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Quickparts UK expands its European presence within the aerospace industry

Quickparts UK Limited, an expert in manufacturing parts across a wide variety of 3D printing and traditional manufacturing processes, is expanding its European footprint and manufacturing team by establishing itself as a certified EN9100.

PostProcess Partners with Materialise in Shared Vision for a Seamless, Automated and Sustainable Additive Manufacturing Future

Collaboration Includes Integration in CO-AM Software Platform and Investment in New Automated Powder Removal Solution

Formnext: TRUMPF prints dentures in series production

The new TruPrint 1000 is particularly easy to operate // The entry-level system is designed for additive series production // Improved gas flow leads to particularly high productivity and quality

FFF printing with up to seven nozzles

Liqtra GmbH is creating a new way to increase the productivity of the FFF printing process without higher speeds or nozzle diameters with the introduction of its latest 3D printer with multi-nozzle technology.

Nine lasers for large metal parts

At Formnext 2022, Eplus3D will showcase its EP-M260 metal 3D printer, an industrial 3D printer with MPBF technology. Eplus3D also unveiled its EP-M1250 large-format multilaser machine for metal additive manufacturing on 1 November. The company says the new machine, which has a build envelope of 1258x1258x1350 mm3 and nine laser systems, will greatly facilitate the development of metal parts several metres in size.

LIS technology for the "Queen of Ceramics".

At Formnext, Lithoz GmbH presents concrete answers to how 3D printing will disruptively change the ceramic industry. Among other things, the Austrian company with around 125 employees is showing a bioresorbable ceramic material for patient-specific bone implants for the first time.

Fast and precise coating

The "Dynamic Material Deposition (DMD)" process developed by Ponticon can deposit metallic materials onto metallic or ceramic components. In contrast to traditional laser build-up welding, the metallic powder is already melted in a laser beam before it hits the surface of the substrate layer by layer.

Faster than PBF, more accurate than DED

With the GMP300, Grob is presenting its Liquid Metal Printing (LMP) for the production of near-net-shape components for the first time. According to the manufacturer, the machine offers reliable, efficient and cost-conscious system technology with maximum production flexibility for one-off and small batch production.

FH research project develops innovative 3D printing process for stab-resistant protective clothing made of resin

Optimising protective clothing for potentially endangered occupational groups such as the police or security companies - that is the goal of the "StereoTex" research project at Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences. In the project, researchers are currently developing a process that makes it possible to produce stab-resistant protective clothing from a combination of textiles and synthetic resins.

"Demand for an automated production line is very high"

How far can additive manufacturing processes be automated? Ever since industrial 3D printing arrived in the industry, this question has been passionately discussed. Especially during the Covid 19 crisis with the associated supply bottlenecks, calls were made for a realignment of the supply chain. Additive manufacturing also often came into play here, although it requires a higher degree of automation for higher volumes. This was already a hotly discussed topic at Formnext 2021 - but how widespread is automation already in the industry and what solutions are there here?

3D-printed stainless steel doorstop qualified for series production

The French transport technology group Alstom has for the first time qualified a 3D-printed stainless steel doorstop for series production for its train compartments. Alstom worked with the Replique platform to achieve this.