by David | Apr 28, 2020 | 3D News, Companies, Materials
MakerBot has announced the addition of PC-ABS and PC-ABS FR to its METHOD 3D printing material line-up. . With 10 materials now available for the METHOD ‘ performance 3D printing ‘ portfolio including ABS, ASA Nylon, PETG, Tough, PLA, SR-30 and PVA, the...
by David | Apr 28, 2020 | 3D News, 3D Trends, Manufacturing and Supply Chain
In 2018, Adidas stunned the world with its first-ever 3D printed shoe Alphaedge 4D. Gillette introduced the Razor Maker platform, which uses Formlabs Form 2 3D printers to provide unique and highly personalized razors to their customers. And Lufthansa is investing in...
by David | Apr 28, 2020 | Companies, Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Metal, Printers and Accessories
Texas-based Haute Fabrication is launching a fully automated contract additive manufacturing service powered by self-learning metal laser sintering technology. . The company’s Hybrid Direct Laser Sintering (HDLS) process has been in development for more than seven...
by David | Apr 28, 2020 | 3D Trends, Geopolitical Regions, Manufacturing and Supply Chain
3d printing Imaginarium, a Mumbai-based boutique 3D printing firm, whose focus has been on jewellery, furniture and medical implants, is now racing to make PPE face shields and 3D-printed circuit splitters that will allow multiple patients to use a single ventilator...
by David | Apr 28, 2020 | 3D News, Companies, Materials, Railroads and Railways
Graphene is being touted as a super-material that could revolutionize everything from computing to transportation, and a recently announced application of this unique form of carbon is expected to enable the modernization of rail transport by facilitating the...
by David | Apr 27, 2020 | 3D News, COVID-19
Leaders in other parts of the country fear there might not be enough ventilators for COVID-19 patients. So, a Portland doctor and his team are using 3D printers to create ventilators that cost less than $10. . 3D printers are nothing new to Dr. Albert Chi, an...
by David | Apr 27, 2020 | 3D News, 3D Trends, Geopolitical Regions, Maker Movement, Manufacturing and Supply Chain
As COVID-19 wreaks havoc on global supply chains, a trend of moving manufacturing closer to customers could go so far as to put miniature manufacturing plants in people’s living rooms. . Most products in Americans’ homes are labeled “Made in China,” but even those...
by David | Apr 27, 2020 | Companies, Printers and Accessories
News that Autodesk is venturing into the world of 3D printing is another indication that the technology is on the verge of going mainstream. . In many respects, now that nanotechnology turning us all into grey goo is considered too far in the future to be properly...
by David | Apr 27, 2020 | 3D Trends, Companies, Environment, Materials
Victoria Slaker, the vice-president of industrial design at Ammunition, talks about the studio’s collaboration with 3D-printing platform Gantri to create lights made from corn-based plastic . How did this project come to fruition? “Ian [Yang, the founder of Gantri]...
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