Additive manufacturing is growing rapidly, as is its sub-section devoted to the printing of metal. Where are the companies pushing boundaries? What is the next technological leap?

A recent technological partnership between Parker and Peter Wolters, a brand of Precision Surfacing Solutions (PSS), has resulted in the development of a next-generation fineblanking press

The high-tech company Trumpf is set to unveil its new line of Trufiber P fiber lasers at the Laser — World of Photonics trade show in Munich, Germany. These new fiber lasers are multipurpose tools for welding and cutting thick, thin and particularly challenging materials and will be presented together with the Trufiber S line.

With the 'Darwin' project, the Fraunhofer Spinn-off Plus 10 and SKZ want to develop new AI solutions for injection moulding and put them through practical tests. The models will be tested on different machines in order to design a manufacturer-independent solution.

Innovative anomaly detection extends the deep learning product range of MV Tec Software: The company will release the new version (22.05) of its Halcon machine vision software on May 25, 2022. The highlight is the new technology “Global Context Anomaly Detection”, which is available in Halcon 22.05 in this form as a world`s first.

Polymer printing specialist Stratasys announced the continued expansion of the Grab CAD Software Partner Program with new partners Oqton and Riven. Oqton is a cloud-based manufacturing operating system company based in Ghent, Belgium; and Riven provides 3D reality intelligence for digital manufacturing, based in Berkeley, USA.

Germany — Production and sustainability — what was previously believed to be a conflict is being addressed with the project for demand-oriented control of peripheral systems in production (Bestperi) and the integration of data-driven methods in production technology.

Germany — Software developer MV Tec will celebrate its 25th anniversary throughout 2022. The company was founded in 1996 as a spinoff of the Munich Technical University and the Bavarian Institute for Knowledge-based System (Forwiss).

A research project conducted by the Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) of RWTH Aachen University investigates the use of sensors and artificial intelligence for model-based control in 3D printing. The aim of the project is to improve the quality of 3D printed series production.

In the production of variants, complete quality inspection of all parts is a necessity. To reduce inspection efforts, the research project “Approve” was launched to develop a practicable procedure.