3D Printing for High tech

Have you ever wondered how the high-tech industry can keep up releasing new gadgets and all sorts of electronic devices at such a fast pace? There might be a dozen reasons that explain it but let’s focus on how production of essential components needs to be optimized.

New dual-extrusion Scribbler Duo 3D printing pen

Scribbler launched a Kickstarter campaign for the Scribbler Duo, its 3D printing pen. Scribbler’s purpose was firstly to interest kids and teens in design...

GKN Aerospace: ORNL’s agreement and first flight of GKN’s OID technology involving 3D printed components

GKN Aerospace just signed a five-year research agreement for $17.8 million with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Both parties will make use of ORNL’s...

Researchers at the IST developed a software system to design functional, mechanical objects for 3D printing

In Austria, researchers from the Institute of Science and Technology, Ran Zhang, Thomas Auzinger and Professor Bernd Bickel, team up with Adobe Researchers, Wilmot...

TU Eindhoven and Royal BAM Group realize the 3D printing of a bicycle bridge

Eindhoven University of Technology  (TU Eindhoven - Netherlands), in collaboration with the Royal BAM Group (a Dutch construction company), launched the project to build a...

Safran obtains the first certification for a 3D-printed gas turbine engine major part

Safran Power Units has crossed a new milestone in the field of additive manufacturing by obtaining the first certification from the European Aviation Safety...

SkelETHon, the canoe whose formwork has been 3D printed

The Concrete Canoe Regatta is the biennial event which gathers together contestants from universities across Europe around a concrete canoe design competition partially 3D...

Techniplas launches Techniplas Digital, a 3D printing unit for the rapid tooling development

Avi Reichental, former CEO of 3D Systems, will lead the new Techniplas LLC. The Nashotah-based plastic manufacturing company (Wisconsin) wants to accelerate the product...

Michelin unveils its 3D printed biodegradable tyre

Michelin, the renowned French tyre manufacturer, unveiled its latest tyre innovation during the International Summit on Sustainable Mobility that took place on June 13...

PrintLab teams up with Free D to give access to CAD to women in India

Disadvantaged women including a number of shelters for women who are at risk or survivors of human trafficking in India benefit from a series...

The first clinical trial of 3D printed bionic hands

This is a première for Open Bionics, a company specialized in low-cost hand prostheses. This first clinical trial would lead to the popularization of...