News and Insights of 3D Printing and Manufacturing
Siemens Mobility Services has announced it will be acquiring two additional Stratasys Fortus 450mc 3D printers to expand part production for the rail industry. To date, the transport company has successfully adopted Stratasys’ technology for the production of rail parts for Germany and the UK, and the new 3D printers will enable it to expand its support of rail maintenance operations in Russia.
Australian metal AM company Titomic has signed a AUD $25.5 million (approx. $16.76M) equipment sales agreement with Composite Technology, a global defense supplier. Through the contract, Titomic will deliver two metal additive manufacturing systems to the company—specifically, two of its Titomic Kinetic Fusion (TKF) machines.
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On February 25th evening, based on the latest assessment of the situation and after consulting its board and key stakeholders of the composites industry, JEC Group decided to have the 2020 edition of JEC World postponed to May 12th to 14th 2020. The world’s biggest composite’s show, a key event for many companies that are developing and commercializing composite 3D printing technologies, was scheduled to begin on May 3rd. Earlier this week Salone del Mobile, the world’s largest furniture and product design event, scheduled to take place in Milan on April 21-26 was also postponed to June 16-21.
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. In this article, we’re looking at Medical 3D Design, a 3D modeling company using 3D printing to create prototypes and functional parts for the medical and dental industries. Upcoming articles in the AM Focus will span innovative startups to giant multinational corporations, all of which are using AM in exciting ways. At the end of the month all the best content will be featured in 3dpbm’s Medical AM Focus 2020 eBook.
Materials company Evonik has launched a new software tool for 3D printing that enables manufacturers to easily determine the optimal additive manufacturing process based on a part’s geometry and material, as well as on a financial analysis. The new software function was developed by Israeli startup Castor.
VELO3D has signed on a new customer from the oil and gas industry, Duncan Machine Products (DMP). The company, a woman-owned, full-service precision machining company based in Duncan, Oklahoma, will utilize VELO3D’s Sapphire metal 3D printing solution to meet an increasing demand for faster production times and improved part performance.
As the number of reported Coronavirus cases rises around the world, regions affected by the virus are taking serious measures to contain its spread. At the Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, students and faculty from the 3D Printing Lab are reportedly playing their part by 3D printing medical face shields designed to protect medical staff.
In digital factory environments engineers very often face the challenge presented by highly detailed CAD models generating heavy data and therefore preventing smooth handling in factory planning software tools. A new 3D_Evolution Simplifier function now automatically generates envelope geometry, especially for all major visualization tools. Due to the strong reduction in the number of elements, the Simplifier enables smooth and fast processing of large CAD models.
M. Holland Company, a distributor of thermoplastic resin materials, has announced an expanded distribution partnership with BASF 3D Printing Solutions. The agreement will see M. Holland begin to distribute a stainless-steel composite filament, BASF’s Ultrafuse 316L, marking the company’s first foray outside of thermoplastic resins.