News and Insights of 3D Printing and Manufacturing
Rotterdam-based design studio The New Raw is no stranger to environmental causes—it’s whole mandate is to raise awareness about eco issues such as plastic waste with innovative design and technologies like 3D printing. Most recently, the group teamed up with the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation in Greece to highlight the specific problem of abandoned fishing nets in marine ecosystems.
Digital manufacturing company 3Diligent has announced a milestone in its global network expansion. As of today, the company has qualified and networked nearly 250 contract partners across six continents and over a dozen countries. The manufacturing network comprises 1,200 machines.
Swedish tooling system specialist Sandvik Coromant has introduced a new metal cutting tool produced using additive manufacturing, the Lightweight CoroMill 390. The new product benefits from a lighter weight than the traditional CoroMill 390, which minimizes vibrations and improves security when machining with long overhangs. The Lightweight CoroMill 390 also unlocks new levels of productivity.
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TheFuture selection of adidas shoes sporting a 3D printed midsole continues to expand. Coming just a couple of weeks after the recent women version of the AlphaEdge designed by Stella McCartney, the next model to arrive this spring is the Y-3 RUNNER 4D. The Y-3 line of adidas shoes is designed in collaboration with influential Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto.
According to a newly issued report from SmarTech Analysis, the additive manufacturing (AM) industry will utilize almost $350 million worth of industrial lasers by the end of 2019. The bulk of AM lasers related revenues is coming from laser sales for SLA and PBF machines. SmarTech’s report projects that in 2024, AM laser revenues are expected to grow to $870 million in revenues and go on to reach almost $1.2 billion by 2028.
Aerospace manufacturer Relativity Space this week announced a new partnership with Thailand-based startup mu Space. The two companies have signed a contract through which Relativity will launch a mu Space low Earth satellite on its 3D printed Terran 2 rocket in 2022.
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Australian metals and materials manufacturing company Titomic Limited recently announced a Memorandum of Understanding with Japanese companies Osaka Titanium technologies Co. Ltd. (OTC) and Marubeni Corporation, to distribute Titomic Kinetic Fusion (TKF) systems in Japan and South Korea and supply aerospace-grade gas-atomized titanium metal powders globally.
Nexxt Spine, an Indiana-based medical device manufacturer, aims to scale up its spinal implant production with the adoption of its fourth and fifth Concept Laser Mlab 100R 3D printers from GE Additive. The company, which began using 3D printing just two years ago, sees the technology as the way forward for implant production.