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5N Plus enters additive manufacturing market, substantially expands the company’s AM powder offering Materials

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5N Plus, a Canadian specialty chemicals and engineered materials firm based in Montreal, entered the additive manufacturing market by launching a broad portfolio of metal powder products. The company’s recent ambition is a new addition to the Canadian AM space, where 5N Plus promises to offer power materials with melting points that range between 60°C to well over 2600°C. 5N hopes to capture significant market share with this breadth of potential materials.

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GE Additive Sandvik begin a strategic partnership in the Binder Jet program AM Industry

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General Electric Additive and Sandvik have become strategic partners in the Binder Jet beta program. GE’s established manufacturing ability combines with Sandvik’s long experience in metallurgy. Both companies are early innovators in AM technologies. GE Additive offers a full suite of AM production solutions. Sandvik, a Swedish firm, has participated in the AM space since 2013 through materials production and services. The companies combine vast international reach. The partnership promises increased material and technological development in GE’s client offering.

Kings 3D does it again with SLA 3D printed sunglass lenses Consumer Products

Kings 3D does it again with SLA 3D printed sunglass lenses Consumer Products

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Although the company generally uses farily standard industrial SLA 3D printers, the team at Kings 3D certainly does not lack imagination when it comes to creating new and innovative ways to use this technology. The Chinese company has established a clear leadership in the Asian footwear 3D printing segment and it has now turned its attention towards eyewear, with the first example of directly 3D printed sunglass lenses.

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PostProcess expands workflow benefits’ reach into Australia with new channel partner BV Products Marketing and Content

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PostProcess Technologies Inc., the first and only global provider of automated and intelligent post-printing solutions for industrial 3D printing, has now scaled its distribution into four continents with the signing of BV Products in Australia. In their position as a long-standing innovator in mass finishing equipment and process technology, BV Products will leverage PostProcess’s data-driven post-printing solutions to deliver dramatic workflow benefits to Australian and New Zealander additive manufacturing users.

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Metal additive manufacturing is on the rise; how and where do you find the right people?
 AM Industry

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Metal additive manufacturing is increasingly becoming a reality as it becomes more cost-effective and we move towards full part production, and away from plastic-based prototype prints. The metal AM market and the sales of metal 3D printing systems have increased dramatically over the past years. This is largely fuelled by the increasing demand for metal 3D printing from industrial verticals such as automotive, aerospace and defense.

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RPS expands SLA 3D printer range with compact Neo450 series 3D Printer Hardware

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Based on the proven Neo800, the compact Neo450 series from UK-based RPS has a 450 × 450 × 400 mm platform and builds prototypes, rapid tooling, and master patterns with optimal surface quality, accuracy and detail. Designed for greater flexibility and versatility, the Neo450 series is available in two models with different performance and functionality depending on customer needs – the Neo450e and the Neo450s.