Galway start-up providing valuable 3D printed models to healthcare sector

by David | Mar 12, 2020 | 3D News, Geopolitical Regions, Medical, People

Jacqui O’Connor first began brainstorming ideas for Galway-based start-up MedScan3D when she was on maternity leave in 2018. At the time, she was working as a technical sales rep for an orthopaedic implants company and having done the job for five years, she felt it...

Forensic 3D printing found to improve jurors’ understanding in courtrooms

by David | Mar 12, 2020 | 3D Models, 3D News, 3D Trends

In court hearings, it is of the utmost importance that jurors fully understand the case at hand so they can come to the most-informed and, hopefully, right decision. Researchers from the Cranfield Forensic Institute in the UK believe that 3D printed models could offer...

European SMEs to benefit from new UK-Spain partnership focused on accelerating 3D printing adoption

by David | Mar 12, 2020 | 3D Growth, 3D News, 3D Trends, Geopolitical Regions

Two international research and technology organisations, TWI Ltd and the Spanish based Leitat, have teamed up to share their joint ambition of helping industries on their path to digital transformation, particularly utilising 3D printing, also known as additive...

EOS North America debuts INTEGRA P 450 mid-range SLS 3D printer

by David | Mar 12, 2020 | 3D News, Companies, Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Printers and Accessories

Additive manufacturing company EOS North America has introduced the new INTEGRA P 450 system for mid-range polymer 3D printing. . The new selective laser sintering system is available exclusively in North America and is designed to help users move seamlessly from...

BigRep ships 500th large-format 3D printer

by David | Mar 12, 2020 | 3D News, Companies, Manufacturing and Supply Chain

BigRep, the first company to believe and propose an affordable, large format-material extrusion 3D printing solution back in 2014, is celebrating the delivery of its 500th industrial 3D printer, making BigRep one of the world’s successful AM hardware OEM . The...

Allevi works with Corning Life Sciences to develop Matrigel matrix bioink

by David | Mar 12, 2020 | 3D News, Bioprinting, Companies

After 30 years of discoveries and over 10,000 citations, Corning Matrigel matrix has cemented its place as a trusted ECM in biology labs worldwide. Biologists, tissue engineers, and industry giants alike rely on Matrigel matrix as a foundational biomaterial for...

3D Printing Solutions for Micro Manufacturing Components

by David | Mar 12, 2020 | 3D News, Companies, Geopolitical Regions, Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Nanotechnology

You don’t need a pandemic to tell you that the world is ultimately ruled by the small things, whether it’s superbugs or parasites or bacteria-eating viruses. At the end of the day, humans are just vessels for hosts of different microorganisms. Maybe that’s helped...

3D printing provider DesignPoint acquires Alpha Additive

by David | Mar 12, 2020 | 3D News, Companies

DesignPoint, a Clark-based growth advisor for engineers and manufacturers, announced on Wednesday it has acquired Alpha Additive Manufacturing Technologies, a Markforged reseller based in Lowell, Massachusetts. . “This acquisition represents an amazing opportunity to...

3D Modeling for 3D Printing: The Main Considerations

by David | Mar 12, 2020 | 3D 101, 3D Models

3D printing represents a manufacturing process that’s very different from all others. So how should someone go about designing a 3D model with the intention of it being 3D printed? . The ways are simple, but it all depends on which 3D printing process is going to be...