Manufacturing and Supply Chain Articles

3D Printing : The Next Big (Bad?) Thing

What if you could get that last thing you ordered on Amazon in a matter of hours and not days? What if you could have custom fit clothes that didn’t cost a fortune? What if someone didn’t have to die to provide someone else with a new organ? . Well, 3D printing could...

World’s first fiber-optic ultrasonic imaging probe for future nanoscale disease diagnostics

Scientists at the University of Nottingham have developed an ultrasonic imaging system, which can be deployed on the tip of a hair-thin optical fiber, and will be insertable into the human body to visualize cell abnormalities in 3D. T . he new technology produces...

These custom, igloo-shaped workspaces are 3D-printed with recycled PET

ArchiTech Company in the Netherlands has designed a 3D-printed, modular pavilion using waste from the local port industry. Known as R-IGLO, the igloo-like workspaces represent a completely circular design made from recycled PET plastic that can be reused continuously....

3D printing case study

The lidding prototype Improving automation through additive manufacturing Active8 Robots specialises in the smarter application of robotics technologies, industrial automation and system integration solutions. A repetitive dexterous task, such as grabbing, lifting,...