News and Insights of 3D Printing and Manufacturing
Not everyone is Hans Fouche, and not everyone has a Cheetah one cubic meter 3D printer in their garage. However more and more people do so, soon, many will be able to 3D print real size objects on demand. Of course it will still take a good amount of creativity to know what to use it for, for example a custom chair 3D printed in the shape of a Marmite bottle. That what Hans Fouche 3D Printing just did.
The 3D printed shoe race is heating up as high-tech sports apparel brand Under Armor releases ArchiTech commercially available, limited edition UA 3D printed shoes which were generatively designed using Autodesk’s Within software. In 1996 Under Armour broke into the athletic market by reinventing the humble t-shirt. Now a powerhouse brand, Under Armour is pushing the boundaries on high-performance athletic gear. So as the company approached its 20th anniversary, the UA Innovation Team looked to up the ante on the brand’s performance training footwear with the first UA 3D printed shoes.
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International designers have been approaching the possibilities offered by high furniture 3D printing for some time. They have explored possibilities and come up with some pretty innovative concepts. While the time for commercially available 3D printed furniture is still a few years away, we can already identify some interesting trends. Here they are.
Take some of the best features of polyjet 3D printing (precision, multi-material control, scalability) and combine them with the advanced versatility and quality of metal materials: what you get is XJet‘s new Nano Metal (Particle) Jetting (Nano Metal 3D Printing) technology.
The Loveland, Colorado, based open source, reprap 3D printer manufacturer announced it has 3D printed the one millionth part used in the production of its award-winning LulzBot line of desktop 3D printers. The LulzBot TAZ and LulzBot Mini were just ranked the No. 1 and No. 4 best desktop 3D printers in the world, according to Aniwaa’s meta review of 980 different desktop 3D printers.
One thing that is becoming increasingly clear is that 3D printing, as a stand alone process – is no longer enough to drive enthusiasm and sales. That is why more and more creators are using it as part of a personal, digital manufacturing process that is empowering anyone to make finished, functional objects. Lauching on Kickstarter, Tio is doing this for 3d printed toys
The company, present in this Directory, used the model to create an incredibly accurate 1:34 scale physical replica based on Star Wars Wiki sketches and materials.
The new material is made from Eastman’s Amphora™ HT5300 3D polymer, a low-odor and styrene-free material uniquely suited for advanced 3D printing users, particularly those who need their creations to exhibit superior durability, dimensional stability, toughness and high temperature resistance.
We mostly discussed their amazing quadruple laser SLM 500 HL machine (you can read the interview next week on 3Dprint.com).