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Helping other kids after 3D printing a prosthetic arm for his two-year old son

This is the story of Ben Ryan and Kate, a couple whose son, Sol, suffered a birth-related injury that resulted in his left arm being amputated below the elbow. The parents created a 3D printed...

Designer Ganit Goldstein 3D printed woven shoes for the “Between the Layers” collection

On December 17th at the San Francisco Asian Art museum in California, Fashion design graduate Ganit Goldstein featured new 3D printed shoes that were manufactured using Stratasys technology. Inspired by her experiences in Japan, especially...

ANSYS to promote interoperability (in AM processes) with Open File Format

ANSYS addresses today two key issues in the supply chain: interoperability and the exchange of data. The challenge raised by these issues is the difficulty to share design models between different thermal simulation toolsets. The...

Renishaw optimizes lightweighting and automation of metal AM using ParaMatters CogniCAD cloud solution

ParaMatters provides a CogniCAD cloud solution that facilitates the upload of part geometries for optimisation and the automated production of lightweight macro, meso and lattice structures using generative design principles. Renishaw has recently experienced this...

IQMS enables a better management of business operations for SMEs on the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform

Dassault Systèmes has recently finalized the acquisition of the ERP software company IQMS. For $425 million, the California-based company will enable Dassault Systèmes to extend the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to business operations for SMEs. IQMS provides...

Optomec strengthens its expertise in metal AM for repair by acquiring Huffman

Supplier of additive manufacturing systems Optomec has announced the acquisition of Huffman today. The latter company specializes in the development and implementation of production laser cladding and welding systems, multi-axes profile grinders and abrasive...

Engineering Student Moore has 3D printed a woman for Radiation Therapy Research

Meagan Moore is a Biological and Agricultural Engineering student from Louisiana State University (LSU). In order to carry out the Phantom project, also known as Marie, the Engineering student has 3D printed the first...

GE Additive reaches new heights: a ten-year agreement with University of Sydney to develop metal AM

One can only sign a long-term partnership with a collaborator that has a long-term vision, above all, a collaborator that one trusts. The University of Sydney has found in GE Additive this type of...

Roboze to ensure 500% growth in additive manufacturing with a successful first round of funding

It’s only be three years that Roboze is active in the AM industry and yet the company has positioned itself as a reliable partner across the globe, especially, when it comes to 3D printers...

Meet H13 tool steel, first material of many for Markforged Metal X 3D printing system

In order to achieve its goal to change the way things are made, Markforged adds to the Metal X 3D printing system the H13 tool steel. The H13 tool steel allows the production of high-strength...