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Technology and Sourcing Guide 2023: Additive Manufacturing

Mold Making Technology

Photo Credit: Next Chapter Manufacturing MoldMaking Technology ’s online database offers more than 1,000 manufacturers, distributors and suppliers for more than 200 product and service categories that you employ daily. This year’s Additive Manufacturing content is exclusively online-only. — St. .

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TRUMPF Improves E-car Batteries with Laser-Driven X-ray Sources

Fabricating & Metal Work

In the future, manufacturers of electric car batteries could further improve the durability and performance of electric car batteries with compact X-ray sources. The XProLas development partnership has now started to develop these laser-driven X-ray sources under the leadership of TRUMPF.

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DoE offering $30 million for new materials and manufacturing to lower cost of large wind turbines

Robotics Automation News

The US Department of Energy has announced a $30 million funding opportunity to advance the cost-effective domestic manufacturing of materials, including lightweight composites, that allow wind turbines to produce power more efficiently.

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US Potential for Carbon Materials Expands with Development of Domestic Sources

NCMS

Carbon fiber is used to produce composite materials, which are highly suitable for an increasing number of military and commercial aerospace, ground vehicle, and structural applications, as well as many other end uses such as high-end sporting goods. Properties such as a high […].

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Omnirobotic obtains $500k to expand product offerings for manufacturers

Robotics Business Review

AutonomyOS is designed to help automate manufacturing tasks. Source: Omnirobotic Omnirobotic Inc. The Laval, Quebec-based company said it plans to use the financing to commercialize robots using its proprietary AutonomyOS platform for manufacturers struggling with labor shortages in high-mix production environments. .

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Metal AM Advances in Composite Tooling

Mold Making Technology

A recent development project evaluated the feasibility of using wire-arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) to produce layup tooling for complex contoured winglets mounted at the tips of the wings of MQ-9B SkyGuardian and SeaGuardian (shown above) remotely piloted aircraft from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.

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America Makes Announces IMPACT Project Call Worth $11.7M in Funding

MESA

YOUNGSTOWN, OH — The National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) and America Makes have announced a new directed project call funded by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Research and Engineering Manufacturing Technology Office (OSD (R&E)), and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) worth a total of $11.7M.