The month of July saw a plethora of partnerships and announcements from the Farnborough International Airshow as well as an abundance of funding for 3D printing startups in New Zealand. Furthermore, the 3D printing industry welcomed a new range of filaments from Amazon, while observing the legal battle between Cody Wilson’s open-source 3D printed firearm […]
Defining Aerospace 4.0 through 3D printing at Protolabs and LPW
The fourth industrial revolution, also known as Industry 4.0 is a term that aerospace manufacturers gravitate towards, but what does it actually mean? Sameer Savani, Head of Innovation and Engineering at ADS Group describes it as “the new digital technologies coming into manufacturing. [Yet] there are lots of different terms for this such as smart […]
GE Additive launches Manufacturing Partner Network with Protolabs, Carpenter and Burloak
More 3D printing news from this week’s Farnborough International Airshow as GE Additive launches a Manufacturing Partner Network (MPN). The MPN is described by GE Additive as an “Ecosystem approach” that will create “an open, competitive market”. The goal of the MPN is to tackle several issues the 3D printing industry must resolve before the […]
Arconic announces multiple aerospace deals, Lockheed Martin joint development agreement
3D printing news about the aerospace sector is set to dominate the agenda this week as the Farnborough International Airshow gets underway. GE Additive and GKN have already made announcements, and now a batch of news from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based Arconic has just been announced. Lockheed Martin and Arconic sign Joint Development Agreement A freshly […]