Global Advanced Metals and LPW Technology partner on 3D printing of tantalum devices -

Global Advanced Metals (GAM), a maker of tantalum and niobium products, and LPW Technology, a metal powder for additives manufacturer, have agreed to further demonstrate the suitability of spheroidized tantalum for 3D Printing. The partnership will allow GAM to measure and share physicochemical data for spherical tantalum and resulting 3D-printed parts. LPW will bring the solution to its partners, which include practitioners, designers and manufacturers of tantalum-based surgical implants and other high-reliability and critical devices.