatment function.
Synchrotron experiments probe how porosity affects micromechanics and fatigue in an AM superalloy, targeting a central qualification problem for critical metal parts.
The slicing method tackles complex high-genus surfaces and non-coplanar interfaces, advancing toolpath planning beyond planar layers.
The article studies nitrogen concentration in LPBF AlSi10Mg matrix composites, linking processing atmosphere to microstructure and mechanical response.
The study applies federated learning to LPBF anomaly detection, aiming to share monitoring intelligence across distributed systems without centralizing all data.
The authors revisit an old making technique to sidestep build-volume constraints, suggesting a hybrid path for larger AM objects.