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Additive manufacturing (AM), broadly known as 3D printing, is transforming how products are designed, produced, and serviced. AM enables on-demand production, without dedicated...
UA Researchers Study How to Regrow Long Bone Segments Using 3D Printing
Not all broken bones heal. But one scientist at the University of Arizona hopes to remedy that problem using a combination of 3D printing and adult stem cells.
"Imagine an impact that causes half of...
GE Additive helps Callaway Golf Company break the mold to redesign putter head
Callaway Golf Company, a leading manufacturer of high-performance golf equipment, has signed a consultancy agreement with GE Additive’s AddWorks team to help it harness the potential of additive manufacturing. The first project resulting from...
MIT’s new 3-D printed shape-shifting soft robots crawl, jump, grab
MIT engineers have created soft, 3-D-printed structures whose movements can be controlled with a wave of a magnet, much like marionettes without the strings.
The menagerie of structures that can be magnetically manipulated includes a...
3D Printing Problem Solving at Small Medical Startup Firm
Alex Berry and his team at Sutrue Ltd. (Colchester, England) exploited the benefits of 3D printing prototypes when developing two new automated suturing devices. They also coined a phrase to describe their prototyping technique.
“We’ve...
Manufacturers of hydraulic power units are discovering 3D metal printing
Transmitting high power from a small lightweight package is one of the chief benefits of hydraulics. And there aren’t many applications where this is more important than with equipment that must be carried manually....
New Arburg Freeformer 300-3X system for industrial additive manufacturing
Groundbreaking world premieres and records at Formnext 2018 Three Freeformer exhibits were on show at Arburg‘s Formnext 2018 booth, along with more examples of functional parts made using the Arburg Plastic Freeforming (APF) process...
3D printing company sets up US headquarters in El Paso
The University of Texas at El Paso will serve as the North American base of operations for Aconity3D, one of the world's emerging technology leaders in the production of 3D printing equipment, under a...
Six-axis robot arm to create new 3D printed textures and patterns
Researchers from the University of West England’s Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR), located in Bristol, UK, are working with a six-axis Mitsubishi Electric MELFA RV-Series articulated arm industrial robot to create a novel...
It May Soon Be Easy And Practical To Use Metals With 3D Printing
In the last several years, 3D printing with plastics has advanced rapidly. Now, a team of researchers has shown that it may soon be as easy and practical to use metals with 3D printing.
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