COVID-19: Spain approves first medical 3D printed ventilator – next step is to produce 100 ventilators per day

A Spanish consortium that comprises Consorci de la Zona Franca de Barcelona (CZFB), Leitat, HP, the Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa and the Parc Taulí hospital in Sabadell, has developed the first medical...

COVID-19 & Legal Issues: EU to protect 3D Printing companies that will help hospitals to cope with lack of equipment

3D printing is the ideal candidate to aid in the production of equipment (for instance, valves or ventilators) that hospitals are lacking due to...

Porsche leverages Additive Manufacturing Design freedom for new bucket seats

Porsche’s innovative alternative to sporty seating is “3D-printed bodyform full-bucket seat”. The automotive specialist partially 3D printed the seat and backrest cushions and the good...

BEAMIT combines its additive manufacturing capabilities with Praxair coating services

A new collaboration will enable Praxair Surface Technologies and BEAMIT will improve the use of additive manufacturing in the aviation industry. Praxair is acknowledged for...

Renishaw helped manufacture two ocean turbine parts using metal additive manufacturing

Industrial design firm Biome Renewables has recently benefited from Renishaw’s expertise in the additive manufacturing of two ocean turbine parts. To achieve this project, the...

Coronavirus: 200 3D printers enable to cope with demand for Safety Goggles in Chinese hospitals

As the first country that has been severely affected by the Coronavirus outbreak (aka COVID-19), China is officially known as the cradle of the...

Report: 20 partners complete two innovation projects that qualify additive manufacturing in Oil & Gas and Maritime industry

Two years ago, an Oil & Gas Consortium launched two Joint Innovation Projects (JIPs) which aimed at defining a guideline and a business model...

Using 3D Printing for electric vehicles: the case of cell-holder for battery pack prototype

Italian manufacturer of supersport electric motorcycles, Energica Motor Company Spa claims to be the only firm that integrates an exclusive testing ground to try...

Additive Manufacturing for Production – Benchmarking Against Traditional Alternatives

This article has been written by Nick Allen, Managing Director at 3DPRINT UK, 3D Printing Service Provider.  Broadly speaking, when manufacturers look to manufacturing in...

Coronavirus: you might stop the spread of germs using a Hands-Free 3D printed Door Opener

Download the free design file for hands-free 3D printed Door Opener on Materialise website In the midst of this Coronavirus pandemic, we must all...