News and Insights of 3D Printing and Manufacturing
Sinterit, the leader in desktop SLS technology, is offering a 10% discount on its Lisa system for Cyber Week. Until December 2nd the complete Lisa system bundle is available for €11,250 (plus VAT), making it even more affordable then the standard €12,500 price.
There are a number of advantages that accompany the use of 3D printing technology, from cost effectiveness to faster production times. But one area that the technology slightly lacks is in material functionality, which oftentimes fails to meet the strength and resilience of the injection molding process. To alleviate this glaring issue, the Italian filament producer TreeD has created their new P-LENE polypropylene filament.
The Afinia H800+ 3D Printer provides a true “Out-of-the-Box 3D Printing Experience” as it comes fully assembled with easy to install software for both the PC and Mac. The Afinia H-Series 3D Printers can prototype a part or model, within .10mm (4 thousandths of an inch) accuracy, that have 30% of the strength of injection molded parts.
Celprogen Inc., a leader in the Stem Cell Research and Therapeutics industry for stem cell research since 2002, successfully finished manufacturing of a 3D bioprinted human pancreas from flexible Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) material scaffold that was populated with adult human pancreatic stem cells. These 3D printed human pancreases were coated and seeded with human adult pancreatic stem cells. The 3D pancreas scaffold was populated with three T225 human Pancreatic Stem Cells 36097-24-T225, and with human adult pancreatic cells 3002-04-T225; the scaffold was coated with ECM prior to seeding the cells. This flexible PLA scaffold allows the seeded pancreatic stem cells to potentially differentiate into an adult functional pancreas. The 3D print was reduced from an adult 18 year old pancreas to approximately 1/5 its original size.
Whether you refer to it as the fully automated factory, the lights out factory, or digital serial manufacturing – the point is, it has arrived. Traditional manufacturing, with one machine dedicated to each individual task, is out the window. Today’s metal AM machines are capable of fully automating the process from start to finish, from initial powder handling, to 3D printing and even post-processing.
Bicicletto is an electric vehicle that turns mobility into an art, by blending the motorbike attitude and the bicycle spirit. Now with a major 3D-printed upgrade, Bicicletto is set to blur the lines of classic design and high-tech engineering even further. The upgrade is the first offering from the collaboration between Materialise NV (NASDAQ: MTLS), leader in Additive Manufacturing solutions and software, and Nuova SPA, historical Italian automotive brand, reborn in 2014. The new Bicicletto will feature additive manufactured end-use parts that make it lighter, faster and more cost-efficient to produce.
Launching today, Threedigo is an online community marketplace that connects 3D printer owners people seeking to rent out time on their 3D printers with those who are looking for a 3D printer to use, thus providing an additional income source and an accessible service to 3D printing users worldwide.
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My name is Itamar Yona from Aviv3D which is located in Israel. I’m an electrical engineer and the third generation in my family business of 2D printing, marketing and publishing in Israel.
Dutch designer and technologist Pjotr (aka Rein van der Mast) is about to disrupt how fountain pens are made. Instead of relying on proven technology like turning, a couple of years ago he started 3D printing titanium fountain pens and now he also 3D prints its fully functional nib. This enables him to create complex design features and even mechanical assemblies in a single 3D print.