General Electric subsidiary GE Additive has announced the ongoing two-year development of a laser-powder additive manufacturing machine with a build envelope of one cubic metre capable of producing aircraft parts
GE Additive, Concept Laser and Arcam have signed a memorandum of understanding with global technology group Oerlikon to collaborate on accelerating the industrialisation of additive manufacturing
Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT in Aachen and RWTH Aachen University have been awarded a €50,000 prize for an ultra-high-speed laser material deposition process called EHLA
Lloyd’s Register and TWI have updated their joint framework for 2017 for metal additive manufacturing
Andy Martin at GE Aviation has told Laser Systems Europe that factors such as low productivity, the steep learning curve faced by new users, and the limited availability of powder materials are holding back 3D printing from becoming a mainstream industrial process
General Electric has announced it will acquire a 75 per cent stake in German additive manufacturing (AM) systems expert Concept Laser for €549 million
The Airbus subsidiary, Premium Aerotec, has started series production of 3D-printed titanium parts for Airbus aircraft at its Varel site, near Friesland, Germany
Greg Blackman reports from a panel discussion on 3D printing, which was held at SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco in February
A team from Airbus, Laser Zentrum Nord in Hamburg and Concept Laser has been shortlisted for this year’s German Future Prize for work on 3D printing in civil aircraft construction
A 3D printed, platinum thruster chamber has passed a ‘baptism of fire’ when being hot tested by Airbus Defence and Space for the European Space Agency (ESA) in a world first
