The round up of last weeks additive manufacturing news includes announcement by Saudi Arabia Minister Bandar Al-Khorayef to make Saudi Arabia global leader in additive manufacturing; successful 3D printing of F-35 Full Mission Simulator by Lockheed Martin; research on 3D printing of peptide ink by Rice University and much more.
Saudi Arabia Plans to Become Leader in AM: Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources
Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Al-Khorayef during the LEAP Tech Conference held in Riyadh, confirmed that, the ministry is targeting to become a global leader in additive manufacturing.
Bachelor thesis confirms financial viability of 3D belt printers compared to Cartesian 3D printers
Compared to Cartesian 3D printer models, a 3D belt printer already pays off for the small-scale production of a few thousand parts, which is particularly relevant for SMEs and individual entrepreneurs. That is the result of a bachelor thesis commissioned and supervised by the German start-up, iFactory3D.
Lockheed Martin Uses 3D Printing for Manufacturing of Full F-35 Simulator Cockpits
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Training & Logistics team has been working on how to 3D print the cockpit for the F-35 Full Mission Simulator (FMS). After years of hard work, the team recently celebrated the shipment of the first two 3D printed cockpits, that were delivered to MCAS Cherry Point in late 2022.
Nano Dimension Ltd. announced that it has been granted a patent the area of artificial intelligence (AI), and more specifically relating to the neural network that supports its cloud-based manufacturing platform.
Fabric8Labs Closes $50M Series B Financing for Electrochemical Additive Manufacturing Technology
Fabric8Labs announced the close of a $50M Series B investment round led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with participation from existing investors, including Intel Capital, imec.XPAND, SE Ventures, TDK Ventures, and Lam Capital.
Formatec expands with in-house MIM sintering capability
Formatec, a Nano Dimension company based in Goirle, the Netherlands, has purchased its first full-size Metal Injection Moulding (MIM) furnace from Elnik Systems, LLC, Cedar Grove, New Jersey, USA.
The Denver-based Contract Manufacturer Visser Precision Will Receive the First Sapphire Printer Calibrated for Haynes® 214®, a Nickel-based Superalloy Utilized in High-temperature Environments for Oxidation Resistance, and Another One Calibrated for Inconel® 718 from Velo3D.
Windform RS and Windform LX 3.0 officially approved for space flight
Carbon fiber reinforced composite Windform RS and Glass fiber reinforced composite Windform LX 3.0 from CRP Technology’s Windform TOP-LINE,passed ESA standard screening outgassing tests.
Peptide 3D-printing inks could advance regenerative medicine
Researchers in the lab of Rice’s Jeffrey Hartgerink have figured out how to 3D-print the well-defined structures using a self-assembling peptide ink.
Uniformity Labs Launches UniFuse™ AlSi10Mg Aluminum Powder for Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF)
Engineered materials company Uniformity Labs (Uniformity) announces the availability of its UniFuse™ AlSi10Mg Aluminum powder and optimized parameters for L-PBF printing at 50um and 90um layer thickness.
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