by David | May 4, 2020 | 3D News, 3D Trends
Selective LED-based melting (SLEDM) – i.e. the targeted melting of metal powder using high-power LED light sources – is the name of the new technology that a team led by Franz Haas, head of the Institute of Production Engineering at TU Graz, has developed for 3D metal...
by David | May 4, 2020 | 3D News, Companies, Environment, Geopolitical Regions
One of the world’s biggest challenges is what to do with municipal garbage and old plastic. Landfills are filling up , recyclers in China do not want our plastic , and COVID-19 encourages us to use even more disposable products than ever. . But after years or...
by David | May 4, 2020 | 3D News, 3D Trends, Manufacturing and Supply Chain, People
Blake Teipel spends an afternoon sat in front of the computer, stitching together a series of video clips in a bid to win over another engineer unaware, perhaps dubious, of the extent to which additive manufacturing can be applied. “I know that additive is useful for...
by David | May 4, 2020 | 3D News, 3D Trends, Geopolitical Regions, Manufacturing and Supply Chain
While the world is fighting a pandemic and preparing for an impending recession, it seems trivial to discuss 3D printers. But this trivial example does indicate bigger issues at work in public policy. . For starters, the 3D printing process builds a three-dimensional...
by David | May 4, 2020 | Fashion, Clothing, Shoes, Jewelry
New shoes invariably need to be “broken in”. They invariably give you a painful blister or two in the first few days. . Then there are the shoes that always feel uncomfortable, no matter how long you have been wearing them. And if you tend to suffer from plantar...
by David | May 4, 2020 | 3D News, Companies, Metal
Spee3D has developed and tested a way to quickly 3D-print antimicrobial copper onto metal surfaces. . Laboratory tests have shown that touch surfaces modified by this process “contact kills” 96% of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in two hours. The...
by David | May 4, 2020 | Companies, Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Metal
The 3D printer developed at TU Graz melts metal powder using high-performance LED light sources and then processes it into components in additive manufacturing. . Selective LED-based melting (SLEDM) — i.e. the targeted melting of metal powder using high-power LED...
by David | May 4, 2020 | Manufacturing and Supply Chain
Did you know that there are FDA-registered companies using metal 3D printing to make titanium spine cages? . That you can already buy customized products like shoe insoles and glasses frames made through 3D printing? That 3D printed vacuum chambers can support...
by David | May 3, 2020 | 3D News, Intellectual Property, Blockchain & Liability, Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Metal
Selective LED-based melting (SLEDM) — i.e. the targeted melting of metal powder using high-power LED light sources — is the name of the new technology that a team led by Franz Haas, head of the Institute of Production Engineering at TU Graz, has developed for 3D metal...
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