Additive machines launch with assurance of quality

Metal additive manufacturing quality assurance company Additive Assurance has partnered with Dutch machinery manufacturer Additive Industries to enhance laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) monitoring and quality control. The companies will partner to offer the Australian company’s AMiRIS in situ process monitoring with Additive Industries’ MetalFab portfolio of machines. The collaboration leverages the strengths of both…

SPEE3D prints 11 metal parts in major defence exercise

Metal additive manufacturing machinery manufacturer SPEE3D has announced the successful completion of the experimental phase of Trident Warrior, a major US military trial programme. SPEE3D deployed its Expeditionary Manufacturing Unit (EMU, pictured) mobile additive manufacturing solution during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise – at the Marine Corps Air Station in Kaneohe Bay in…

SPEE3D enters West African 3D print market

Machinery manufacturer SPEE3D has announced a strategic partnership with energy solutions provider RusselSmith to bring its cold spray additive manufacturing (CSAM) equipment to West Africa. RusselSmith will become a regional partner and value-added reseller for SPEE3D products – deploying, training, selling, and supporting customers in the region’s oil and gas, defence, and commercial industries. RusselSmith…

Australian team wins Society of Manufacturing Engineers award for anti-viral copper research

A piece of research from the early days of the pandemic, involving a team including Swinburne University researchers and additive manufacturing company SPEE3D, has received recognition from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) in the United States. According to a short statement from the university on Friday, Director of Swinburne’s Manufacturing Futures Research Platform Professor…