New research to explore the development of an SLS 3D printing material from recycled polypropylene
Andaltec Technological Centre has begun research on the RECYPPOWDER project, aimed at developing a new family of innovative economical and sustainable materials from recycled polypropylene. This new compound will be utilized to produce parts...
Fraunhofer IGD technology can deliver computer-generated 3D-printed eye prostheses
Fraunhofer IGD, the research institute behind the Cuttlefish® 3D printer driver – first unveiled in 2021, has given hope to patients who need ocular prostheses. Occularists who use the research institute’s requisite software and...
RMIT develops a 3D printed ‘metamaterial’ with properties not normally seen in nature
This title looks like the beginning of a Sci-Fi book but it is not. Researchers from Australia-based RMIT have developed a new metamaterial – a term used to describe an artificial material with unique...
When 3D printing helps to enhance breast reconstruction surgery
Across the world, several organizations have been exploring the use of 3D printing for breast implants. While several developments are still in progress, the common thread across these research projects is to provide personalized,...
The iLAuNCH project team relies on AM of large-scale composite structures to build a rocket
To withstand the extreme loads, vibrations and shocks of launch without failure, it is of paramount importance that launch vehicles benefit from scalable production of low-weight and high-strength structures and parts.
To meet this requirement,...
Have you heard about 3D ice printing? It can help create structures that resemble blood vessels in the body
When they say, 3D printing can help create “anything”, this might actually be true. We have witnessed the possibility of 3D printing to process all types of materials from wood, to glass but this...
A.D.A.M’s next key project focuses on 3D printed bone implants
Advanced Development of Additive Manufacturing (A.D.A.M.), a provider of 3D printing systems for customized bone implants, and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in New York, are working together to advance bone implant delivery and...
The Materials Processing Institute to develop an AI tool that will enable the production of 3D-printed parts while saving costs
Together with software provider AMFG and provider of material and process validation services Additive Manufacturing Solutions Ltd, the Materials Processing Institute will develop an artificial intelligence tool that could lead to greater efficiencies within...
Designers could leverage this MIT model to optimize 3D-printed shoe performance
With the goal of discovering which shoe best suits a person’s particular running style, MIT engineers have developed a new model that predicts how certain shoe properties will affect a runner’s performance.
“Shoe designers are...
Auburn University to support the US Army with its Additive Manufacturing expertise in a $50M project
Auburn University just secured what is described as the largest research contract in university history. Through a new three-year project, the advanced manufacturing team from the university will help the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities...