Metal Additive Manufacturing magazine

30/12/2025

A process that’s not only boosting productivity but also driving sustainability in metal AM 👇

Wire Electron Beam Directed Energy Deposition (DED-EB/W) is gaining attention as a highly efficient metal Additive Manufacturing process. Offering high deposition rates, minimal thermal distortion, and excellent energy efficiency, the process addresses two major industry challenges: productivity and resource use. As sustainability regulations tighten and demand grows for large-scale, cost-effective components, DED-EB/W presents a compelling alternative to powder-based AM systems.

In this article, Bernd Baufeld and Alejandro Zamorano Reichold of Pro-beam Additive GmbH review the technology and examine its technical foundations and potential for industrial-scale adoption.

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29/12/2025

A critical opportunity as the US and China accelerate ahead 📈

Drawing on insight from the AMPOWER Report 2025, this article examines how defence has become a key growth driver for metal Additive Manufacturing. While the US and China advance with coordinated, large-scale adoption, Europe risks falling behind.

👉 Matthias Schmidt-Lehr, Managing Partner at AMPOWER, offers a market analyst’s perspective on the strategic role of Additive Manufacturing in global defence, and what Europe must do to translate its industrial potential into meaningful defence capability.

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27/12/2025

This , explore a customer-led path to scaling series metal Additive Manufacturing 🎯

Ahead of its Formnext launch, Metal AM was invited to EOS’s facilities near Munich, Germany, for an exclusive preview of the new EOS M4 ONYX and in-depth discussions with the developers, product managers, and senior leadership behind it. What emerges is a development story shaped by customer priorities: not a departure into record-breaking extremes, but a focused evolution designed to deliver what production users value most.

Dr Martin McMahon, Nick Williams, and Emma Lawn examine the technical priorities behind this response – process stability and repeatability, scan-field strategy, powder and waste handling, and the software controls supporting qualified series production.

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24/12/2025

How additive manufacturing enables greater design freedom in high-end audio 🎵

There is a beauty in ceramics that has captivated us for thousands of years. Today, Additive Manufacturing (AM) is giving this material class renewed appeal by enabling the creation of forms previously impossible to produce, while preserving the mechanical, aesthetic and tactile qualities that make ceramics so valued. 💿

A new award-winning Hi-Fi turntable cartridge – developed by HiFiction AG and technology – showcases not only design innovation but also how AM eliminates tooling barriers, making advanced technical ceramics more accessible to smaller businesses.

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23/12/2025

Explore how Qualified AM GmbH is enabling regulated production at scale 👇

Additive Manufacturing is gaining traction in regulated industries, but broader adoption depends on proven qualification frameworks.

⚙️This article explores the methodology developed by Qualified AM GmbH, demonstrated through case studies in the semiconductor, rail, and remote manufacturing environments.

Whether applying ISO/ASTM 52920, 52904, 52930, 52928, 52901 or industry standards such as ISO 9001, AS/EN 9100, and ISO 13485, Qualified AM supports industry with a scalable, standards-based approach to compliant and decentralised AM production.

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22/12/2025

How REM’s advanced surface finishing supports NASA JPL’s AM innovations 👇

REM Surface Engineering has worked with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for decades to develop surface finishing processes for metal components used in space missions – more recently including those produced by Additive Manufacturing.

🛩️ Drawing on its aerospace and medical experience, REM has adapted its Isotropic Superfinishing (ISF®) and Chemical Polishing (CP) technologies to address the roughness and surface variability of AM parts. ⚙️

In this article, REM’s Justin Michaud and Agustin Diaz trace the evolution of that work, culminating in the development of ultralight, crushable lattice structures for the Mars Sample Return mission.

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20/12/2025

This , we present the story of an oxide-dispersion-strengthened superalloy designed for AM 👇

In high-temperature propulsion applications, it is materials that set the boundaries of what is possible. Additive Manufacturing may have changed how we build components, but it hasn’t necessarily changed what extremes these components can endure in service.

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration ’s GRX-810 oxide-dispersion-strengthened superalloy tackles that constraint head-on: a high-temperature alloy designed, unlike legacy alloys, specifically for AM. Here, NASA’s Tim Smith and Paul Gradl explain how GRX-810 was developed, what has been demonstrated to date, and the pathway to commercial success.

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19/12/2025

Beehive Industries has announced the successful completion of high-altitude testing for its 200 lbf Frenzy engine, marking another major milestone in the company’s rapid development programme and confirming readiness for flight testing in the first quarter of 2026.

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19/12/2025

Automotive Circle has announced that the Automotive Circle Conference: “Additive Manufacturing @ BMW Group” will return in 2026.

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Automotive Circle has announced that following the success of its inaugural event, the Automotive Circle Conference will return on May 19–20, 2026...

19/12/2025

The Fraunhofer-Institut für Lasertechnik ILT and Etxetar have signed a letter of intent, focusing on the further development and industrialisation of laser metal deposition (LMD) and extreme high-speed laser metal deposition (EHLA) technologies.

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19/12/2025

Nikon SLM Solutions has released SLM.Prep, a data preparation software designed to unify and simplify build setup for all Nikon SLM Additive Manufacturing machines.

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19/12/2025

ModuleWorks has announced the 2025.12 release of its software components for the ModuleWorks SDK, expanding its range of automated features designed to enhance machining efficiency, process safety and part quality.

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