Sandvik Pushes 3-D Printing to Create Fuel Tubes, Drilling Gear
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Sandvik AB is boosting research spending on 3-D printing as the world’s largest maker of metal-cutting tools expands capabilities in a market set to grow ninefold to $21 billion in a decade.
The company is hiring staff for a new 3-D printing research and development center in Sandviken, Sweden, Mikael Schuisky, operations manager for additive manufacturing, said in an interview. The team will unify 3-D initiatives across the business and examine how the technology can be used in its production of everything from mining drill rigs to fuel tubes for nuclear power plants.