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Investment in U.S. Metal Powders supports development of new aluminium alloy powders July 30, 2018 http://www.metal-am.com/metal-additive-manufacturing-3d-printing-news/ U.S. Metal Powders’ US metal powder production facility Ampal, Inc., Palmerton, Pennsylvania, USA, has received a $10,000 investment from Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania (BFTP/NEP). The investment is part of a wave of investments made in the…
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How Investing in Metal AM Is Different GE Capital helps manufacturers finance additive manufacturing equipment, but the investment goes beyond the 3D printer. Production AM demands a production infrastructure, and requires a long-term strategic approach. Blog Post: 8/1/2018STEPHANIE HENDRIXSON  Senior Editor, Additive Manufacturing Proto Precision Manufacturing Solutions recently purchased and began using its first metal AM equipment…
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Reusing IN625 Powder for 3D Printing: What Does the Test Data Say? Posted by: Pamela J. Watermanin Additive Manufacturing Materials, Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS), Process DevelopmentJuly 21, 2017 Sample metal heat exchanger, additively manufactured (AM) by laser-sintering produced by Stratasys Direct Manufacturing services on an EOS DMLS system. Image courtesy Stratasys Direct Manufacturing. Whether you’re new or experienced…
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Optimising metal powders for additive manufacturing – Author Bio: Cathryn joined the diffraction and imaging development team at Malvern Instruments in 2012 after completing her PhD studies in Chemistry at the University of Oxford.  She has recently taken up a new position as Associate Product Manager for Malvern’s Analytical Imaging and Laser Diffraction products following an…
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Powder recyclability in Selective Laser Melting and Electron Beam Melting 21/2/2015 http://www.insidemetaladditivemanufacturing.com/blog/powder-recyclability-in-selective-laser-melting-and-electron-beam-melting   Powder characteristics and chemical composition is critical in ensuring repeatable process and suitable mechanical properties of metal components built using AM. One of the major advantagesof SLM and EBM is the reusability of the powder. However, few studies have been carried out to…
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How much metal 3D printing powder can you recycle? JULY 27, 2016 BY LESLIE LANGNAU LEAVE A COMMENT In most cases, you can recycle quite a bit of metal powder. How much depends on the chemical and physical properties of the powder. In most AM powder systems, a fraction of the powder is actually used for the build.…
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Master Thesis Announcement Re-use of Metal Powders for Additive Manufacturing Processes Background Selective laser melting (SLM) is an additive manufacturing process in which the thermal energy of a laser beam melts and fuses areas of the powder bed. This technology allows manufacture the near-net-shape components. In many cases only a small portion of the powder…
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LPW Technology presents new research on recycling additive manufacturing powders at RAPID 2014 Posted: 28th May, 2014 John Hunter, General Manager of UK-based LPW Technology Ltd, a market leader in the development and supply of optimised metal powders for additive manufacturing (AM), will present new research on powder re-use at RAPID 2014 (Detroit, 9-12th June).…
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Characterization of Metal Powders Used for Additive Manufacturing JA Slotwinski, EJ Garboczi, PE Stutzman, CF Ferraris, SS Watson, and MA Peltz Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ► Disclaimer This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Go to: Abstract Additive manufacturing (AM) techniques1 can produce complex, high-value metal parts, with potential applications as critical parts, such as those found in aerospace components.…
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