by David | Sep 17, 2020 | 3D News
According to Michael Thai Trung King, a 3D-printing product-development chemist at Henkel, communication and teamwork are crucial to the job. . Michael Thai Trung King is a 3D-printing product-development chemist at chemical and consumer goods company Henkel. Having...
by David | Sep 17, 2020 | 3D News, Intellectual Property, Blockchain & Liability
We know by now that 3D printing has become a disruptive force in the manufacturing technology. While the economics of 3D printing have not quite caught up to more traditional manufacturing processes, the design freedom that it provides and its reliance on purely...
by David | Sep 17, 2020 | 3D News, Construction, Design / Engineering, Geopolitical Regions, Manufacturing and Supply Chain
Experts have long predicted that 3D printing will revolutionize the construction industry by making home builds cheaper, faster, and more environmentally-friendly. However, the uptake has been slower than anticipated because 3D technology to create fully-functional...
by David | Sep 17, 2020 | 3D News, 3D Trends
A research team at Columbia University’s School of Engineering did a little out-of-the-box thinking and turned the laser upside down inside an SLS 3D printer so that it points up. The team also replaced the conventional tray of powder material with a borosilicate...
by David | Sep 17, 2020 | 3D News, People
A post on Wohlers Talk indicates that Scott Crump, founder of Stratasys and inventor of FDM 3D printing, has stepped away from day-to-day activities at the company. . Terry Wohlers writes in the 11 September post: “After 34 years, Scott spent his first day—last...
by David | Sep 17, 2020 | 3D News, 3D Trends, Bioprinting, Education and Research
Tissue engineering or regeneration is the process of improving upon or replacing biological tissues by combining cells and other materials with the optimal chemical and physiological conditions in order to build scaffolds upon which new viable tissue can form. We’ve...
by David | Sep 17, 2020 | 3D News, 3D Trends, Education and Research, Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Materials
A multi-layer, single material print sample from a new technique invented by researchers at Columbia University that uses selective laser sintering to print objects with multiple materials at the same time. . Researchers at Columbia flipped the laser in SLS additive...
by David | Sep 17, 2020 | 3D News, 3D Trends, Companies, Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Materials
The Fraunhofer family of German research institutes is endlessly inventing novel methods for manufacturing and supplementary technologies. The latest, this time from the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems (IKTS), is a multi-material ink jetting...
by David | Sep 17, 2020 | 3D News, Construction, Design / Engineering, Environment
Luxury concepts are usually associated with lavishness and grandeur—characteristics often not associated with practicality or mobility necessarily. A new hotel brand, Habitas, is actually looking to change this. . The hospitality business presents an interesting...
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