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2026. 10. 18.

3D-Printed Helicopter Duct Receives Regulatory Approval

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Australia’s Plane Support secured CASA approval for a 3D-printed air-conditioning duct for a 214B helicopter.

What is new?

Aerospace replacement parts require more than dimensional accuracy: traceable production and regulatory acceptance matter. Plane Support developed an air-conditioning duct for a 214B helicopter and received approval from Australia’s aviation regulator CASA.

3DPS perspective

Real-world suitability should be evaluated against production, cost and reliability data as these become available.

Source: Original report and cover-image reference.

2026. 10. 03.

China Pushes Green-Laser Copper 3D Printing into Batch Production

With its new XH-M350G-2HR, Xihe Additive is moving beyond demonstrations: copper cooling components for AI servers and power electronics are entering batch-production applications.

2026. 10. 02.

Impossible Objects: $40 million to scale CBAM industrial manufacturing

Impossible Objects raised $40 million in Series B funding to scale its composite-based CBAM manufacturing technology.

2026. 09. 30.

OTR3DLab: full-scale tire and wheel prototypes by 3D printing

OTR Engineered Solutions’ new OTR3DLab service targets rapid production of full-scale tire and wheel prototypes for vehicle testing.

2026. 09. 28.

TPM3D: Fatigue Testing of SLS-Printed and Foamed Footwear Soles

The Chinese company combines lattice geometry and foaming to tune footwear-sole mechanical properties.

Earlier news

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Lead-Filled Ender 3: Building the World's Fastest Ender 3

2026. 09. 17.

Technology

Lead-Filled Ender 3: Building the World's Fastest Ender 3

In Part 2 of the project, the Ender 3 keeps the same external dimensions and build volume. Its hollow aluminum frame extrusions are filled with about 4.5 kg (10 lb) of lead and reinforced to improve stability for extreme-speed printing.

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The Best 3D Printers of 2026: What Tom’s Hardware’s Updated Guide Says About the Market

2026. 09. 16.

New printers

The Best 3D Printers of 2026: What Tom’s Hardware’s Updated Guide Says About the Market

Tom’s Hardware updated its 2026 3D printer recommendations on September 8. The guide offers a useful snapshot of how fragmented the desktop market has become across budget, multicolor, resin and professional categories.

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Maker Day and Print-Farm Focus in Shenzhen Show Desktop 3D Printing Moving into Production

2026. 09. 16.

Industrial applications

Maker Day and Print-Farm Focus in Shenzhen Show Desktop 3D Printing Moving into Production

Formnext Asia Shenzhen 2026 added a dedicated Maker Day and expanded print-farm programming, connecting the maker community with small-scale production and commercial workflows.

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ASTM Expands Its Advanced Manufacturing Work into a New Critical and Emerging Technologies Division

2026. 09. 15.

Software / AI

ASTM Expands Its Advanced Manufacturing Work into a New Critical and Emerging Technologies Division

ASTM International has relaunched its former Advanced Manufacturing Division as the Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) Division. Additive manufacturing remains a flagship area, now joined by AI, robotics, drones and semiconductors.

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Quantum Cyber Completes an 80-Printer “Drone Farm” in Connecticut

2026. 09. 15.

New printers

Quantum Cyber Completes an 80-Printer “Drone Farm” in Connecticut

Quantum Cyber has completed installation of an 80-machine 3D printing farm in Connecticut, targeting drone components and related production work.

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AMPLANK: Dutch Researchers Develop a Patient-Specific 3D Printed Ankle Implant

2026. 09. 15.

New materials

AMPLANK: Dutch Researchers Develop a Patient-Specific 3D Printed Ankle Implant

A joint University of Twente and Radboudumc project is developing a patient-specific implant intended to offer a less invasive treatment for ankle cartilage damage.

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3D Printed Electronic Skin Could Give Prosthetics Pressure and Temperature Sensing

2026. 09. 14.

Life sciences

3D Printed Electronic Skin Could Give Prosthetics Pressure and Temperature Sensing

Researchers at Washington State University have developed a customizable electronic skin combining 3D scanning, SLA printing, pressure and temperature sensing, and neural-network calibration.

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GKN Aerospace Demonstrates a UAV Powered by a 3D Printed Engine

2026. 09. 14.

Technology

GKN Aerospace Demonstrates a UAV Powered by a 3D Printed Engine

GKN Aerospace has demonstrated a UAV platform using an additively manufactured engine. The project shows how 3D printing in aerospace is moving beyond brackets and ducts toward core propulsion hardware.

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Quickparts Builds a Four-Country Additive Manufacturing Network for Space and Defense

2026. 09. 14.

Technology

Quickparts Builds a Four-Country Additive Manufacturing Network for Space and Defense

Quickparts is building a multi-country additive manufacturing network designed to reproduce the same qualified parts across different locations with consistent quality.

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Denmark Completes a 36-Unit 3D Printed Student Housing Project

2026. 09. 13.

Technology

Denmark Completes a 36-Unit 3D Printed Student Housing Project

Denmark’s 3DCP Group has completed 36 student housing units using additive construction technology in the Skovsporet project in Holstebro. The significance is scale: this is a real residential development rather than a single demonstration house.

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