Digital Manufacturing and 3D Printing to Build Surveillance and Attack Aircraft

Over the last few years, more and more 3D printing innovations have been coming out of South Africa, like the country’s first platinum 3D print. The technology also has its uses in the country’s defense sector, as the South...

What’s next for additive manufacturing?

https://soundcloud.com/design-world/whats-next-for-additive-manufacturing Gordon Styles, president, and CEO of Star Rapid, a service provider in China takes a look at some of the changes he sees coming to additive manufacturing. Styles looks at plastic and metal 3D...

3-D PRINTING BREAKTHROUGH HELP SUBMARINES DIVE DEEPER

BROOKLYN, New York – A team of materials scientists at NYU Tandon School of Engineering has developed the first process to 3D print components of syntactic foam — extremely strong and lightweight composites used...

FEMTOprint Has an Eye on 3D Printing for MedTech Applications

  FEMTOprint, headquartered in Muzzano, Switzerland, has recently partnered with Galatea Lab, Instant Lab(EPFL, Switzerland), and the Jules-Gonin Ophthalmic Hospital (Lausanne, Switzerland) to explore how 3D printing can further the med-tech industry. In creating a consortium for developing new innovations together,...

Nanoscribe’s Photonic Professional GT 3D Printer Put to Use in Life Sciences Studies on...

We often see 3D printing technology used in science and medical fields such as drug discovery, neuroscience, and regenerative medicine, for applications ranging from 3D printing pills and making hearing aids to developing tissue scaffolds. German microfabrication expert and 3D printer manufacturer Nanoscribe, which...

HP Inks New 3D Printing and 3D Scanning Partnerships with CEA and NFL

Roughly a year and a half ago, a momentous change occurred in the 3D printing industry when HP unveiled its Multi Jet Fusion industrial 3D printing system. The system was unlike anything anyone had ever seen before, offering...

Hybrid meta-biomaterial that can prolong lifespan of hip implants

A hybrid meta-biomaterial that promotes bone growth is not something you will find in nature, but it can be created using a 3-D printer and existing biomaterials. TU Delft researchers have developed a meta-implant...

Local Motors relies on 3D printing to produce its vehicles

3D printing plays multiple roles at the company’s Knoxville microfactory, from prototyping to the production of parts for autonomous vehicles. Local Motors relies on 3D printing to produce its vehicles—specifically, the Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM)...

Chocolate Factory replacing metal machine components with FDM manufactured Nylon parts

A Dutch chocolate factory is replacing metal machine parts with FDM-manufactured carbon-filled thermoplastic alternatives, thanks to Visual First, a 3D printing service bureau also operating in the Netherlands. The bureau harnessed the Stratasys Fortus 450mc Production system to produce...

Stratasys VA Initiative Update: 3D Printed Orthotic Gives Veteran a Helping Hand

Last year, Stratasys and the Veteran’s Affairs (VA) Center for Innovation collaborated as part of the Stratasys Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Program to install 3D printers in 5 Veterans Administration hospitals across the country,...
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