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Spare parts 3D and Whirlpool to produce 3D printed spare parts
Whirlpool, the American manufacturer of home appliances will collaborate with Spare parts 3D for the production of spare parts. The Home appliance specialist wants to exploit 3D printing to improve its aftersales service.
Spare parts...
Triditive signed its first partnership to promote SCALADD Additive Manufacturing platform
A month ago, Triditive presented SCALADD at the “industrial scale AM forum”. SCALADD is an additive manufacturing center of excellence where different industrial companies can benefit from the advantages of additive manufacturing provided by...
After large format 3D printing, Etihad Airways is interested in industrial 3D printing
Last April, Etihad Airways & BigRep defined a strategy for the aerospace industry. In addition to focusing on aircraft cabin interiors, this collaboration was intended to address issues of the retrofit market.
It was made...
A conversation with Alain Dupont, CEO from AP&C: AM materials that are gaining momentum & industry issues to tackle
Alain DUPONT is President & CEO of AP&C, a GE Additive company that focuses on materials used in the additive manufacturing industry. During a conversation with 3D Adept Media at Formnext, he pointed out...
First approach to the mass production of 3D Printed houses in Saudi Arabia
It’s still too early to provide an in-depth analysis of the 3D printing market in Saudi Arabia. However, first observations show that the construction sector seems to hold a largest market share in the...
Avi Reichental: ‘‘There’s never been a better time to be in Additive Manufacturing.”
Avi Reichental is certainly one of the most iconic figures in the additive manufacturing industry. At Formnext, we met a man who is both simple and inspiring, an encounter that raised questions about the...
Stratasys and Materialise give life to 3D Printed Medical Models
Stratasys & Materialise have been operating for a long time now in various fields of the additive manufacturing industry including healthcare. Applications of Stratasys technology in this latter field include the manufacturing of prostheses,...
Genuine Mercedes-Benz to be restored with 3D printed replacement parts
Mercedez-Benz is part of those brands that it will be hard to forget. It’s been two years that the brand has been offering replacements parts using additive technology. However, other certifications such as quality...
Christine Furstoss discusses the current limitations of software in an additive manufacturing process
Christine Furstoss is the CTO of GE Additive. In that role, she is responsible for their products; her role is to make sure they fully meet their customers’ needs both from a quality viewpoint...
NERA illustrates the benefits of 3D printing for sizes between lot size one to small series
NERA is a recently unveiled 3D printed prototype for automation and e-mobility application. Showcased at Formnext, it is an electric motorcycle designed by NOWlab, the innovation department of BigRep. 4 months ago, the department...