The year in review: Revisit our top AM insights from 2022
In 2022, developments in additive manufacturing – also known as 3D printing, or AM for short – showed no sign of slowing down! It’s clear that we’re on the brink of a major manufacturing revolution – and at Malvern Panalytical, we’re here to support this revolution. How? By providing the solutions our customers need to ensure their AM materials are in great shape! (and size, and elemental composition…)
Here’s a round-up of our top insights from this year!
Taking industries to new heights
AM is enabling breakthroughs in multiple industries – allowing complex parts like jet engine fuel nozzles, which need around 20 components to assemble manually, to be produced in just one step. In this blog, we explore what additive manufacturers need to take these pioneering innovations further.
Why materials matter in additive manufacturing
The role of materials characterization in the evolution of AM is often underestimated. This blog explains why materials insights are essential for ensuring AM products are both safe and of high-quality. And also for developing new materials and processes.
Optimizing your AM materials – layer-by-layer
One reason materials characterization is so important in AM is that structures are built layer-by-layer, so material properties need to remain consistent throughout the process to give a consistent end-part with no flaws. In this blog, we share some of the Malvern Panalytical solutions that are ideal for checking this consistency.
Overcoming the XRD challenge in metal AM
Process control is particularly essential in metal AM – but these metals often have grain or crystallite sizes much bigger than the ideal sample size for XRD. This blog presents some creative solutions to the problem – all of which can be achieved using our Empyrean!
How can we close the AM ‘certification gap’?
One of the biggest obstacles to wider adoption of AM and acceptance of AM-manufactured products isn’t the materials or techniques themselves – it’s certifying their safety. Standards are strict, and sometimes fail to fully consider AM processes.
This blog explores this challenge and explains how materials characterization can contribute to meeting these standards – or even setting new ones. And this blog dives deeper, outlining which characterization methods are suitable for each type of analysis. All techniques that Malvern Panalytical can support with!
Watch this space…
From 3D-printed houses to pharmaceuticals, AM has the potential to transform manufacturing across the world, and it looks like 2023 will take us even closer to this vision. At Malvern Panalytical, we’re proud to be part of this exciting transformation – so stay tuned for lots more additive manufacturing content next year!
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