At FormNext, AddUp presents the first pieces made of pure copper as part of the “Ambition” project. This collaborative Research and Development project brings together several industrial partners, including SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC (leader), PSA GROUP, VARINOR, LIFCO INDUSTRIE and ESI, as well as research laboratories: PIMM (Arts et Métiers ParisTech), SIMAP (INP Grenoble), LPGP (Université Paris-Sud) and LERMPS (Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard). The purpose of this project is to demonstrate the technico-economic feasibility of additive manufacturing of pure copper and copper alloys with powder bed laser beam melting (LBM) technology. Launched in 2018, the “Ambition” project is planned to last 42 months. It has a budget of 5.6 million euros, financed to the tune of 1.8 million euros by national funds (BPI France) and regional funds (Auvergne Rhône-Alpes and Ile- de-France regions) in the form of a FUI (Single Interministerial Fund).

AddUp continues its strategy of increasing productivity for its FormUp® machine line. At the FormNext show, the manufacturer presents a part made on FormUp® 700, an industrial demonstrator of LBM (laser beam melting) machine equipped with a large platform and multi-laser technology. This first demonstrator was developed for IREPA Laser, a reference technology resource center in France for the implementation of industrial laser manufacturing processes. AddUp and IREPA Laser are partners in a research and development project on high productivity.

At FormNext 2019, AddUp Group presents an example of an automated metal additive manufacturing workshop. This concept is directly inspired by Michelin's know-how, which has been operating an equivalent workshop since 2014 for the manufacture of tyre molds.

AddUp presents a unique modular factory concept, developed in partnership with CESI (network of campus for higher education and vocational training) and CAPSA. The Anywhere Additive FactoryTM is a stand-alone additive manufacturing unit that can be deployed in any environment.

AddUp expands its range of Laser Beam Melting (LBM) machines with the new FormUp® 200, designed to meet the expectations of industrial companies looking for a machine with a good price/performance ratio.

With "La Mallette", AddUp and Decayeux STI offer luxury companies a range of demonstration objects enabling them to imagine new products and consider their manufacture on an industrial scale.

34,532 specialists and managers (2018: 26,919) were swept away by an impressive Formnext 2019. 852 exhibitors (2018: 632) made Messe Frankfurt the stage for the ever-increasing fields of application of additive manufacturing. The move to the modern and architecturally-sophisticated exhibition halls 11 and 12, which was due to strong growth, has thus proved its worth.

New clean-burning binder is a key step toward binder jet 3D printing of metals such as aluminum and titanium

CleanFuse joins ExOne’s growing new Fuse brand of binders
ExOne systems currently print more than six qualified metals, plus ceramics

Collaboration will focus on improving sintering profiles for metals 3D printed on ExOne systems

Standard sintering profiles to be based on metal type and part size, mass and other features
Collaboration on display at Formnext 2019, the world’s leading additive manufacturing event

Production of the X1 25PRO has begun: New model design to be shown at Formnext, with customer deliveries scheduled before year end

Unparalleled material flexibility: Capable of 3D printing more than six qualified metal materials, plus ceramics and more
Featuring patented Triple ACT: Exclusive Advanced Compaction Technology delivers industry-leading density and repeatability
3D printed tooling used in production: The X1 25PRO features body panels that were vacuum formed on tooling produced with ExOne systems

Designed for throughput: The largest metal binder jetting system available, the X1 160PRO offers more than 2.5 times the build volume of competing systems for sale today

Unparalleled material flexibility: Capable of 3D printing more than six qualified metal materials, plus ceramics, into dense and dimensionally accurate parts
Featuring patented Triple ACT: This advanced new system for dispensing, spreading and compacting ultra-fine powders delivers industry-leading density and repeatability
The tenth and largest metal 3D printer from ExOne: The trusted, global leaders in industrial binder jetting systems for sand, metal and ceramics

voxeljet AG (NYSE: VJET) and Evonik Industries— a multi-billion global leader in specialty chemicals, enter into a technology partnership to develop methods for series production of plastic components using 3D printing