Inflation and increasing demand for high-end metal additive manufacturing systems helped to boost industrial 3D printer revenues this past quarter as unit sales fell across the globe, according to the latest report from market intelligence company CONTEXT . Shipments varied across different machine classes and industries, while inflationary price increases propped up revenues across the gamut, resulting in an overall total system revenue growth of 15% on the previous year. While the industrial machine segment (those costing upwards of 100,000 USD) saw shipments fall by -15% (YoY), the category held a 54% majority of the industry's overall system revenue, and saw revenues rise by 11% (YoY) due to greater demand for metal 3D printing hardware.

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Students at the have created a liquid rocket engine, similar to the kind used by space companies such as SpaceX , using 3D printing. The ‘SunFire' engine, developed by a team of engineers and science students, is the first metallic 3D printed liquid rocket engine to be built and successfully tested by students in the UK according to the university. The engine, which the university says is the most powerful student-built engine of its type, uses both fuel and an oxidiser rather than breathing in oxygen like a jet engine.

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Diana Kalisz, Vice President, Materials for 3D Systems has been announced as the next recipient of the Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) Innovators Award. The accolade, which has previously been awarded to industry pioneers including Chuck Hull, Scott Crump, Carl Deckard, Fried Vancraen, Gideon Levy, Hans Langer, and Andy Christensen, spotlights individuals who have 'cultivated innovative ideas' that have advanced the AM industry. Kalisz is the first woman in 3D printing to receive the award.

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Jewellery brand Eternha is combining traditional materials of the jewellery industry and craftsmanship, such as natural hard based stones, precious and non-precious metals, with polyamide based hi-tech composite materials used in the most advanced industrial sectors. 'It is a brand-new project, never realised before,' said Eternha founders Stefano Massimilliano Maragoni and Chiara Cistriani. '50% of our investments are focused on product quality. The rest is innovation, eco-sustainability and the search for harmony between materials and colours.

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The new system will offer automation to allow high volume continuous printing. 3DQue Systems Inc. has announced a new system called AutoPrint3D, which it says is the first plug and play 3D printer automation system that works with any Marlin-based printer. The system is powered by 3DQue's Quinly software, which has delivered over 2 million prints since 2021. AutoPrint3D contains time saving features such as bulk file management, smart queuing, automatic part removal for continuous printing and seamless timelapses.

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Ukrainian dental aligner company Usmih has established an additive manufacturing workflow to produce aligner models that comprises of Photocentric's LC Magna 3D printer and a conveyor belt system. Usmih is also leaning on Photocentric's 3D printing resin offering to print the aligner models, with the company expecting its process to be ready for full production in Q1 of 2022. While the company is remaining coy on how its workflow runs, it decided to align with Photocentric because of its capacity to ‘enable large-scale production at a competitive cost'.

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On-demand additive manufacturing service Azoth has received the first commercial XJet Carmel 1400M metal 3D printing system. Azoth is supported by the EWIE group of companies (EGC) who are specialists in high volume metal manufacturing for the likes of Ford, Rolls Royce, Chrysler and John Deere. The company was established when EGC leaders saw the potential of additive manufacturing. Having surveyed the market for a metal additive manufacturing technology that could address demand for small, complex and high-definition parts which could not be produced with powder bed fusion or binder jet systems, Azoth decided to pursue XJet's Nanoparticle Jetting technology.

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AM Solutions has announced that two post processing machines will be on show at the upcoming Formnext exhibition in Frankfurt in November, at booth C18 in Hall 12. The M1 Basic and C1 machines will feature on the stand alongside another four systems, representing what the company says is the 'most comprehensive array of additive manufacturing post processing solutions' at the event. AM Solutions says that the success of the company is based on its more than eight decades of experience in supplying finishing and post processing technologies for traditional manufacturing processes.

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Stratasys and Desktop Metal have announced they have entered into a definitive agreement where the two companies will combine in an all-stock transaction valued at around 1.8 billion USD. The companies say the deal unites the polymer strengths of Stratasys with the complementary industrial mass production leadership of Desktop Metal's brands. The press release confirming the deal, which was first reported late in the night on Wednesday May 24, said that the combined company is expected to generate 1.

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A state-of-the-art 3D printing facility is now operational at Airport City on the Bengaluru Airport premises. The Peekay Group, in partnership with Bengaluru Airport City Limited (BACL), inaugurated this first-of-its-kind facility, that focuses on engineering, design and collaboration. The facility houses a production centre and an experience zone that will train individuals and students in 3D printing. It will also be an incubation centre for those who want to ideate new solutions.  'The facility will act as a catalyst to help transform our Airport City into a technology hub.

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The new machine is expected to commence shipping in late Q3 2022. Velo3D has announced the launch of its Sapphire XC 1MZ metal 3D printing system – its largest additive manufacturing platform in build volume yet. The new machine has a total build volume twice the size of the Sapphire XC system Velo launched in October 2020 and nine times that of the standard Sapphire platform it initially came to market with. It has been developed based on feedback from customers in aerospace, energy, and defence, with several aerospace companies expecting to receive shipment of the first Sapphire XC 1MZ machines in late Q3 2022.

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3D printer manufacturer Fusion3 has announced the launch of its latest professional-class polymer extrusion 3D printer, promising greater 'speed, print quality, and durability.' The Fusion3 EDGE is said to offer 'capabilities usually found in expensive industrial 3D printers' at a lower price point of 6,999 USD, including a large, enclosed build chamber of 355 x 355 x 365 mm which can be heated to 70 oC, material flexibility including carbon-fibre reinforced and 316L stainless steel filaments, and upgraded motion control components.

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On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we bring you the latest instalment of our Innovators on Innovators series, featuring Professor Phill Dickens of Added Scientific and University of Nottingham and Stefanie Brickwede of Deutsche Bahn and Mobility Goes Additive.  Having recently worked with a group that is exploring the use of 3D printing technology for spare parts, Phill has began to question the technology's suitability for the application. Meanwhile, Stefanie recently told TCT that she has seen 'so many companies' discovering they can use the technology for spare parts.

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Chromatic 3D Materials has announced the launch of RX-Flow, a new line of 3D printers for reactive extrusion additive manufacturing with thermoset polyurethanes. The systems are designed for development work and low-volume industrial production, and according to the company are useful for testing and implementing industrial 3D printing with more durable, flexible materials than are available with FDM, SLA, and other technologies. The RX-Flow printers are based on the company's proprietary RX-AM materials and technology platform, specifically designed for 3D printing thermoset elastomers such as 2k polyurethanes.

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Wayland Additive, the developer and manufacturer of the Calibur3 metal additive manufacturing (AM) systems featuring NeuBeam technology, has announced a new expansion that will significantly ramp up its production capabilities. Throughout 2022, Wayland Additive has continued a programme of expansion and growth that has seen its premises extended considerably at its headquarters in Huddersfield, UK. The additional facilities include a dedicated production factory, as well as new premises specifically for research and development.

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Stratasys has announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously rejected the revised proposal received from Nano Dimension on April 3 to acquire Stratasys for 20.05 USD per share in cash, coming to a total of around 1.22 billion USD. This is the third takeover bid from Nano Dimension that has been rejected by Stratasys in less a month. Stratasys rejected bids of 1.1 billion USD and 1.2 billion USD on March 22 and April 3 respectively.  Stratasys says that its Board of Directors carefully reviewed and evaluated the revised proposal.

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'We've proven we can meet the needs of our customers, but we know that our technology can do more.' (BMF), a specialist in 3D printing solutions for high precision applications, has raised a 24 million USD Series D funding round led by Guotai Junan Securities . The funding will be used by BMF to improve its research and development, further promote and extend its terminal products, and to strengthen its global collaborations across medtech and high-end manufacturing. BMF was established in 2016, and claims to be the only 3D printing company capable of producing precision at the 2µm scale.

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