TANIOBIS qualifies C-103 and FS-85 niobium alloys on a four-laser LPBF system
TANIOBIS printed crack-free rocket nozzles in C-103 and FS-85 niobium alloys on a four-laser AM500Q, hitting porosity below 0.1% and strength data up to 1,600°C.
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All guides →Xometry's Q3 revenue hits $252.4 million, up 40% year-over-year
Xometry's Q3 revenue hit $252.4 million, up 40% year-over-year, with marketplace revenue crossing a $1 billion run rate and adjusted EBITDA margin up 510 basis points.
Chinese metal AM funding climbed to 53% of suppliers while US aerospace held steady at 18-21 companies
AMPulse's 2021-2025 funding data shows Chinese metal AM suppliers rising from 42% to 53% of a shrinking funded cohort, while US aerospace and defense held 18-21 companies a year as everyone else fell.
Nylon drying specs run from 70°C for 4 hours to 80°C for 40, by the brands' own datasheets
BASF's Ultrafuse PA datasheet calls for 80°C and at least 40 hours; Fiberlogy's PA12 page says 70°C and 4. Both are real specs for real nylon filament.
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All machines →Materialise cuts build time to 13:51 on EOS's unreleased polymer platform
Materialise trialled EOS's unnamed new polymer printer on a GKN Aerospace cable twist wheel and saw build time per part drop from 19:53 to 13:51, a 44% throughput gain, ahead of the machine's Formnext 2026 reveal.
Formlabs Form 4 and Form 4L cost 6.6x to 18x what Creality's Halot-Mage does, depending which Formlabs bundle you compare
Formlabs' cheapest Form 4 Basic Package runs $2,625, about 6.6x Creality's $399 HALOT-MAGE; its Form 4L Basic Package at $7,125 is 18x the same Halot-Mage. Formlabs has quoted the Form 4L at four different prices, $9,999, $8,904, $19,769 and $19,999, and we could only confirm the bundle contents behind two of them.
Army flight-tests 3D printed heavy-fuel rotary engine on VICTOR drone
DEVCOM ARL flew a 3D printed heavy-fuel rotary engine on its VICTOR drone near Huntsville, Alabama, pairing it with a 400-volt motor-generator in an air-cooled, coolant-free design.
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All materials →Researchers model cement paste flow at the particle scale to explain 3D printability
Northwestern and University of Alabama researchers built a multiscale model, from atomic-scale cement surfaces to particle beads, to explain why fresh cement paste thins under shear instead of breaking apart.
FDM holes print about 0.25 mm undersized in the one test that discloses its method
CNC Kitchen measured FDM holes 0.25 mm undersized with a disclosed method. SLS, MJF and SLA numbers in circulation are mostly vendor design-guide claims.
4.2 mm in CAD keeps 90% of an M3 insert's pull-out strength, CNC Kitchen finds
CNC Kitchen pulled nearly 50 M3 inserts out of PLA across a 3.6-4.6 mm hole sweep. 4.2 mm in CAD holds about 90% of the roughly 1,400 N peak.
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All business →Velo3D signs five-year CRADA with Sandia National Laboratories
Velo3D signed a five-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with Sandia National Laboratories on January 13, 2026, covering part reliability, repeatability and materials work for defense and energy programs.
EPlus3D partner has 50,000 orders for 3D printed AI server cooling parts
EPlus3D says its production partner Toptra Laser Technology has 50,000 orders for metal 3D printed liquid cooling components for AI servers, and is adding five machines to keep up.
Jiuquan plans a $500m plant with 100 printers and 6,300 tonnes of metal powder a year
Jiuquan City has tendered a 3 billion yuan ($500m) EPC contract for a plant with 18 PREP powder units making 6,300 tonnes a year and 100 printers making 500 tonnes of parts.
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NC State and ORNL tungsten tiles survive 74 plasma discharges in DIII-D tokamak
Full-size electron-beam-printed tungsten divertor tiles, built by NC State, ORNL and JEOL, came through 74 H-mode discharges in the DIII-D tokamak intact.
Meshy 7 review shows AI 3D generation outpacing reviewers, not just printers
VoxelMatters tested Meshy 7 on real parts, from a Lamborghini to a broken wall hook, and the company shipped Meshy 7.1's Ultra 4K mode mid-review, before the first round of tests was even finished.
Northwestern's DIAL process prints a lattice in 30 minutes versus 124 for direct ink writing
Northwestern's DIAL process prints a 60x40 mm log pile lattice in 30 minutes versus 124 minutes for direct ink writing, at 50-micron resolution.