AM used to repair over 10 million turbine blades
28 September 2020
Additive manufacturing can be used to reduce the cost of routine turbine maintenance dramatically, typically replacing manual operations such as TIG welding
Additive manufacturing
AM project launched in response to Covid-19
25 September 2020
The new project seeks to enable facilities to operate equipment remotely via an agnostic remote control hub
Taking the heat out of metal welding
25 September 2020
Greg Blackman speaks to two researchers who presented at the LANE conference on different aspects of laser welding
The LS4 integrates two laser sources, a 50W green nanosecond and a dual wavelength (near-infrared and green) 10W femtosecond source. (Image: Lasea)
Smart Systems
25 September 2020
Keely Portway discovers how laser systems are used in smart manufacturing
The new Peregrine software being used to monitor and analyse a component during printing. (Image: Luke Scime/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy)
New AI software to offer real-time 3D printing quality assessment
26 August 2020
The new AI software identifies and controls surface-visible defects by using a convolutional neural network to perform high speed image analysis
Laser beam transmitting upwards through glass. (Image: John Whitehead/Columbia Engineering)
Inverted laser enables SLS with multiple materials and without powder bed
25 August 2020
The technique, published in Additive Manufacturing, has the potential to print embedded circuits, electromechanical components, and robot components
Relativity Space aims to 3D print a complete rocket in 60 days. (Image: Relativity Space)
Firms partner to 3D print rocket parts using sustainable materials
23 July 2020
The partnership is intended to create a closed loop supply chain where certified scrap materials are turned into powder, which can then be reprinted into new parts
The selective laser melting process (Image: SLM Solutions)
Material properties of 3D printed aircraft parts exceeds those of die cast parts
23 July 2020
The work aims to reduce the 3D printing time and costs of aircraft components by using larger layer thicknesses
Prima Power Laserdyne launches new system for welding, drilling, cutting, and DED
22 July 2020
The LASERDYNE 811 machine employs the most current hardware and software components for flexible precision laser processing in an affordable compact platform
Iron filings stick to this mini chessboard with a partially magnetic structure, produced from a single type of steel power at different temperatures. Image: Empa
Researchers 3D print partially magnetic structure using one type of powder
24 June 2020
The technique could aid in the design of more efficient electric motors, and structural components that react locally to different temperatures
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