Engines are roaring at Additive Manufacturing Strategies. Understanding why optimism is now a thing requires re-assessing what End Users need today. And yet: inconvenient truths announced by an undisputed Lighthouse for the AM Industry, Arno Held from AM Ventures. It’s all about the Applications – we’ve quoted him before. At VALIMET, Inc. we’re considering dropping the word “Additive” in our external…
“Beast in the Machine” (BITM) was presented by Red Thread X in DC, in a side-event during the Association of the United States Army – AUSA show 2025. I read it cover to cover and will avoid spoilers. What is it 246pp. of text and 29pp for notes: a well-documented essay. It’s at once: a History book, covering over 100 years…
One is a plum, the other an almond tree. The last days of the blossom season, here in Big Valley, California – show off time by Mother Nature. #california #gardening #wellbeingatwork
Original post by The LISTENERS!: A few of our favorite things: gathering Powder suppliers, Labs/Universities, Systems Manufacturers and one Investor. Listen…all we do is picking from different steps of the Value Chain. Also, the conversations that move the needle have to involve Applications Development. Thanks to our guests and to our fellow #LISTENERS! who organized…
Original post by The LISTENERS!: Three of The LISTENERS! founders threw a small dinner in Tampa, just before the MILITARY AM show, #MILAM 2026.We think you should Listen here. Mac Brown, Luigi Alzati, Noah Mostow discussed with Charlie Beecher, Michelle M. Meyer, SCPro™ and revered expert Donald G Godfrey. Is the AM industry promoting itself the right way? Lighter, stronger, with unique design, possibly smaller…
Phases containing Prince Hamlet’s favorite metal, Boron, positively impact Aluminum behavior across processing routes, environments, and performance targets. See these three case studies: 1. COLD SPRAY “Cold-Sprayed Boron-Nitride-Nanotube-Reinforced Aluminum Matrix Composites with Improved Wear Resistance and Radiation Shielding” Denny John et al. (November 2024) at Florida International University. This work examines the incorporation of boron nitride nanotubes…
🍋 Lemonade ice cubes & popsicles, jelly-jam & ‘Crostata al Limone’:we’re running short of ideas for how to use our lemon over-supply. Two trees, two different varieties: one sweet and one sour – i.e. one Meyer and one Eureka tree. Customers, End Users, Academics, Industry partners are welcome to visit us and grab some fruit…
While revisiting the Cold Spray publications based on our Aluminum powders, we came across two works by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that are worth slowing down for. Particle size effects in metallic microparticle impact-bonding, Ian Dowding, Ph.D., Mostafa Hassani et al. (2019); Surface oxide and hydroxide effects on Aluminum microparticle impact bonding, Jasper Lienhard,…
The sun is back, and so is the kumquat tree, loaded with fruit. After two long, cloudy months, this feels like the perfect spot for conversation. Soon we’ll meet again with the #family at Additive Manufacturing Strategies, in NYC. Rather than a review of the State of AM & 3D Printing, we believe that a…
Yep, it’s all about focusing on the Applications – and in some of them, you may want to swap Silicon with Cerium.Seriously. We just listed on VALIMET Literature page a work by Holden Hyer, David Weiss and other co-authors: “High strength aluminum-cerium alloy processed by laser powder bed fusion”DOI: https://lnkd.in/gEM852WZ As we explained before, we…