Volkmann USA, a manufacturer of powder handling equipment, is highlighting its vDryer vacuum drying module as an optional addition to the vLoader 250 powder conveyor, targeting moisture-related flowability and material handling issues in metal additive manufacturing. Installed upstream of one or more 3D printers, the vDryer removes absorbed moisture from metal powders and returns them…
Discover how combining industrial 3D printing, 5-axis CNC post-processing, and vacuum casting bridge tooling optimizes mechanical tolerances and accelerates lead times. Metal AM produces complex geometries that no subtractive process can match, but it does not produce finished parts. The real engineering challenge begins after the build plate comes out of the machine. Industrial 3D…
Somewhere right now, a mechanical engineering student is staring at a parts bin full of legacy components that don’t have CAD files. The assignment is reverse engineering, and the first step is getting that physical shape into a digital model. Calipers and patience will get partway there. A 3D scanner will get the rest. For…
America Makes named nine additive manufacturing Ambassadors and presented its 2026 Distinguished Collaborator Award to Brett Conner, Ph.D., Chief Manufacturing Officer at the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, at the institute’s Members Meeting and Exchange (MMX) held August 4–5 in Youngstown. The Ambassador Award Program, launched in 2017, recognizes individuals demonstrating exceptional commitment to advancing America…
New Jersey-based design and production studio Decibel Made and Italian robotic manufacturing company Caracol produced 30 large-format 3D printed benches for SKYLRK OASIS at Coachella 2026, running 15 in New Jersey and 15 at Caracol’s Texas headquarters on the Heron AM robotic platform and delivering the full set in about two weeks. The seating furnished…
Provider of additive manufacturing solutions 3D Systems has opened a search for its next president and chief executive, with Dr. Jeffrey Graves set to leave both the executive role and the board once a replacement is in place. The company said on August 4 that Graves will remain in post until a successor is appointed,…
Researchers at Pusan National University (PNU) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a 3D printable liquid crystal elastomer that can be programmed to either contract or elongate when heated. Led by Professor Suk-kyun Ahn of PNU, the team used a smectic liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) whose molecular alignment can be switched during direct…
America Makes and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) have awarded $6 million to four project teams tasked with developing high-temperature refractory alloys for AM under the PADAM 2.0 program. The funding comes from the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Foundational Technologies Directorate (AFRL/REMD). Refractory alloys can withstand the extreme temperatures required in…
A three-person student team from the University of Melbourne has hot-fired a 3D printed regeneratively cooled liquid bipropellant rocket engine at Race2Space in the UK, taking first place in the competition’s liquid oxygen (LOX) bipropellant category. CSIRO, which supported the build through its Lab 22 additive manufacturing center, says it is the first regeneratively cooled…
Snowbird Technologies, a Florida-based developer of ruggedized manufacturing systems, has produced 316L stainless steel components aboard the USS Essex (LHD-2) during the Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) 2026. The demonstration formed part of a distributed manufacturing experiment led by the Naval Postgraduate School’s Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing Research and Education (CAMRE). During the vessel’s…
Researchers at MIT have developed a design and fabrication system that produces 3D printed objects capable of switching their surface appearance in response to being pressed, slid, or turned, with no sensors, circuits, or screens involved. Called ShiftLens, the system prints optics and mechanics together in a single pass on a multimaterial 3D printer. The…
Online 3D printing service Sculpteo has produced 3D printed components for five haute couture looks for Jean Paul Gaultier, printing in TPU and PA12 on HP Multi Jet Fusion and supplying the parts in a raw, unfinished state for the couture atelier to work on by hand. The brief was geometry the house could not…
In this edition of SLICED, the 3D Printing Industry news digest, we track how additive manufacturing is advancing through European partnerships, distribution expansion, defense manufacturing, facility openings, and new applications in archaeology, construction, and medicine. Read on for updates from XJet, BigRep, Freemelt, 6K Additive, Meltio, Axtra3D, Spherene, Ricoh 3D for Healthcare, and more. Resellers…
Sinto Advanced Ceramics Europe GmbH has been certified to ISO 9001:2015 following an audit by TÜV SÜD in which no non-conformities were identified. The certificate, No. G951 26 0419, is valid from 24 July 2026 to 23 July 2029 and covers the company’s quality management for the additive manufacturing of technical ceramics. The audit is…
Chicago-based 3D printing quality assurance software developer Phase3D and Rowan University‘s Digital Engineering Hub (DEHub) have announced a partnership focused on data-driven metal additive manufacturing (AM) research, education, and process confidence. The collaboration’s practical value became apparent during the first build Rowan’s team ran independently after installing its new DMG MORI LASERTEC 30 SLM US…
Construction group Matthäi Schlüsselfertigbau has established an in-house construction 3D printing division following the completion of its own headquarters in Selsingen, Lower Saxony, a two-storey, 364 m² (3,920 ft²) office whose walls were printed in roughly 105 hours on a COBOD BOD2 and which the company occupied in July 2026. The subsidiary belongs to Matthäi,…
Artec 3D, a 3D scanning hardware and software company, has released the Artec Point II, the second generation of its handheld, target-based laser scanner for industrial metrology, replacing the original Artec Point in the company’s lineup. More data per pass The new scanner uses an expanded laser setup that projects 54 lines in ultra-fast scanning…
Industrial 3D printing firm EOS has joined MAT-H2, a consortium of ten organizations working to advance metallic materials and technologies that can withstand hydrogen environments. The consortium addresses a specific technical barrier. Hydrogen degrades metals. It embrittles them, weakens welds, and accelerates fatigue cracking. These material limitations have slowed the adoption of hydrogen in power…
South Korean motor vehicle manufacturing companies Hyundai Motor and Kia have given a detailed look inside the Additive Manufacturing Solution Center (AMSC), a facility at their shared Namyang Research and Development (R&D) Center in Hwaseong, South Korea, that consolidates polymer and metal 3D printing under a single roof. The AMSC is the first site Hyundai…
UCL Rocket (UCLR), a student-led rocketry team at University College London, has completed its first successful hot-fire test of a cryogenic regeneratively cooled rocket engine. The static test used a 7 kN liquid oxygen (LOX) and isopropyl alcohol (IPA) engine with an Eplus3D-printed CuCrZr combustion chamber containing 57 internal cooling channels. Eplus3D, a manufacturer of…
