Spain’s BRECA Health Care Validates 3D Printing for Pediatric Neurosurgery Reconstruction Materials

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Advancements in the medical field have shown that 3D printing can be proficiently applied to many added value clinical applications. These include planning of a complex reconstruction in neurosurgery or improving the accuracy of custom-made implants for orthopedic reconstructions. The use of 3D printed surgical guides can reduce the time of surgery and enhance outcome. BRECA Health Care, a start up based in Granada, Spain is pioneering the design and manufacturing of custom-made medical devices with many patients treated worldwide during the last 7 years.

Titomic’s Fully Automated Metal Kinetic Fusion AM Facility Progresses on Schedule Additive Manufacturing

Titomic’s Fully Automated Metal Kinetic Fusion AM Facility Progresses on Schedule Additive Manufacturing

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  Development of Titomic’s new fully-automated manufacturing facility in Melbourne continues to progress on schedule. The nitrogen gas supply, a key element of the Titomic Kinetic Fusion process, was installed this week. As previously announced, the Company anticipates the manufacturing facility will be ready in Q1 CY2018, with production trials to commence in Q2 CY2018. Strengthening of […]

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Ampower and Inspire Offer Joint Workshops for Additive Manufacturing Additive Manufacturing

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Zurich-based technology competence center inspire AG and the Hamburg-based consulting company Ampower cooperate by offering joint workshops for Additive Manufacturing. The aim of the cooperation is to enable industrial customers to implement Additive Manufacturing. The workshop program developed by inspire supports the customer in three steps over a period of 8 months in knowledge building, the identification of potential components, component design and the development of an implementation strategy within the company.

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Type A Machines Closes Its Doors, First of Many or Single Case? AM Industry

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Type A Machines, a US manufacturer of low-cost 3D printers has closed down. It is not yet clear if this is the first of many to come, as the industry consolidates or just a single event due to the company’s own inability to compete. The company came from the US maker community – similarly to the more successful Aleph Objects – and faced some challenges in scaling up and catering to a professional user target.

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Aurora Labs Enters Into $100K Research Agreement with CSIRO AM Industry

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Australian low-cost metal 3D printer manufacturer Aurora Labs Limited signed a $100K research agreement with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (“CSIRO”), Australia’s national science organization and one of the largest and most diverse scientific research organizations in the world. Aurora is currently standing as the proxy for its Additive Manufacturing Solution Centre (“Solution Centre”), which will provide comprehensive additive manufacturing integrative consulting services, distribution of its 3D printers, and possible prints and powders.

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With New Maisach Plant EOS Extends Yearly Production Capacity to 1,000 AM Systems Industrial Additive Manufacturing

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EOS, the world’s leading technology provider in the field of industrial 3D printing of metals and polymers, has expanded its production capacity and relocated its system manufacturing facilities to Maisach-Gerlinden, just west of Munich, and closer to its headquarters in Krailling. With the new facility measuring 9,000 square meters, EOS is boosting its production capacity in 2018 and is now capable of manufacturing up to approximately 1,000 systems per year.