Exploring the case for metal additive manufacturing
Metal additive manufacturing is now cost-competitive with casting in some applications, and earning the confidence of automotive, aerospace and other industries.
Revolutionizing Metal Additive Manufacturing: Faster Builds, Lower Costs, and Superior Surface Finish
A game-changing collaboration between Equispheres, Aconity3D, and Dyndrite has transformed metal additive manufacturing. Their innovations deliver 9x faster production, 80% cost reductions, and superior surface finishes, breaking longstanding trade-offs in speed, quality, and cost.
AM Combines Speed and Precision
As the metal additive manufacturing (AM) ecosystem develops, it’s getting closer to the model the manufacturing industry is familiar with from CNC machining. This is not hybrid manufacturing, where a part undergoes both AM and subtractive machining.
On a roll: Shift from 2D to 3D printing sector pays off for industry veteran Nicholds
Kevin Nicholds’ Equispheres transitioned from traditional 2D printing to producing advanced aluminum powders for 3D printing. Their unique powder offers superior strength and efficiency, attracting significant interest and investment from the aerospace and automotive industries. Nicholds expects the market for these powders to reach $1 billion within the decade.
2024 Canadians to Watch Kevin Nicholds
After selling his commercial printing company in 2011, Ottawa-born Kevin Nicholds applied his Queen’s University MBA and business experience to his next venture. It should, he reasoned, have strong business fundamentals, be well situated in a product’s value chain and have a source of recurring revenue. There must be potential for growth and, importantly, it must attract great people to the team.
Aluminium powder producer Equispheres joins Additive Manufacturing materials consortium
Through membership of the consortium, Equispheres will release parameter sets for its materials, including the NExP-1 line of aluminium powders. NExP-1 is a non-explosible aluminium alloy feedstock developed for Additive Manufacturing
Printing Money Episode 17: Recent 3D Printing Deals, with Alex Kingsbury
Episode 17 of Printing Money is here! Danny Piper from NewCap Partners teams up with Alex Kingsbury for a lively discussion on reseller market consolidation, venture capital outcomes, and strategic divestments. Tune in for sharp insights and witty banter as they cover the latest in VC and investment deals.
Enhancing metal AM production speed using laser beam shaping and NExP-1 material
Material producer Equispheres Inc. and 3D printer manufacturer Aconity3D pushed the limits of their 3D printing machines and materials, building on their previous announcement of improving the metal 3D printing production speed by 3x. They used Aconity3D printing equipment with laser beam shaping and Equispheres’ NExP-1 AM powder to achieve an enhanced production speed, exceeding the 430 cm3/hr for a single laser.
Equispheres and Xact Metal unlock Additive Manufacturing for researchers and SMEs
A team from the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) is using technologies from Equispheres, Inc, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and Xact Metal, State College, Pennsylvania, USA, to bring aluminium Additive Manufacturing to its facility. The ideal combination of powder and machine supplier is said to demonstrate that metal AM can be accessible to SMEs, academia and research facilities.
Army announces winners of xTech’s third international competition
The U.S. Army xTech Program announced the top-five winners of the third annual international prize competition. Scouring the globe for the newest innovations from companies outside the U.S., the Army xTech Program helps equip the American Soldier with game-changing technologies capable of overcoming Army challenges.