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by educyber · Published October 20, 2023 · Last modified October 31, 2023
NASA recently built and tested an additively-manufactured – or 3D printed – rocket engine nozzle made of aluminum, making it lighter than conventional nozzles and setting the course for deep space flights that can...
In a sport where speed, weight reduction, and development cycles are key, it’s no wonder why 3D printing and F1 get on like a house on fire. Each year, the use of 3D printing...
WASHINGTON — A 3D printer onboard the amphibious ship Bataan (LHD-5) may have just saved the Navy a lot of money on an otherwise costly repair, and the service’s chief engineer says he plans...
![The Biden Administration Issued An “Executive Order On Federal Research And Development [R&Amp;D] In Support Of Domestic Manufacturing And United States Jobs.”](https://www.elementum3d.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/made-in-america-07312023.jpg "Biden Issues “Made In America” Executive Order On Government Funded R&Amp;D 4")
On July 28, 2023, the Biden administration issued an “Executive Order on Federal Research and Development [R&D] in Support of Domestic Manufacturing and United States Jobs.” The policy outlines a wide-ranging set of objectives...
Following a decade-old trend, the AM sector continues producing exciting startups across a wide range of verticals. From medicine to aerospace, the sector seeks to disrupt its share of industries. Despite the economic downturn...
The 3D Printing Industry Awards 2022 shortlists are now available for voting. Who will win the 2022 3DPI Awards? Have your say by casting your vote now. Wire 3D printing material developer Fortius Metals...
Dr. Erhard Brandl, Head of the Audi Additive Manufacturing Center explains why the revolution of AM is already happening in the development stage. The best part of speaking with real end-users of additive manufacturing...
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by educyber · Published June 24, 2022 · Last modified August 23, 2022
Global engineering technologies company Renishaw has collaborated with Welsh bespoke bike manufacturer Atherton Bikes to help develop its in-house additive manufacturing (AM) processes. Members of the Atherton family are World Championship-winning mountain bikers who...
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by educyber · Published May 10, 2022 · Last modified August 23, 2022
Leaders from across the 3D printing industry have hailed the potential of President Joe Biden’s AM Forward program to drive the technology’s wider adoption. Launched last week, the initiative is designed to promote 3D...
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by educyber · Published March 1, 2022 · Last modified April 13, 2022
NASA has selected 12 companies to provide commercial launch services for the agency’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) missions, with contracts totaling $300 million. The list includes big-league space firms like Virgin...
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by educyber · Published January 13, 2022 · Last modified February 7, 2022
*This article featuring Elementum 3D was published on BizWest – Boulder Valley/Northern Colorado on January 12, 2022 By Christopher Wood ERIE — An Erie-based company that develops metal-additive manufacturing materials has raised $10.2 million in...
Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) are seeking to address the drawbacks of laser beams traditionally used in metal 3D printing. By exploring alternative shapes to the Gaussian beams commonly used in laser-based...
SmarTech Analysis has some bold numbers for the metal additive manufacturing (AM) market. The leading firm dedicated to 3D printing market analysis and consulting has projected that the segment for metal 3D printed parts...
The latest sign of maturation in the industrial 3D printing sector is a major new venture capital fund. The €100 million fund is the first of its kind dedicated to additive manufacturing (AM) and...
NASA‘s renewed efforts to return humans to the moon by 2024 has led to advances in new space technologies to improve processes, and reduce costs and development time. In early December 2020, we learned...
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by educyber · Published December 15, 2020 · Last modified July 21, 2022
The evolving metal powder marketplace: Total solutions, vertical integrations and start-up innovations This is a challenging and exciting time for producers of metal powders. Talk of the industrialisation of Additive Manufacturing is everywhere and...
NASA has selected 17 U.S. companies for 20 partnerships to mature industry-developed space technologies for the Moon and beyond through the Space Technology Mission Directorate’s 2020 Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity (ACO). The selected proposals are relevant to...
The U.S. Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office (RSO) has announced the conclusion of its first Advanced Manufacturing Olympics (AMO), with five technical design challenge winners and a total of nearly $1M in prizes. The...
thyssenkrupp marked a milestone today with the formalization of its partnership with Wilhelmsen Ships Services, one of the largest maritime services providers in the world, in an official signing ceremony. With the signing of...
Ceramic 3D printing has always been a popular application of additive manufacturing, yet still on the relative margins when compared to thermoplastics or metals. Naturally, metals and plastics are quite prominent in our daily...
WASHINGTON: Not a lot of money is at stake in the Air Force’s Advanced Manufacturing Olympics (AMO) competition in October, but the winners will secure ground-floor spots in the service’s high-priority drive to revolutionize...
On its first launch, NASA‘s uncrewed Space Launch System (SLS) mega-rocket will go on a trip around the Moon as part of the initial test flight for the Artemis 1 mission. It will mark...
For the past two years, officials and teams from Formula 1 have negotiated to come up with a new set of regulations for the 2021 racing season. Among the many updates made to the...
Elementum 3D, Erie, Colorado, USA, and Masten Space Systems, Mojave, California, USA, have completed successful hot fire testing of their jointly-developed PermiAM metal additively manufactured fuel injector, part of the NASA Phase I SBIR...
With a record market cap, Tesla is among the automakers that are best positioned to get through the COVID-19 crisis. The recent – possibly a bit uncalled for – tweets by its exuberant CEO...
Masten Space Systems and Elementum 3D have completed successful hot fire testing of their jointly developed new PermiAM 3D printed fuel injector to capstone the NASA Phase I SBIR project. The PermiAM technology enables...
German bicycle manufacturer Urwahn Bikes has partnered with lightweight bike component specialist Schmolke Carbon to develop a racing bike featuring a 3D printed frame. A limited-edition release, the bicycle in question combines Urwahn Bikes’...
BEAMIT SpA, Fornovo di Taro, Italy, and Elementum 3D, Erie, Colorado, USA, have signed an agreement to promote each other’s expertise and develop the market for speciality materials in the EU. BEAMIT specialises in...
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $3.6 million to 12 projects under its High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation (HPC4EI) initiative. Selected projects will receive access to the National Laboratories’ high-performance computing...
Additive manufacturing has been a boon to many types of industries, but certain industrial processes simply aren’t suited for it because either the process of the materials (or both) can’t be printed using existing...
Tyler’s message will key on blown powder Directed Energy Deposition (L-DED) for AM and repair and why this process is being realized by industry as one of the key pillars in printing thin wall part structures and large part envelope requirements.
Shawn will reveal how Lithography-based Ceramic Manufacturing (LCM) is producing high resolution, high performance technical ceramics that can serve a wide range of applications and structural materials, such as alumina, zirconia, and silicon nitride. He will also touch on how LCM has progressed into multi-material components incorporating ceramics and metals.
Jeff’s presentation will focus on the advances in wire DED, including welding processes for wire DED (arc, laser, and e-beam), next-generation alloys for large format metal 3D printing, and use cases that can benefit from replacing large forgings, replacing large machined billets, and producing advanced tooling — enabling next generation designs.
Dr. Jacob Nuechterlein is the founder and president of Elementum 3D in Erie, CO. He earned his Bachelor of Engineering, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy at the Colorado School of Mines. Jacob has been researching, teaching, or consulting on topics such as casting and powder metallurgy for the last 14 years. Elementum 3D’s work with powder bed laser additive manufacturing is based on these principles. In addition, is thesis work in thermodynamics and formation kinetics of metal matrix composites is directly related to all 3D printing processes.