News and Insights of 3D Printing and Manufacturing
INMETRO, a Brazilian standards organization, has signed a partnership agreement with local AM company FARCCO Tecnologia Industrial with the express goal of accelerating the implementation and adoption of additive manufacturing in Brazil’s industrial sectors. The partners believe that AM will help companies in Brazil achieve a higher technological capacity.
Welcome to this month’s AM Focus Medical. For the entire month of February, we are going to zoom in on the many possibilities that additive manufacturing is offering today to medical companies. This segment of AM is literally booming and incredibly exciting. In this first episode, we are taking a closer look at Stryker additive manufacturing activities. Upcoming episodes will include many different types of players in this segment, ranging from highly innovative startups to giant multinational corporations. Stay tuned because it’s going to be a lot to take in. But don’t worry, at the end of the month all the best content will be featured in 3dpbm’s Medical AM Focus 2020 eBook.
Protect3d, a North Carolina-based startup specializing in customized medical devices for athletes, has been awarded $50,000 by the National Football League (NFL) through its 1st and Future competition. The company, which pitched its business in the category of Innovations to Advance Health and Safety, received top prize among four other startups.
Well if this isn’t an innovative reuse of fast food waste, then I don’t know what is. Researchers from the University of Toronto have achieved an exciting first by turning used cooking oil from McDonald’s into a high-resolution 3D printing resin. The material, which is also biodegradable, could provide a cheaper and more eco-friendly alternative to traditional 3D printing resins.
Biomedical researchers from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso and the University of Texas at El Paso are working on a joint project to send miniature 3D bioprinted hearts to space. The research project, which has received backing from the National Science Foundation (NSF), seeks to understand how a microgravity environment affects the function of the human heart.
Chemical company Henkel has announced a collaboration with NewPro3D, a Vancouver-based polymer 3D ...
Texas-based 3D printing company Essentium, Inc. is teaming up with Vorum, a provider of CAD/CAM software for custom orthotics and prosthetics (O&P), to offer a 3D printing solution for the global O&P market. The offering, the Essentium + Vorum solution, will be available to customers across the prosthetics market, enabling practitioners to manufacture and deliver customized orthotic and prosthetic devices to their customers, at speed and scale.
Urwahn, a German pioneer of 3D printed bicycles, has collaborated with Schmolke Carbon, a specialist in carbon-fiber-reinforced bike components, to design a stunning copper-coated 3D printed bicycle. The impressive two-wheeler was tested by Track Bike World Champion Stefan Bötticher, who gave it rave reviews.
Due to concerns relating to the Coronavirus outbreak in China and in other Asian nations, two leading Asian shows with a focus on additive manufacturing – TCT Asia and Asiamold – have been postponed to a later date.
BEAMIT, Italy’s largest metal additive manufacturing service bureau, has come a long way since 3dpbm staff last visited the company’s AM facilities in 2013. The Fornovo-based firm has grown into one of the largest metal AM factories in Europe and – by extension – worldwide. However, its expansion is not slowing down. In fact it is accelerating with an agreement to purchase 15 Selective Laser Melting machines from SLM Solutions within the next three years. The commitment emphasizes SLM Solutions as the preferred supplier for BEAMIT’s machines.