News and Insights of 3D Printing and Manufacturing
Precision ADM is the first Canadian metal Additive and Subtractive manufacturing services company to receive ISO 13485:2016 Quality Management System certification. This industry standard represents the comprehensive set of requirements for the design and manufacture of medical devices.
GE Healthcare has opened its first 3D printing lab, called the Innovative Design and Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center for Europe, in Uppsala, Sweden. The center will use technologies including 3D printing and robotics to speed up the launch of new innovative products for the healthcare industry.
TreeD Filaments, a leading filament producer based in Italy, launches HealthFil, a new range of medical grade filaments developed specifically to meet the growing needs of the affordable medical 3D printing segment. In many areas of orthopedics, additive manufacturing represents the newest technological frontier, opening up several new opportunities in terms of product capabilities and accessibility.
Leading 3D printing software and service provider Materialise and Structo, a Singapore-based dental 3D printing solutions provider, announced the launch of Structo PrintWorks Pro. The software is a customized version of Materialise Magics Print and is aimed at simplifying 3D print file preparation for dental professionals using Structo’s Mask Stereolithography (MSLA) dental 3D printers.
Organized by Allied Academy the conference, the 3D Printing 2017 conference themed “Novelties in 3D Printing & Medical” is set to take place at the Hampton Inn Tropicana, in Las Vegas on the 5th and 6th of October. The conference seeks to explore the latest advancements for applications for medical professionals.
Dental Crafters, one of the major dental services laboratories in the USA, has acquired the ProMaker L5000 3D Printer from Prodways and now offers high-precision model printing services to other dental labs.
Building upon the expertise gathered from several fields of 3D printing research, the University of Pécs, Hungary, has been building a unique multidisciplinary 3D printing hub . In 2014, it established the PTE 3D Project, as a result of a regional strategic policy proposed by the University’s Rector. Headed by Dr. Miklós Nyitrai, the PTE 3D Project launched the first International 3D Conference in 2015. The success of the first two editions has led to the Third International Interdisciplinary 3D Conference, which will be held on October 5th and 6th, at the University’s Szentágothai János Research Center.
Materialise NV announced today that U.S. patients can now benefit from their patient-specific implants, 3D-printed in titanium for maxillofacial surgery. As the first 3D-printed titanium maxillofacial implants to receive clearance for the U.S. market, the decision marks a further extension to Materialise’s longstanding collaboration with DePuy Synthes, who will distribute the device in the U.S.
Z3DFAB relies on technology from EOS to make its digital production center the best in class for the medical, automotive, and aeronautic market.
Dreve just installed two new ProMaker L5000 D at its USA facilities in Eden Prairie and University of Kentucky. This brings the total of MOVINGLight 3D printers purchased from Prodways since the beginning of their collaboration to thirteen. The systems are used to produce Dreve’s dental models renowned for their highest quality in the market, through the Print@Dreve service.