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Digital Supply Chains and 3D Printing Come to Alaska via Ivaldi
US Space Force Awards Launcher $1.7M Contract for 3D Printed Rocket Engines
The Nexus of 3D Printing and Cosplay
Digital Supply Chains and 3D Printing Come to Alaska via Ivaldi
US Space Force Awards Launcher $1.7M Contract for 3D Printed Rocket Engines
The Nexus of 3D Printing and Cosplay
The industry continues to grow, which sees new personnel at additive construction firm ICON and metal 3D printing firm, XJet. Meanwhile, technologies from other industries are being applied to 3D printing, such as electron beams for advanced microscopes and electrochemical machining. We’re also witnessing the wider adoption of additive manufacturing (AM) in oil and gas, with Ocyan’s use of Spare Parts 3D. France’s Multistation is adding new technologies to its reselling portfolio. Oyster and mussel reefs are gaining assistance from 3D printing. And San Francisco startup Fictiv has raised another $100 million.
Additive construction firm ICON has taken on a new chief financial officer, Tom vonReichbauer, describing the hire as necessary for its next stage of growth. VonReichbauer comes from such leading tech companies as Google, Nest, and Tesla. Before joining ICON, he worked as CFO of residential solar company Sunrun. Prior to that, he was CFO and chief business officer of Nest, as it was acquired by Google. ICON has so far raised nearly a half-billion dollars, working closely with such government agencies as the Department of Defense and NASA.
The JAM-5200EBM from JEOL. Image courtesy of JEOL.
Japanese electron beam company JEOL (TYO: 6951) first introduced the world to its electron beam powder bed fusion technology at Formnext 2021. At RAPID+TCT 2022, the company brought its JEOL JAM-5200EBM electron beam 3D printer to North America via JEOL USA. As covered in a previous article and will be covered in an upcoming interview, the platform has a cathode that survives longer than any other electron beam 3D printer on the market. It also improves quality through the use of its e-shield feature, a pre-heat scan strategy, active bam spot and focus shaping, and more.
XJet too is taking on new staff, in this case a new VP of Sales for North America, Harry Danford. At RAPID + TCT, the Israeli firm provided tours of its U.S. customer, the first client to own a metal 3D printer from XJet. Now, the company is demonstrating its commitment to the U.S. market even further with the hire of Danford. He brings with him 10 years of experience in business development and sales in the 3D printing industry.
Voxel Innovations, a small firm from Raleigh, North Carolina, introduced its pulsed electrochemical machining (PECM) technology, a non-contact, non-thermal chemical machining process for finishing metal parts. This includes refractory alloys and nickel superalloys. Because there is no friction between the tool and the workpiece, it can be used to post-process metal 3D printed parts with thin-walled features. PECM works works by running a charged electrolytic fluid between a very fine gap between the tool and workpiece, and performing a controlled “rusting” of the metal, dissolving it into the desired shape. Voxel Innovations has worked with the Air Force and Navy and could become an important player in the additive space.
A 3D printed spare part for Ocyan, selected using Spare Parts 3D technology. Image courtesy of Spare Parts 3D.
Brazilian oil and gas giant Ocyan worked with French 3D printing firm Spare Parts 3D to develop a digital inventory for its components. Over the course of 11 weeks, Spare Parts 3D applied its DigiPART software to analyze 17,000 spare parts, without any 3D files, to determine what components would be most suited for additive. Trained on over 250 000 parts from 2,000 categories and 7,000 pieces of equipment from the oil and gas industry, Spare Parts’ machine learning algorithms were applied to Ocyan’s ERP/PLM data. Based on such characteristics as lead time reduction, minimum order quantity optimization, and cost reduction, the software selected 11 percent of these parts, or 1,886 SKUs. From this, the company selected its first part to 3D print and has plans to select other parts in the future.
The Meltio Engine on an Axiome robotic solution. Image courtesy of Multistation.
In other French news, the leading French additive reseller, Multistation SAS, is adding more unique technologies to its systems portfolio. The latest include Axiome Robotic Solutions with Meltio Engine directed energy deposition heads, as well as the VSHAPER 500 PRO high-temperature polymer 3D printer. While the former is a low-cost, robotic method for DED metal 3D printing, the latter can process such materials as PEEK through the use of dual print heads capable of reaching up to 450°C.
Industrial 3D printer prints biodegradable structures. Photo: R.J.M. Temmink
More researchers are applying additive to the restoration of ocean ecosystems. This time, NIOZ and Utrecht University have partnered to aid mussel and oyster reefs in the Wadden Sea of the Netherlands. They will be 3D printing artificial reef structures made from biodegradable material that can decompose once the sea creatures are able to settle naturally on them and are large enough to form their own reefs.
Bay Area startup Fictiv announced the closing of a $100 million Series E funding round, bringing its total investment to $192 million since its founding in 2013. The company acts as a hub for digital manufacturing, providing a place to design, price, and order components made with 3D printing, CNC machining, injection molding and urethane casting. So far, the company has enabled the production of over 19 million mechanical parts across more than 3,000 product categories. Fictiv aims to use the funds to further its technology for de-risking the supply chain.
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