News and Insights of 3D Printing and Manufacturing
Always at the cutting edge, MIT’s Mediated Matter lab has developed a new, experimental additive manufacturing technique that uses a swarm of small robots to build up tubular structures. The process, called FIBERBOTS, can enable the digital fabrication of large-scale architectures with high spatial resolution.
A bioengineering PhD candidate from the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering has been developing a 3D printed phantom head which so closely resembles a human head that it can be used to test the 7 Tesla magnetic resonance imager (7T MRI), one of the strongest clinical MRI devices in use.
Safran Electrical & Power, a French company specializing in electrical systems for commercial and military aircraft, is the latest company to reap the benefits of additive manufacturing and design for additive manufacturing (DfAM) in its design and production processes. The company was spurred to explore the benefits of 3D printing after a growing number of clients enquired about the technology for part production.
Whether you’re cycling to work in a traffic-heavy city or cruising down a country lane or bike path, it is always wise to wear a helmet. The plastic encasing could be the deciding factor between life or death if an accident should occur. The things about bike helmets, however, is that, unless you’ve got access to what the pros wear, the structure and build of them hasn’t changed all that much in the past couple of decades.
Safran Electrical & Power, a French company specializing in electrical systems for commercial and military aircraft, is the latest company to reap the benefits of additive manufacturing and design for additive manufacturing (DfAM) in its design and production processes. The company was spurred to explore the benefits of 3D printing after a growing number of clients enquired about the technology for part production.
Optomec, a leading global supplier of production grade additive manufacturing systems for 3D printed metals and electronics, today announced the opening of Optomec GmbH, its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Operations Center in Dübendorf, Switzerland. Optomec GmbH will be located at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology.
Danish construction 3D printing company 3D Printhuset, known for its BOD housing technology, will, from here on out, conduct all of its construction 3D printing activities through the newly established company COBOD International. The new company, which will be taking on the selling and manufacturing of the recently launched BOD2 construction 3D printer, was founded to meet a growing demand for 3D Printhuset’s construction technology.
Resolution Medical, a Minneapolis-based company specializing in innovative solutions for the medical device industry, recently partnered with 3D printing company Carbon to adopt its AM technology. Through the agreement, Resolution Medical has become Carbon’s first production partner in the Midwest dedicated to the medical device market.
Additive Industries, the Eindhoven-based developer of the MetalFAB1 AM system, is partnering with Laser Lines Ltd, a supplier of 3D printing, scanning and laser equipment, to increase its presence in the UK and Ireland. Together, the companies are aiming to accelerate the maturation and adoption of metal additive manufacturing within the UK and Irish markets.
At the TCT Show in Birmingham (UK), Materialise has launched its simulation software for metal 3D printing. In combination with the Materialise Magics 3D Print Suite, this software will bring simulation for additive manufacturing to the production floor by providing easy-to-manage simulation capabilities at lower price points.