News and Insights of 3D Printing and Manufacturing
The bioengineers in Dino Di Carlo’s lab at the University of California, Los Angeles, spend a lot of time wrapped in head-to-toe suits and looking a bit jaundiced. The engineers work in a clean room, where a steady flow of filtered air removes particulates. Blue or purple light would harden the photosensitive material with which they work, so they limit lighting in the room to butter-yellow.
Large size CNC and additive system OEM Thermwood Corporation has unveiled a new design for the print head on its large scale additive manufacturing machines which it calls LSAM, (pronounced L-Sam). This new “Universal” design print head can be equipped with any of three interchangeable “Melt Cores”.
As a first test of a new printable hard, electrically conductive plastic, the ESA (Europ ...
Onshape, the leading professional 3D CAD platform for Agile Product Design, has introduced a self-guided online Learning Center for experienced engineers and designers to speed up their transition from traditional desktop-installed CAD to full-cloud CAD. Access to the Onshape Learning Center is free for all annual Professional Plan subscribers.
Nano Dimension, a leader in the field of 3D printed electronics has supplied its flagship DragonFly 2020 3D Printer to a renewable energy company in the field of solar energy, located in Israel. This customer joins the growing ranks of Nano Dimension’s beta customers and will examine Nano Dimension’s cutting-edge technology.
Ackuretta Technologies, a leading innovator and manufacturer of professional grade 3D printers and materials, has announced that it has selected Materialise and its 3D printing software as a certified solution for its Ackuray 3D printing solutions. The Ackuray series, which is now available globally, is compatible with Materialise Magics Print DLP, empowering users with a wide array of tools for their 3D printing workflows.
The current 3D printer OEM market leader Stratasys will be hosting a series of lunch sessions at the upcoming SAMPE 2017 in Seattle on Tuesday May 23, and Wednesday May 24, 2017. These sessions are designed to provide a roadmap for additive manufacturing technology implementation and to answer the questions posed by R&D departments and operations leaders.
Tresa Pollock, chair of the materials department at UC Santa Barbara, has received one of 13 prestigious 2017 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowships from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The award includes $3 million to fund five years of Pollock’s research, which is aimed at developing a 3-D platform for discovering new materials capable of […]
Nano Dimension, a leader in the field of 3D printed electronics has supplied its flagship DragonFly 2020 3D Printer to a renewable energy company in the field of solar energy, located in Israel. This customer joins the growing ranks of Nano Dimension’s beta customers and will examine Nano Dimension’s cutting-edge technology.