Additive Manufacturing
Steel-related developments in this emerging area of manufacturing.
Latest News
voestalpine Starts Up 3D Sand Printer for Steel Casting
12 January 2022 - voestalpine’s steel and technology group is now operating what it calls Europe’s most advanced 3D sand printer for heavy steel castings.
Outokumpu Orders Metal Powder Plant
16 September 2020 - Stainless producer Outokumpu has contracted SMS group to build a metal atomization plant that will produce stainless powders for additive manufacturers.
Researchers Devise Way to Print Better Martensitic Steel Parts
20 April 2020 - Researchers from Texas A&M University and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory have developed an optimized process framework that allows for defect-free 3D printing of components from martensitic steels.
voestalpine Adds Granulation Capabilities to New Mill
20 February 2020 - voestalpine BÖHLER Edestahl has placed an order for a metal granulation unit from Sweden’s Uvån Hagfors Teknologi AB, the equipment supplier has announced.
Carpenter Technology Cuts the Ribbon on Additive Manufacturing Center
06 December 2019 - Specialty alloys producer Carpenter Technology Corp. has opened a US$40 million, 500,000-square-foot additive manufacturing facility in Alabama, the company has announced.
This Firm Just Finished 3D Printing a Steel Bridge
06 April 2018 - A Dutch firm, or, rather, a Dutch firm’s robots, have completed the world’s first 3D-printed steel bridge, a 40-foot steel span that will sit over a canal in Amsterdam.
SMS group Wades Deeper into 3D Printing
14 November 2017 - SMS group has struck up a partnership with a company that makes a modular 3D printing system in an effort to drive sales in the growing additive manufacturing sector.
SMS group Employs 3D Printing to Make Closed-Die Forging Press Part
23 August 2017 - SMS group said it has begun to manufacture closed-die forging press spray heads by way of 3D printing, allowing for production of a lightweight and tailored component.
voestalpine Deepens Investment in Powdered Metals, Additive Manufacturing
04 August 2017 - Austria’s voestalpine said it is investing EUR50 million to expand metal powder production for additive manufacturing and to open two 3D printing research and production facilities in Taiwan and Canada.
