Monthly Archives: August 2017
GE Global Research develops methods to accelerate laser additive manufacturing processes
Aerodynamics (Aero) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) teams at GE’s labs in Niskayuna (New York) and Munich (Germany) are currently developing ways to speed up the process and take advantage of the 3D printing...
Artem Ltd customized homes for hermit crabs using Stratasys 3D printing technology
Artem Ltd, special effects company, just created realistic miniature houses and shells for its ‘Crab World’ TV campaign using Stratasys multi-material and multi-color 3D printing technology.
Zoopla, the advert intended for UK property website...
Researchers produced the smallest 3D printed microfluidic device
Researchers at Utah’s Brigham Young University 3D printed a microfluidic that can be used at a scale below 100 micrometers. This “lab on chip” device is a big step in the 3D printed microfluidic...
Made in Space will expand manufacturing structures off-earth
A few months ago, Made in Space (MIS) revealed a system and method for assembling a spacecraft. The company aims at setting up a system that can allow next generation, space-optimized satellite design and...
Expectant parents can order a 3D printed model of their unborn baby
Hong Kong’s Adventist Hospital (in Tsue Wan) increases the experience of expectant parents during the pregnancy by allowing them to touch their child as it is in the uterus.
Advantages vs Inconvenients?
The first advantage of...
Shiro Studio’s 3D printed walking-stick is as stylish as functional
Shiro Studio created a 3D printed walking stick, ENEA, which aims at solving visual and practical problems on the one hand, on the other hand, helping people with reduced mobility.
The stick is...
SLM Solutions: value of new order intake up 17.9% compared to H1 2016
SLM Solutions, leading provider of metal-based additive manufacturing technology, reports revenue down 13.5% in the first half of 2017 to EUR 29.0 million (H1 2016: EUR 33.5 million). New order intake, which grew 17.9%...
ExOne: 2017 second quarter results impacted by timing
The global provider of 3D printing machines and other products, materials and services to industrial customers, reported revenue of $10.8 million. The company realized 22% growth in machine revenue over the same period in...
“Teatro dell’Opera di Roma” recreates history with 3D printers’ manufacturer WASP
WASP, the Italian 3D printing specialist collaborates with the famous Teatro dell’Opera di Roma in Italy for one of its set designs: the one of Fra Diavolo (Brother Devil), an opera by Daniel Auber.
The...
Renishaw and Aeromet will optimise high performance alloy
Renishaw and Aeromet International Limited’s collaboration aims at establishing additive manufacturing process parameters and material properties for Aeromet's A20X® aluminium alloy.
After the success they got at Paris Air Show, both companies are taking...