News and Insights of 3D Printing and Manufacturing
Australian company SPEE3D has successfully developed and tested a fast and affordable processes, dubbed ACTIVAT3D, to 3D print anti-microbial copper onto metal surfaces. Laboratory tests have shown that this process ‘contact kills’ 96% of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in just two hours, on any plastic and metal surface.
VELO3D, a metal PBF 3D printing startup that is rapidly establishing itself as one of the fastest-growing companies in the segment, is introducing a next-gen version Sapphire 3D printer, with as much as one meter on Z-axis build capabilities. CNC experts Knust-Godwin have signed on as the first customer for what can be considered one of the world’s tallest laser-powder additive manufacturing systems
ZMorph, the manufacturer accountable for its ZMorph VX multitool 3D printer, has recently announced ...
Desktop 3D printer maker also Stratasys subsidiary MakerBot introduced a Labs extruder, allowing its ...
Fusion 360 has received a significant update for those that design their own versions to 3D print -- ...
AutoCAD, the popular CAD software launched by Autodesk, is upgrading recently and releases some new ...
American filament firm 3D Printlife has announced it is donating 4,000 kg of PLA to encourage the cr ...
In this time of crisis, every person has a role to play, whether it is staying put at home, providing an essential service or working on the front lines. In the additive manufacturing industry, many companies and individuals have stepped up to leverage 3D printing capabilities to help support those working on the front lines, to protect them from exposure to the virus. It has been heartening to see and is truly making a difference.
Prisma Health is collaborating with Ethicon Inc., part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, to make and distribute a ventilator expansion device, called the VESper™ Ventilator Expansion Splitter. The VESper Ventilator Expansion Splitter is authorized for emergency use only to allow a single ventilator to be fitted with the Ventilator Splitter to be used for two rescuable patients for ventilatory support during the COVID-19 pandemic until individual ventilators are available.
In recent years, the aerospace industry does not seem to have taken real strides. However, many comp ...