Here are some of the stories that caught our eye from the AM landscape this week. Chinese spacecraft takes microgravity laser AM equipment into space A spacecraft designed for space ...

Researchers have resolved a long-standing debate surrounding laser additive manufacturing processes with a pioneering approach to defect detection. Researchers from EPFL have resolved a long-standing ...

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Mears Machine Corporation has achieved a global breakthrough: the capability to additively manufacture the largest single-piece, non-welded powder bed laser ...

In additive manufacturing (AM), metal parts are commonly 3D-printed using a fabrication technique called “laser powder bed fusion” (LPBF). LPBF involves repeated rapid metal powder melting and ...

Engineers have succeeded in fabricating a nickel single crystal with only a very few crystalline defects by irradiating nickel powder with a large-radius, flat-top laser beam (i.e., a laser beam whose ...

Additive manufacturing (AM) processes can be employed in the precise manufacture of extremely complex components. Image Credit: Bettersize Instruments Ltd. The process is also customizable and, ...

The continued and rapid growth in the demand for components produced by the generative part manufacturing process, also known as laser additive manufacturing, has been a key driver in the decision by ...

Using a novel technique for defect detection, researchers from EPFL have settled a long-running dispute over laser additive manufacturing procedures. A graphic representation of the experimental setup ...

HEIDENHAIN is a world-leading provider of encoders, machine controls, touch probes, digital readouts and metrology solutions—empowering engineer...READ MORE Last month, I discussed the challenges of ...