News and Insights of 3D Printing and Manufacturing
The AstroReality Lunar Model is a 1/28,969,000 scale high definition 3D printed model of the Moon that you can hold in your hands. It’s built with the most accurate 3D printing technology available in the market, which means it is modeled with 0.006 millimeters per pixel precise renderings of the moon’s surface based on data captured by NASA’s Lunar Orbiter science team.
The iFuse-3D Implant by SI-BONE combines the patented triangular shape of the iFuse Implant with a proprietary 3D-printed porous trabecular surface and unique patented fenestrated design to promote bone ongrowth, ingrowth, through growth and intra-articular fusion
ShapeDiver is a web service for publishing parametric 3D data. It is run by ShapeDiver GmbH, a limited liability company registered in Vienna, Austria. Alexander Schiftner, Mathias Höbinger and Mathieu Huard founded it in 2015.
Building on its 3D printing industry leadership and momentum, HP announced the commercial availability of its MultiJet Fusion 3D Printing solution and the expansion of its 3D printing business across the Asia-Pacific region. Shining 3D ePrint, a leading 3D printing services provider with over 10,000 customers worldwide, will deploy HP’s 3D printing innovations in more than 50 locations across China including Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Nanjing, and Shanghai. Infinite 3D Printing, one of China’s largest 3D printing solutions providers, also plans to install HP’s 3D printing solutions in multiple technology centers including Suzhou and Qingdao.
Following the recent announcement by metal Additive Manufacturing system OEM Norsk Titanium AS that it will deliver the world’s first FAA-approved, 3D printed, structural titanium components to Boeing, Norsk Titanium today announced it has closed on a significant investment from Triangle Holdings LP (“Triangle”), an aerospace investment company owned by funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group LLC (“Fortress”). Triangle has invested over $1.2 billion in aircraft and aerospace related assets since its formation in 2011. Terms of the investment were not released.
Ackuretta Technologies, a leading innovator and manufacturer of professional-grade 3D printers and materials, announced expansion into the EU market today; formally opening offices in Pforzheim, Germany.
Premium AEROTEC, a subsidiary of European aircraft manufacturer Airbus and a manufacturer of aero structures in its own right, has been a key adopter of additive manufacturing technologies in the aerospace sector. Understandable, as the company, which employs 10,000 people and generates 2 billion euros in revenue yearly, is continually seeking to integrate state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies into its business.
KOMET GROUP is using Renishaw metal additive manufacturing technology to produce new ranges of innovative cutting tools. As well as allowing special cutters to be produced more quickly, the use of additive manufacturing enables more complex shapes to be generated, both for the external shape of the tooling and for the internal cooling channels.
To celebrate the many innovations for aircraft additive manufacturing that Stratasys and its partner ...
For the millions of people every year who have or need medical devices implanted, a new advancement in silicone 3D printing technology developed at the University of Florida promises significantly quicker implantation of devices that are stronger, less expensive, more flexible and more comfortable than anything currently available.