News and Insights of 3D Printing and Manufacturing
Early last year I wrote an article on 3D printer safety detailing some of the hidden hazards that our desktop 3D printers could pose to our health. Since that time I have not seen much in the way of mitigation activities coming from hardware manufacturers, and even fewer willing to discuss the issue.
3D Printing Industry leader Stratasys teamed up US Department of Veteran Affairs to launch one of the first collaborative 3D printing hospital networks in the nation. A significant industry milestone, this effort is the cornerstone of Stratasys’ Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program.
The Faculty of Architecture at Kasetsart University in Thailand set up the Digital Prototyping Laboratory (AKU: Digital Prototyping Laboratory, DPL) launching 3D Printer Farm using 3DPrinterOS to run its cloud 3D printing service. The purpose of the lab is to run the university’s education and research development programs, expecting that this will boost up technological potential and support research study design from all angles. The DPL is first and the largest 3D Printer Farm in Southeast Asia.
Carbon, a Silicon Valley-based additive manufacturing company, launched Carbon SpeedCell, a system of securely connected products designed to upend traditional methods of manufacturing. The first components of the SpeedCell include two new products that provide a powerful solution for additive manufacturing at scale: The M2, a robust, industrial-grade 3D printer built with manufacturers in mind; and the Smart Part Washer that enables optimal cleaning and easy finishing of parts.
When Frustum, a pioneer in generative design and topology optimization software, turned to the GrabCAD Community platform to host a challenge based around its generative design and topology optimization software, Generate, participants were asked to optimize the design of a lightweight, 3D-printed quadcopter.
Corvallis, Oregon, where thermal inkjet technology was first invented at HP, is also home to some of the most advanced 3D printing technologies being developed by technology giant with the end goal of fostering a partner-driven, 3D open materials marketplace to accelerate the creation of production-ready 3D printed parts.
When Frustum, a pioneer in generative design and topology optimization software, turned to the GrabCAD Community platform to host a challenge based around its generative design and topology optimization software, Generate, participants were asked to optimize the design of a lightweight, 3D-printed quadcopter.
When GE acquired a 75% stake of Concept Laser in mid-December, the company had about 200 employee ...
As the market consolidates, 3D printer and filament manufacturers are beginning to address some of the main issues in desktop 3D printing. One is the object’s adhesion: generally the challenge is getting an object to stick to the plate throughout the entire print, however when that happens the risk is running into the opposite problem: not being able to detach the opbject from the plate without damaging it. The new Prototypum pad presented by Fillamentum is meant to address these issues.
Print the Future, a new tech startup making waves in the home furnishing marketplace, opened the doors to their 30-day pop-up store in Midtown, New York City. The tech startup offers customers the opportunity to work with world renowned interior designers to design furniture and home goods, and have their designs become 3D printed furniture within 24 hours.