by David | Dec 9, 2020 | Manufacturing and Supply Chain
In 2000, several former employees of film camera and projector manufacturer Eumig, which filed for insolvency in 1981, joined together to found In-Vision Digital Imaging Optics GmbH , a manufacturing shop for projection lenses just outside Vienna, Austria. . When the...
by David | Dec 9, 2020 | Medical
In 2017, researchers with the Smart and Sustainable Automation Research Lab (S2A Lab) at the University of Michigan College of Engineering developed a filtered b-spline (FBS) algorithm that could help speed up 3D printing by regulating the vibrations . . This week,...
by David | Dec 9, 2020 | 3D Growth, Finance
3D Printing company Stratasys Ltd. announced today it signed an agreement to acquire start-up Origin Inc. . According to a release, the merger (expected to close in January 2021) is an opportunity for Stratasys to expand its leadership through innovation in the...
by David | Dec 9, 2020 | 3D News, Education and Research, Printers and Accessories
New system enables realistic variations in glossiness across a 3D-printed surface. The advance could aid fine art reproduction and the design of prosthetics. Shape, color, and gloss. Those are an object’s three most salient visual features. . Currently, 3D...
by David | Dec 9, 2020 | 3D Hobbyists, Maker Movement
One of the major advantages of 3D printing is the ability to quickly test and then iterate on mechanical designs. [gzumwalt] does a lot of this, and has recently been working on various versions of a rigid chain mechanism . . A rigid-chain mechanism is one way of...
by David | Dec 7, 2020 | Automotive, Metal
Larger parts seem to be the trend for metal 3D printing lately. Maybe not yet mass produced large parts but certainly some big one-offs for custom luxury and racing cars. . Leveraging the expertise and AM capabilities at AM and engineering services provider MIMO...
by David | Dec 7, 2020 | Automotive
Five years ago, Detroit auto show crowds scratched their heads over a car whose body, frame and interior emerged fully formed at the show from computer printers that laid down layers of carbon-fiber infused plastic to form the three-dimensional components. . The 3D...
by David | Dec 7, 2020 | Architecture, Construction, Design / Engineering, Manufacturing and Supply Chain
Spie batignolles is experimenting with 3D printing of concrete materials for construction sites to produce prefabricated elements with high applicability. . In collaboration with XtreeE , a start-up specializing in 3D printing for construction, Spie batignolles...
by David | Dec 7, 2020 | Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Technology
3D printed heat exchanger manufactured using 3D Systems’ DMP technology Making the most of additive manufacturing (AM) is not only about installing the technology. . As with anything, the deeper the knowledge of the process, the more one can get out of it and...
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