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Additive Industries partners with ANÁLISIS Y SIMULACIÓN to accelerate metal AM in Spain AM Industry

At the opening of the Addit3D exhibition & conference in Bilbao, part of the BIEMH international Machine Tool Exhibition, Additive Industries has signed an Agency Agreement with ANÁLISIS Y SIMULACIÓN, a leading supplier of software solutions for product development and 3D as well as 3D printing solutions. Joinly the partners will accelerate the implementation of metal additive manufacturing systems in the high-end industries like aerospace, automotive, medical and (high-tech) machine building. Focus is on an integrated approach from initial design to a post-processed ready part.

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Wires Glasses: 3D printing gives eco-friendly edge to London-based luxury eyewear brand Consumer Products

Wires Glasses, a London-based eyewear brand, is breaking the mold with its innovative and fashion-forward glasses designs. The company, founded in 2016 by designer Yair Neuman, model/actor/entrepreneur Lily Cole and entrepreneur Kwame Ferreira, deftly combines handcrafting techniques, modern technologies and an ecological sensibility in the creation of its unique wireframe eyewear.

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Liquid Printed Pneumatics: BMW & MIT reimagine car interiors with adaptable 3D printed inflatables 3D Printing Processes

Arguably one of the most cutting-edge niches of the additive manufacturing sector is the development of dynamic and changing printed structures. Sometimes referred to as 4D printing, we’ve seen researchers 3D print self-folding structures and other smart, shapeshifting materials. A recent development coming out of MIT’s Self-Assembly Laboratory has demonstrated a new type of dynamic printing which integrates pneumatics for inflatable 3D printed objects.

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KODAK Portrait 3D printer targets educational & professional market with 3DPrinterOS integration 3D Printer Hardware

3DPrinterOS, one of the leading operating systems for 3D printers, has announced it will be powering the upcoming KODAK Portrait 3D Printers by Smart International. Through the agreement, the highly anticipated KODAK 3D printers will be bundled with 3DPrinterOS Cloud 3D Printer Management software with the “goal of driving mass adoption of the technology in educational institutions and enterprises.”

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How Australian startup Tec.Fit aims to revolutionize custom clothing with 3D scanning & printing tech Consumer Products

E-commerce giant Amazon made headlines recently with its plans to capture 3D scans of its clients bodies for more accurate online shopping, but it is far from the only company exploring this possible application of 3D scanning technologies. For the past five or so years, an Australia-based company has been pursuing the development of 3D scanning and 3D printing systems for custom garments and e-commerce platforms.

HP shows off scaled up 3D printing business, inside and out, at HP Innovation Summit Editorials

HP shows off scaled up 3D printing business, inside and out, at HP Innovation Summit Editorials

From a purely commercial point of view, the biggest news to come out of the HP Innovation Summit in Barcelona, is that 3D printing services ZiggZagg (Belgium) and IAM 3D Hub (Spain) just bought and installed six and eight HP Jet Fusion systems respectively, while Protolabs upgraded its seven current HP Jet Fusion 4200 systems to the newer 4210 versions for increased productivity.