by David | Jun 23, 2020 | Intellectual Property, Blockchain & Liability, People
Ian Bolland spoke to Thomas Prock from Marks & Clerk about the controversy surrounding IP rights stopping the unauthorised 3D printing of medical equipment, and the advice that can be provided to medtech firms during the Coronavirus pandemic. . Given the amount...
by David | Jun 23, 2020 | 3D Growth
North America 3D Printing Market Report, published by Allied Market Research, forecasts that the North American market is expected to garner $5.01 billion by 2022, registering a CAGR of 20.1% during the period 2016-2022. . Development of customized complex products...
by David | Jun 23, 2020 | 3D News, Education and Research
Five research projects set to focus on Binder Jetting in collaboration with ExOne have received grants from the Manufacturing PA Programme . . In total, around $2.8m has been awarded to Pennsylvania universities across 43 separate projects. Of those, five, carried...
by David | Jun 23, 2020 | 3D News, Education and Research, Materials
Material engineers and scientists at Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory were intrigued by how flexible, yet durable, fish scales are. . They knew from marine biologists that fish scales have a hard outer shell with a softer inner layer, and they are tough and...
by David | Jun 23, 2020 | 3D News, Education and Research, Materials
Engineers are upping the 3D printing game by pushing the boundaries in new ways, and now, a team of researchers from the University of California, Davis, have something new up their sleeve. . They have developed a new way of 3D printing that allows for finely tuned...
by David | Jun 22, 2020 | Manufacturing and Supply Chain
A question being asked is whether a plastic 3D printed part could replace a metal part, and the answer is increasingly, “Yes!” . 3D Printed End-Use Parts . Years ago such a question would have been ridiculous. 3D prints were made from weak materials and flimsy...
by David | Jun 22, 2020 | 3D News, 3D Trends, People
In a Wall Street Journal article last month, author Matt Ridley argued that ” Innovation Can’t Be Forced, but It Can Be Quashed “. . After noting that innovation has been slower in hardware than in software, the article argues that this is mainly because...
by David | Jun 22, 2020 | 3D News, Automotive, Companies, Manufacturing and Supply Chain
General Motors has used 3D printing since 1989 to help build prototypes faster, but the technology wasn’t ready to go much beyond that. Now, GM is 3D-printing tools for medical device production and says it soon will start printing parts for vehicles in...
by David | Jun 22, 2020 | 3D News, Companies, Manufacturing and Supply Chain
Whereas 3D printing has traditionally been used to make a lot of high-end parts in which weight saving and the texture or form make a high-value 3D-printed part worthwhile, lower costs would greatly increase the number of parts made industrially with 3D printing. ....
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