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Friday, July 31

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Fortastra taps Hadrian’s automated factories to speed up satellite production

Spacecraft developer Fortastra is turning to automated manufacturer Hadrian to help it build satellites faster. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) this week laying the groundwork for Hadrian’s precision machining and additive manufacturing capabilities to be applied to Fortastra’s satellite programs, with an eye toward eventual funded prototype work addressing national security…

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Jul 31, 2026Added 2 months ago

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New Operando X-Ray Method Could Give Metal 3D Printing a Real-Time Control Lever

Northwestern University‘s associate professor of mechanical engineering Tao Sun and collaborators have published new research showing that the atomic-level arrangement of liquid metal, not just cooling rate and temperature gradient, governs how grain structures form during laser additive manufacturing. The findings, published in Nature Communications under the title “Operando X-ray scattering reveals ordering-mediated solidification in…

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Jul 31, 2026Added 2 months ago

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Marine Corps X-FAB Saves Coast Guard Patrol Boats

U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Logistics Group 3D printed a replacement part for a U.S. Coast Guard boat in South Korea on July 11, 2026 during the Combined Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore (CJLOTS) 26 exercise, turning a repair that would normally take two to three weeks into a same-day fix that cost about $12. The part,…

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Jul 31, 2026Added 2 months ago

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RWTH Aachen releases open-source geometry library to reduce AM CAM memory requirements

The Institute Digital Additive Production (DAP) at RWTH Aachen University has released an open-source computational geometry library for developing and optimizing additive manufacturing CAM software. Called DAPComputationalGeometry, or DAP-CG, the C# library provides geometry-processing algorithms for build orientation, support structure generation, nesting, slicing and scan strategy calculation. DAP developed the library to reduce the processing…

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Jul 31, 2026Added 2 months ago

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Researchers 3D print photo-responsive components for dynamic light modulation

Researchers in Poland and Italy have developed photo-responsive materials for vat photopolymerization that allow 3D printed components to dynamically alter the intensity and polarization of a laser beam. The materials incorporate azobenzene-based molecules whose orientation changes when exposed to polarized visible light. This creates a temporary difference in refractive index, known as photoinduced birefringence. The…

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Jul 31, 2026Added 2 months ago

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ZCZH selects Xaar Nitrox printheads for industrial wax-jetting 3D printing system

ZCZH, a China-based industrial 3D printing company, has selected Xaar Nitrox printheads for a wax-jetting system designed to produce patterns for precision investment casting. The system converts 3D design data into wax patterns through an additive inkjet process. The approach can reduce production cycles from days to hours while supporting micron-level accuracy and repeatability. Wax…

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Jul 31, 2026Added 2 months ago

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Makr3D launches ungated instant quoting for UK 3D print fulfillment

Makr3D, the fulfillment platform built on Yorkshire3D‘s Bambu print farm in Huddersfield, has opened an instant quoting tool that does not require an account. Creators upload an STL or a Bambu/Orca 3MF file and receive a fulfillment price, shipping cost and dispatch estimate in around twenty seconds, with volume pricing available up to 1,000 units.…

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Jul 31, 2026Added 2 months ago

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TORSUS Opens Second Slovak Plant, Expands Footprint

TORSUS, a manufacturer of heavy-duty off-road vehicles, opened a second manufacturing facility in Ilava, Slovakia, on July 23, 2026. The new site adds 100 jobs, bringing the company’s Slovak production team to more than 150 people. Combined with the existing pre-assembly operation in Horné Srnie, the new facility brings TORSUS’ total Slovak manufacturing footprint to…

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Jul 31, 2026Added 2 months ago

Thursday, July 30

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HP’s New Industrial Filament 3D Printer 600 HT Takes on Advanced Polymers

After more than a decade pioneering powder-based additive manufacturing with its Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) technology, HP is now entering the Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) space. The HP Industrial Filament (IF) 3D Printer 600 High Temperature (HT) is HP’s first FFF platform, a move rooted in the company’s conviction that high-temperature filament printing unlocks a…

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Jul 30, 2026Added 2 months ago

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AML3D carries A$16.8 million in orders into FY2027 as US Navy demand drives expansion

AML3D, an Australian manufacturer of wire additive manufacturing systems, is carrying A$16.8 million of orders into its 2027 financial year after its order book peaked at A$29 million during FY2026. The company received A$20 million in new orders during the year, adding to the A$9 million held at the start of FY2026. AML3D said the…

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Jul 30, 2026Added 2 months ago

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24 Hybrid Manufacturing Systems Now Equip the Navy’s Danville Schoolhouse

The US Navy has equipped its Schoolhouse in Danville, Virginia, with 24 hybrid and additive manufacturing systems to train sailors enrolled in the Afloat Training Program. Phillips Corporation’s Federal Division delivered the equipment, with BlueForge Alliance, the Navy’s procurement and program management partner, handling the buy. What makes the installation notable is less the hardware…

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Jul 30, 2026Added 2 months ago

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DAIHEN Enters WAAM Market With New ArcBuilder 3D

Japanese heavy-electrical manufacturer DAIHEN Corporation has launched its first additive manufacturing product named the ArcBuilder 3D system. It is a wire arc directed energy deposition (DED) system that uses the company’s proprietary AC Synchro-Feed welding process to deposit metal, and it is expected to be priced in the range of $450,000 to $500,000. The system…

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Jul 30, 2026Added 2 months ago

Wednesday, July 29

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Keystone’s KeySplint Hard Clear Becomes Second Validated Material on Axtra3D’s Lumia X1

Axtra3D has validated KeySplint Hard Clear, a resin from dental partner Keystone Industries, for use on its Lumia X1 3D printer. The material becomes the second Keyprint resin validated for the platform, following KeyModel Ultra earlier in 2026, and adds a rigid, clear splint and retainer material to the growing Axtra.Solutions portfolio built around the…

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Jul 29, 2026Added 2 months ago

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BigRep SE Liquidation: What Went Wrong After Its SPAC Listing

BigRep GmbH’s parent company BigRep SE has agreed to sell its entire stake in the operating subsidiary to three holding companies and wind down the listed entity entirely. The buyers, De Krassny GmbH, Koehler Invest GmbH, and HAGE Holding GmbH, are not outside parties. All three were already embedded in BigRep SE’s shareholder and creditor…

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Jul 29, 2026Added 2 months ago

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Airbus Qualifies a First Alternative Polymer AM Partner for Satellites

Airbus has qualified the Roboze ARGO 500 HYPERSPEED Mission Ready production system to manufacture flight-ready secondary structural components for telecom and Earth observation satellites using standard ULTEM 9085 filament. The approval makes Roboze the first alternative additive manufacturing ecosystem qualified by Airbus for high-performance polymer parts in these space applications. According to Roboze, this adds…

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Jul 29, 2026Added 2 months ago

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Beehive Industries expands Ohio operations with $70M investment, 200 new jobs

Beehive Industries, the Denver-based maker of additively manufactured jet engines for uncrewed defense systems, is investing $70 million to expand its Southwest Ohio operations, creating more than 200 new jobs. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, JobsOhio and REDI Cincinnati joined the company to announce the expansion this week at the Farnborough International Airshow in the UK,…

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Jul 29, 2026Added 2 months ago

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NMSU’s DREAM Research Center trains third cohort of New Mexico K-12 teachers in 3D printing

New Mexico State University’s DREAM Research Center has wrapped its third summer of training K-12 educators from southern New Mexico in 3D printing, running its Additive Manufacturing Personal Development (AMPD) workshop to bring hands-on additive manufacturing skills into local classrooms. Faculty from the center worked with teachers over a multi-day hybrid session at NMSU’s Aggie…

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Jul 29, 2026Added 2 months ago

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Pratt & Whitney tests TJ150 engine with nearly 60% additively manufactured content

Pratt & Whitney, an aircraft engine manufacturer owned by RTX, has completed demonstration testing of a TJ150 expendable engine in which nearly 60% of the engine by volume was produced using additive manufacturing. The company is using the technology to simplify the TJ150 design and support faster production. Announced at the Farnborough International Airshow, the…

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Jul 29, 2026Added 2 months ago

Tuesday, July 28

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Safran Aero Boosters and BMT Aerospace to 3D Print Large-Scale Titanium Components for the F135 Engine

Belgium-based Safran Aero Boosters has signed an agreement with Pratt & Whitney to qualify and deliver large-scale, highly complex components for the F135 engine that powers the F-35 Lightning II. The deal was formalized at the Farnborough International Airshow on July 22, 2026, in the presence of Theo Francken, Belgium’s Minister of Defence, and Adrien…

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Jul 28, 2026Added 2 months ago

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Lyten’s 3D Graphene Filament Becomes Standard Material for Modovolo’s BFP Platform

Supermaterial applications company Lyten has been named the primary filament supplier for American aerospace and defense company Modovolo’s BFP platform, a transportable 3D printer built to manufacture aerospace, motorsports, and defense-grade parts outside traditional factory settings. The companies announced the partnership as a joint push toward a fully domestic additive manufacturing supply chain, from raw material…

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Jul 28, 2026Added 2 months ago

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AI System Learns Each 3D Printer’s “Personality” to Cut Manufacturing Defects

Researchers at IMDEA Materials Institute in Madrid, working with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the US, have developed an algorithm that detects hidden behavioral differences between supposedly identical 3D printers and automatically decides how to correct for them. The work, published in Advanced Engineering Informatics, targets a problem that grows worse as manufacturing scales: even…

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Jul 28, 2026Added 2 months ago

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GKN Aerospace Provides ‘Innovative Support’ to GTF Repairs with DED

GKN Aerospace has won a series of multi-year repair contracts from Pratt & Whitney covering more than 20 component types across the geared turbofan (GTF) engine family. The agreements run 5 to 10 years and distribute work across GKN facilities in Sweden, Malaysia, and the United States. The contract scope is broad, spanning engine cases,…

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Jul 28, 2026Added 2 months ago

Monday, July 27

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Nano Dimension’s $890 Million AI Healthcare Pivot Now Hangs in the Balance

Last month, Israeli 3D printer manufacturer Nano Dimension signed a non-binding term sheet to merge with Infinite Epigenetics, an AI-powered preventive health and diagnostics company, in a proposed deal valued at $890 million. If completed, the transaction would mark the formal end of Nano’s decade-long presence in the additive manufacturing sector, and the beginning of…

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Jul 27, 2026Added 2 months ago

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Addidex Connect Draws 170 Robotic LFAM Practitioners to 3D Printing Event

Roughly 170 practitioners in robotic large-format additive manufacturing (LFAM) attended the inaugural Addidex Connect event, held on June 30 and July 1, 2026 at 3D Makers Zone in Haarlem, the Netherlands. The two-day gathering was organized around robotic additive manufacturing (AM) workflows, bringing together designers, engineers, software developers, material specialists, researchers, machine builders and production…

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Jul 27, 2026Added 2 months ago

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Researchers Find a Way to Stop 3D Printed Parts From Overheating Mid-Print

A technique that 3D prints an entire object at once, instead of building it up layer by layer, has a heat problem. Researchers at the University of Nottingham, working with the University of California, Berkeley, say they’ve found a fix. The method in question forms a complete object in seconds by shining patterned light into…

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Jul 27, 2026Added 2 months ago

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3D Printed Garment Is Built From Skin Data, Not a Size Chart

Designer Laura Civetti wants clothing to stop being something the body simply wears and start being something it collaborates with. Her latest project, Adaptive System, is a “data-driven clothing research methodology” that folds physiological and biomechanical data, sweating, posture, skin sensitivity, curvature, sun exposure, into the design of a garment, then reproduces the result with…

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Jul 27, 2026Added 2 months ago

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Polymaker’s HT-PLA Pro Doubles Impact Strength Without Losing Heat Resistance

The Utrecht-based filament maker Polymaker has launched HT-PLA Pro, a tougher version of its heat-stable HT-PLA filament aimed squarely at the two complaints that have followed high-temperature PLA since it first reached desktop printers: it snaps too easily, and its layers don’t always hold together under load. Polymaker says the new material more than doubles…

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Jul 27, 2026Added 2 months ago

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Skyroot’s Vikram-1 Reaches Orbit on India’s First Fully 3D Printed Rocket Engine

Indian private rocket company Skyroot Aerospace‘s Vikram-1 reached orbit on July 18 powered in part by a cluster of 3D printed engines, a detail that turns India’s first private orbital launch into a milestone for additive manufacturing as much as for spaceflight. The rocket’s fourth stage, a liquid-propellant Orbital Adjustment Module, ran on Raman-1 engines…

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Jul 27, 2026Added 2 months ago

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Madrid Public Hospital Becomes a Certified Manufacturer of Medical Devices

The Advanced Technologies in Design and 3D Printing Unit (UTADI 3D) at Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre in Madrid has become the first public unit in Spain to hold a dual manufacturing license and dual certification, one for design, one for manufacturing, for each family of custom medical devices. The recognition follows an expansion of…

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Jul 27, 2026Added 2 months ago

Friday, July 24

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Meshy raises nearly $400M at $1.5B valuation in largest AI 3D round to date

A generative AI platform focused on 3D content Meshy has closed a Series B of nearly $400 million at a $1.5 billion valuation, labeled as the largest round raised by a company built specifically for AI 3D generation and the company’s first publicly disclosed valuation. The round drew participation from every existing investor alongside new…

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Jul 24, 2026Added 2 months ago

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Kind Designs raises $10M Pre-Series A at $70M valuation to scale 3D printed seawalls

Miami-based Kind Designs, which 3D prints concrete seawalls designed to function as marine habitat, has closed a $10 million Pre-Series A at a $70 million valuation, doubling a round it originally set at $5 million after investor interest reached nearly $20 million. The company has now raised $21.5 million in total. NBA forward Kyle Kuzma…

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Jul 24, 2026Added 2 months ago

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Hexagon Pairs Handheld Scanner With Geomagic Design X to Speed Up MRO Reverse Engineering

Hexagon‘s Portable Metrology Division has introduced a reverse engineering workflow for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) teams that connects its ATLASCAN Pro handheld 3D scanner directly to Geomagic Design X software. The company says the combination lets engineers rebuild a CAD model up to eight times faster than with mainstream CAD tools, addressing a common…

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Jul 24, 2026Added 2 months ago

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Kalogon launches Verro, a 3D printed custom wheelchair cushion

Florida-based medical seating company Kalogon has launched Verro, a Medicare-coded custom wheelchair cushion line for people with significant postural support needs, including windswept posture, pelvic obliquity, or asymmetry. The line addresses a gap seating specialists have identified: while multi-density and contoured cushions exist, they lack the precise, body-conforming fit needed by wheelchair users with the…

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Jul 24, 2026Added 2 months ago

Thursday, July 23

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HeyGears Unveils its G1 Series on Kickstarter Starting at $1,999

If you’ve ever tried to produce a full-color figurine or a one-off branded product on a desktop 3D printer, you already know the routine. You print in a single color, then spend hours hand-painting, curing, sealing, and hoping the finish doesn’t look like a craft project. Most desktop 3D printers produce stunning geometry, but color…

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Jul 23, 2026Added 2 months ago

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Sinterit and DyeMansion partner on compact SLS post-processing workflow

Sinterit, a Polish manufacturer of selective laser sintering systems, has partnered with polymer post-processing specialist DyeMansion to offer an integrated printing, vapor smoothing and coloring workflow for compact industrial SLS users. Under the agreement, Sinterit will sell DyeMansion’s VX1 vapor smoothing system directly to its customers. It can also supply the DM60 coloring system and…

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Jul 23, 2026Added 2 months ago

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Lithoz reports 40% growth in ceramic material revenue as LCM production scales

Lithoz, an Austrian ceramic 3D printing company, has reported a 40% year-over-year increase in ceramic material revenue at the end of the second quarter of 2026. The company attributed the growth to rising production volumes among Lithography-based Ceramic Manufacturing (LCM) contract manufacturers and increased adoption in medical technology applications. Consequently, Lithoz has revised its revenue…

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Jul 23, 2026Added 2 months ago

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Prusament PA11 Natural: The perfect choice for printing gears and moving parts

Back in 2022, when we launched PA11 Carbon Fiber, we didn’t have any enclosed 3D printers with heating strong enough to support materials like pure polyamides. Sure, small parts were printable, but the failure rate was high. Today, however, with fully... The post Prusament PA11 Natural: The perfect choice for printing gears and moving parts appeared first on Original Prusa 3D Printers.

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Jul 23, 2026Added 2 months ago

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Small temperature shifts, big quality gains: Manchester maps the defect physics of molten metal deposition

A few degrees at the nozzle can decide whether a 3D printed aluminum part comes out sound or riddled with pores. That is the central finding of a new study from The University of Manchester, published in Materials & Design, which pins down how the thermal conditions of molten metal deposition (MMD) govern defects and…

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Jul 23, 2026Added 2 months ago

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Italian researchers use field-driven lattice design to cut prosthetic socket weight by 25%

Researchers from four Italian universities have developed a digital workflow for producing patient-specific upper-limb prosthetic sockets with spatially graded lattice structures. Combining 3D scanning, finite element analysis, elastic-plastic homogenization and Field-Driven Design, the method adjusts lattice strut diameter according to local mechanical loads. The resulting design had a reported weight of 373 g, 25.4% below…

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Jul 23, 2026Added 2 months ago

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New Leak on iPhone Ultra Hinge Exposes Key Contradictions

A Weibo post from tipster Fixed Focus Digital claims Apple has not finalized the hinge manufacturing technology for its first foldable iPhone, widely expected to be called the iPhone Ultra. The company is reportedly weighing liquid metal against 3D printing, with a decision expected by the end of July. But the claim sits uncomfortably against…

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Jul 23, 2026Added 2 months ago

Wednesday, July 22

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NIST tackles ceramic 3D printing’s measurement gap

Researchers at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are developing a reference material, a carefully engineered zirconia slurry, to help ceramic 3D printing produce consistent, reliable parts. The problem it targets is deceptively basic: the wet ceramic feedstocks used to print are notoriously hard to measure accurately, and without a trustworthy way…

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