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Mercedes Benz Trucks introduces first ever aluminum 3D printed spare parts Additive Manufacturing

Mercedes-Benz Trucks has taken 3D printing a stage further: the first printed spare part made of metal, a thermostat cover for truck and Unimog models from older model series, has passed all the stages of the stringent quality assurance process at Mercedes-Benz smoothly and is now celebrating its premiere. This means that Mercedes-Benz Trucks is now the technological leader in the challenging segment of cutting-edge 3D printing processes for metal components.

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Arcam Sells 32 EBM Systems in First Half of FY 2017 AM Industry

In the first 6 months of its current fiscal year, the Arcam Group delivered 32 (28) EBM systems. This brings the total to 57 systems for the past 12 months. The company continues to grow and during the first six months the increase in sales was 32%. Sales for the period increased to 407.0 (307.6) MSEK and trailing twelve month sales amounts to 747.7 (621.7) MSEK. Operating income for the period was 5.5 (4.1) MSEK and trailing twelve months operating income amounts to -28.4 (30.7) MSEK.

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Is the ONO Smartphone 3D Printer for Real or Just a Good Story? 3D Printer Hardware

On 3DPMN we’ve expressed our doubts on the ONO (formerly OLO) 3D printer before as much as we’ve also highlighted the realistic aspects of this project (and even published a video of it running). However it seems that the hyped-up, Kickstarter-funded, smartphone 3D printer, which collected over $2.3 million during it’s crowd-funding run, is several months late (close to two years, according to some). Although delays may be understandable for any Kickstarter project, many of the backers are beginning to lose their patience.