BMW Group enhances SLS 3D printed parts production with Solukon’s SFP770 post-processing system
German automotive manufacturer BMW Group will improve its SLS 3D printed parts production facility with Solukon's SFP770 post-processing system. With a combined unpacking and cleaning station, this machine can accommodate build boxes from other...
Fansea uses Mimaki 3D printing technology to make real world 3D printed collectibles
The 3D asset creator company Fansea used Mimaki 3DUJ-553 3D printing technology to make 3D printed collectibles from the virtual world.
The company was created in 2020 by Alexander Schlicher who combined his interest in...
3D printed cutting devices by Materialise helped to perform world’s first whole eye transplant
The surgeons at the NYU Langone Health Hospital in New York successfully transplanted a whole eye using 3D printed cutting instruments made by Belgian 3D printing company Materialise, months after the company opened a...
Abu Dhabi sets Guinness World Records for 3D printed water taxi
The world of water transport witnessed an exciting new development as Abu Dhabi based maritime company Al Seer Marine made Guinness World Records by launching a 3D printed water taxi.
This water taxi unveiled in...
Largest 3D printed house in Southern Hemisphere created with QOROX 3D concrete printing technology
The construction industry is surging ahead in adopting 3D-printed concrete walls as a viable and sustainable source for building houses all over the world. After the first 3D printed house in Guatemala last month,...
GM buys Tesla’s 3D printing enabled gigacasting supplier TEI to streamline EV production
General Motors has announced that they have acquired Tesla's Gigacasting supplier TEI (Tooling & Equipment International) which uses 3D printing to streamline EV production.
TEI is Tesla's EV development and production streamlining process which produced...
ESA makes 3D printed electromagnetic coils using laser powder bed fusion technology
Space missions are becoming more high-production affair as organizations like NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) incorporated 3D printed parts such as rover wheels in their spaceflights. The latest innovation in this regard...
Chromatic 3D Materials displays the future of fashion with LED 3D printed dress at Formnext
Last week at Formnext a fashion designer demonstrated how 3D printing can impact the fashion industry through a LED 3D printed dress created using 3D printable elastomers from Chromatic 3D Materials.
This futuristic 3D-printed dress...
Formnext 2023: “The devil is in the details”
I would have loved to start this article like many people on social media, by saying that formnext was wonderful from the beginning to the end of my participation but I can’t. If I...
AeroEdge and 3DOS to develop an AM platform for Japanese AM industry
Industrial Japanese companies are often portrayed as investors in AM companies. We often forget that they also collaborate with AM companies in Europe and the USA to advance AM applications across vertical industries. The...