US Air Force and GE reach next milestone in Pacer Edge Program

Bellcrank and cross shaft arm, metal 3D printed in colbalt-chrome on a GE Additive M2 Series 5 machine.
(Photo: GE Additive, GEADPR056)Building on the earlier success and momentum of the Pacer Edge program, the US Air Force (USAF) and GE have entered Phase III of its metal additive manufacturing pathfinder. This phase tackles the USAF’s sustainment behemoth of ‘cold starts’ head-on.

Descubra el nuevo FIXAT Optimum de Clariant: minimizar los efectos de las micotoxinas en el pienso para tener animales más sanos

Ciclo de las micotoxinas desde el pienso hasta los productos cárnicos y lácteos.Clariant ha presentado su última solución contra las peligrosas micotoxinas que generan algunos tipos de moho en hasta un 25 % de la producción mundial de pienso. Lanzado durante el congreso nutriFORUM celebrado en Lleida (España), FIXAT Optimum protege a los animales contra estas perniciosas toxinas, incluidas las aflatoxinas, que son muy venenosas.

GE Additive formnext 2021

Colibrium AdditiveGE Additive – part of GE (NYSE: GE) is a world leader in metal additive design and manufacturing, a pioneering process that has the power and potential to transform businesses. Through our integrated offering of additive experts, advanced machines, and quality powders, we empower our customers to build innovative new products. Products that solve manufacturing challenges, improve business outcomes, and help change the world for the better. GE Additive includes additive machine brands Concept Laser and Arcam EBM, along with additive powder supplier AP&C.

GE Additive introduces Amp

Using simulation-based compensation software reduced deformation by about 60 percent on the GE Catalyst sump housing.
(Photo: GE Additive, GEADPR054)Today at formnext, GE Additive debuted its Amp cloud-based, process management software platform. It also announced limited release from mid-November 2021 of the first two modules; Print Model and Simulation & Compensation, for Concept Laser M2 machine users, with wider release planned for the second quarter of 2022. 

Neck generation innovation: How metal 3D-printed implants are helping injured racehorses

Neck generation innovation: How metal 3D-printed implants are helping injured racehorses.
(Photo: Clinique de Grosbois, GEADPR058)Neck and vertebral fractures caused by falls at high speed are some of the most common causes of injury in racehorses. And every year many injured racehorses find their way to the outskirts of Paris for treatment by an innovative equine veterinary surgeon Dr. Fabrice Rossignol and his team at the world-renowned Clinique de Grosbois.

GE Additive and Wichita State’s National Institute for Aviation Research team up to accelerate metal additive technology for rapid Department of Defense implementation

GE Additive and Wichita State’s National Institute for Aviation Research team up to accelerate metal additive technology for rapid Department of Defense implementation.
(Photo: GE Additive, GEADPR055)GE Additive and Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding as the cornerstone of a new collaborative effort aimed at supporting the U.S. Department of Defense‘s (DoD) accelerated adoption of metal additive manufacturing technology.

INEOS Styrolution’s Novodur® 550 selected by THACO Plastics Components for rear spoiler application 

THACO’s rear spoiler using INEOS Styrolution’s Novodur® 550.
(image courtesy of THACO Plastics Component, 2021)INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, announced today that its Novodur 550 has been selected by THACO Plastics Component (TPC), one of the leading OEMs producing key automotive parts for global brands in Vietnam, to be used for rear spoiler application.

SGP expands its sustainability certification seeking to establish closed loop program for the printing industry

SGPThe Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), the leading authority in sustainable printing certifications, announced today the release of version 4.0 revised criteria of its sustainability certification which was first established in 2008. The new criteria which will be effective Jan. 1, 2022, maintain a focus on the three pillars – societal, economic, and environmental – through the development, implementation and documentation of a robust sustainability management system (SMS) and series of best practices.