News and Insights of 3D Printing and Manufacturing
This XK120 features unique bodywork by famed Italian coachbuilder and design house Pininfarina. It was first delivered to a Mr Max Hoffman in 1954, who was an Austrian-born, New York-based importer of luxury European automobiles into the United States during the 1950s.
Since as early as the 1980s, automotive companies have been exploring the potential applications of additive manufacturing technologies in car making. Auto giant Ford purchased the third 3D printer ever made, a move which helped to solidify the intersection between the two industries early on. Now the time is here for the 3D printed vehicles of tomorrow to enter the stage.
As reported by just about every Chinese 3D printing media, a bridge in the Chinese city of Nanjing was just completed with 3D printed railings, drastically reducing time and costs required for construction. According to an article on 3D Printing World, the railings were built by Nanjing Jiayi Precision Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Available online on Viveport, MakeVR Pro is a CAD based fully immersive 3D content creation experience that provides precision tools that allow objects to snap to grids, rulers, or any other object in the scene and slide over their surfaces, all the while maintaining their depth and angle relative to the surface of the […]
A detailed article that just appeared online on China Daily, the leading English language newspaper in China, with over 45 million readers worldwide, is analyzing 3D printing on the Chinese market, finding that its adoption is literally booming in just about every segment of manufacturing, from biomedical, to aerospace to education.
Bbioprinter manufacturer Aether and University of South Australia (“UniSA”) have begun to collaborate for a project, funded by a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant, to pursue a 3D bioprinting research breakthrough in the field of contraception.
At this year’s gathering of the most magnificent classic cars at Pebble Beach in California, Mercedes-Benz is once again set to present a highlight: the Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 Cabriolet is a car which, with its sensual, emotionally appealing design and innovative technical concept solutions, defines the ultimate in luxury of the future. At the same time, the two-seater model pays homage to the glorious “automotive haute couture” of hand-finished, exclusive cabriolets. The glamorous cabriolet reinterprets classic, emotional design principles in an extravagant way and combines intelligent beauty with classic, aesthetic proportions and a reduced, technoid appearance – a perfect embodiment of the design philosophy of Sensual Purity.
Coralise is a project by Jessica Gregory which aims to irradiate juvenile coral mortality (99%). The substrates are a unique ceramic material made of calcium carbonate from coral skeletons. This, along with its carefully designed organic form, attracts the coral larvae.
On August 10th, Shenzhen eSUN Industrial Co., Ltd. Signed a Joint Venture with RESAWearables, Inc. to set up Shenzhen Resun Healthcare Technology Co., Ltd. This new joint venture in Shenzhen will offer 3D laser foot scanning, CAD design and 3D printing kiosks for RESA globally and in the domestic Chinese market as well. It will also provide custom orthotics and terminal sales for the general public. The joint venture will enter Chinese medical-grade footwear market
Renishaw and Aeromet International Limited are collaborating to establish additive manufacturing process parameters and material properties for Aeromet’s A20X high-performance alloy. Following a successful debut at the Paris Air Show, last month, the two companies are working together to optimize the processing techniques for the high-performance alloy on Renishaw metal additive manufacturing (AM) systems. They are also investigating a range of heat treatment regimes to deliver optimum properties in additively manufactured components. The results of these developments will be made available to Renishaw and Aeromet customers.