News and Insights of 3D Printing and Manufacturing
French manufacturer of high-resolution 3D microprinting technologies Microlight3D has acquired Smart Force Technologies (SFT), a France-based producer of maskless lithography systems for micro-scale 2D printing. The acquisition will enable Microlight3D to add 2D printing capabilities to its microprinting portfolio.
We began reviewing 3D printers when the market thought these hardware products could truly appeal to a wide consumer demographic. That proved not to be the case, as 3D printers proved too costly and too hard to operate for most people, including the author of this piece. While the hype (fortunately) is not as high as it used to be, our Ortur 4 review shows that 3D printers are now truly within everyone reach and that anyone can use them, including the author of this piece (who does cover the global AM industry as a journalist and analyst but can be considered a consumer when it comes to actually 3D printing).
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Fuller Moto is a leading automotive and motorcycle design and customization shop that inspires, educates and entertains those with a creative spirit and a do-it-yourself attitude. The Atlanta, Georgia-based company doesn’t just customize bikes but also educates and works with gear-heads, enthusiasts and hands-on builders. It is lead and inspired by Bryan Fuller, who is also a master builder, designer as well as a TV personality and author of how-to-build books through his own publishing company, Full-Bore Publishing. The latest project to emerge from this ideal company is the Fuller Moto 2029, a perfect blend of the how latest manufacturing technologies such as metal 3D printing can be used together with traditional metal craft.
Over the years we have witnessed a clear evolutionary trend in how 3D printing is used in product design. The clearest representations of these trends come from Milan Design Week, which is a city-wide collection of events taking place during the Milan Furniture Fair (Salone del Mobile). Over the past few years, we have witnessed a clear trend toward using 3D printing to create larger and more complex architectural structures, rather than high-end design products. 3D Printing at Milan Design Week 2019 got even larger.
UK-based metal AM company Renishaw collaborated with a Yorkshire dental laboratory to fully digitize the design and production of removable partial dentures (RPDs). Through the collaboration and the implementation of Renishaw’s metal 3D printing platform, the dental lab is achieving faster turnaround times and better quality RPDs.
3D printing filament company ColorFabb has presented its newest material release: LW-PLA. The light weight filament—the first of its kind—uses a novel active foaming technology to achieve low density, light PLA 3D printed parts.
3D printing solutions company EOS is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. The company, which was founded in 1989 by Dr. Hans J. Langer, has becoming an important leading player in the industrial 3D printing market. In recent years especially, the innovative company has aptly transitioned the use of its AM technologies from predominantly prototyping applications to end-use, serial production.
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