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Port of Rotterdam RAMLAB and Autodesk Pioneer On-Demand AM for Ship Repair AM Software

The Port of Rotterdam’s Additive Manufacturing Fieldlab (RAMLAB) and Autodesk have revealed the first pilot component as they pioneer the use of additive manufacturing in the maritime industry. A ship’s propeller was made using a hybrid manufacturing process combining wire and arc additive manufacturing using industrial robotic arms and subtractive machining and grinding techniques.

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Polish Design Graduates 3D Print Eco-Friendly Shoe 3D Printing Processes

For their graduation project at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland, design students Zuzanna Gronowicz and Barbara Motylinska, visualised their concept for a customisable 3D printed shoe. They’re made from eco-friendly materials and can be ordered using an app. The two young designers used a ZMorph 2.0 SX multitool 3D printer to create prototypes and plan the entire production pipeline.

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Avi Reichental Joins Board of Directors at Nano Dimension AM Industry

Avi Reichental, a very well known executive figure in the 3D printing industry will be joining the Board of Directors at Nano Dimension, the NASDAQ listed current technological leader in 3D printed electronics. Reichental served as president, chief executive officer and director at 3D Systems for more than a decade. Under his leadership, 3D Systems emerged as a formidable global 3D-printing provider, growing revenue by more than six-fold and increasing market valuation by more than twelve-fold, before running into rough times – as most other publicly traded 3D printing companies – toward the end of his tenure.