Markforged announced the addition of Precise PLA to its portfolio of materials. The new capability allows customers to product design and iterate in a cost-effective manner. The Digital Forge platform is now able to address all stages of product design – from validation, which relies on more affordable materials like Precise PLA, to strong, end-use […]
Desktop Metal welcomes X-Series line of additive manufacturing systems for metal and ceramics into growing portfolio
Desktop Metal announced the launch of the X-Series line of binder jet 3D printing systems for metal and ceramic powders in a wide range of particle sizes. The newly branded Desktop Metal line of printers is derived from the acquisition of ExOne last fall and will soon be offered with Desktop Metal’s build preparation and […]
Women in Tech—Some gains, more effort is needed
Melinda Gates, renowned philanthropist and former general manager at Microsoft, said: “Innovation happens when we approach urgent challenges from every different point of view. Bringing women and underrepresented minorities into the field guarantees that we see the full range of solutions to the real problems that people face in the world.” The COVID-19 pandemic affected…
BCN3D unveils Viscous Lithography Manufacturing (VLM), a resin-based 3D printing technology
BCN3D announced a new 3D printing technology to advance alongside its FFF solutions: Viscous Lithography Manufacturing (VLM). This technology was derived to specifically address BCN3D’s vision of manufacturing autonomy, where manufacturers can experience full control over every stage in their production processes with AM solutions. BCN3D’s R&D team spent 3 years developing VLM, addressing issues […]
What’s next for additive software?
Additive hardware continues to improve in productivity, accuracy, and in ease of use. Now, the focus is on software to improve additive functions and capabilities, and to take additive to the next level. Hardik Kabaria, the director of Software Engineer focused on R&D at Carbon, offers insights. Design World · What’s next for additive software […]
Keeping up with developments in additive manufacturing
The additive manufacturing industry is a constantly changing industry. There’s no better way to stay informed of all the developments then to attend one or more of the upcoming conferences. Taking into account that the ongoing pandemic could alter plans at short notice, various shows are offering a range of options for attendees including hybrid […]
Additive Manufacturing included on the updated list of technologies identified as significant to U.S. national security
America Makes issued the below statement regarding last week’s release of the updated White House Critical and Emerging Technologies List. “As the nation’s leading public-private partnership for additive manufacturing (AM) technology and education, America Makes and its over 230 members are pushing additive technology to new levels every day. As such, we applaud the White […]
Artec 3D launches the 2022 Artec Leo with twice the power and more precision
Artec 3D announces the 2022 Artec Leo, a completely wireless 3D handheld scanner with an inbuilt touchscreen. The new modification of Leo improves accuracy, power, vibrant color capture, and adds a multi-language interface. “The Artec Leo was the industry’s first AI-powered wireless 3D scanner, making it truly revolutionary,” said Artyom Yukhin, President and CEO of […]
Immersive Design—A virtual reality case study
A new Adidas maker space—located inside a giant, digital sneaker—features virtual-reality 3D design tools for long-distance design collaboration. Jean Thilmany, Senior CAD Editor When Adidas designers were tasked with creating a seamless sneaker, they donned their Oculus headsets and got to work in the virtual world. The team met regularly in a large, footprint-shaped studio […]
Siemens adds intelligence-based design to Xcelerator portfolio with latest release of NX
Siemens Digital Industries Software today launches the latest release of its NX software, part of the Xcelerator portfolio of software and services. The latest release of NX software leverages advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced simulation capabilities, while continuing to invest in significant productivity and capability enhancements to enable its community of […]
Training tomorrow’s doctors with 3D printed anatomical models
Stratasys Ltd., a leader in polymer 3D printing solutions, announced that it is sponsoring the University of Minnesota Visible Heart Laboratories with a donation of Stratasys J750 Digital Anatomy 3D printers, as well as MakerBot METHOD X and MakerBot SKETCH 3D printers. The Visible Heart Laboratories are a large research lab located at the University […]
3D printing: the “duct tape” for the supply chain?
As AM becomes more accepted as part of a manufacturing supply chain, it is altering the way engineers work and develop products. We recently had a conversation with Daniel Lazier, product marketing manager at Markforged. Design World · 3D printing: the “duct tape” for the supply chain? Here are highlights from the interview. Potential changes […]
Vertex Manufacturing partners with Xerox Elem to provide aluminum 3D Printing
Xerox Elem Additive Solutions and trusted industrial manufacturer, Vertex Manufacturing – A PrinterPrezz Company, announced an agreement to add the Xerox ElemX 3D metal printer to Vertex’s Cincinnati facility and begin offering contract manufacturing services with Xerox’s liquid metal capabilities. The ElemX leverages Xerox’s liquid metal technology that uses aluminum wire and is easily deployed, […]
Under Desktop Metal, EnvisionTEC introduces ETEC brand
Desktop Metal (NYSE: DM), a global leader in additive manufacturing technologies for mass production, announced the launch of ETEC, a new 3D printing brand that will enable EnvisionTEC, the original inventor of digital light processing (DLP) technology, to better connect with industrial customers. EnvisionTEC 3D printers, which are best known for extreme levels of accuracy […]
Authentise acquires Elements to deliver data-driven flexibility across manufacturing
Authentise, a leader in data-driven workflow tools for additive manufacturing, announced the acquisition of all assets of Elements Technology Platform, a provider of self-serve workflow tools for manufacturing. As part of the transaction, Elements’ team will join Authentise. The partnership enables discrete manufacturers everywhere to access connected workflow management solutions used by the world’s leading […]
Minnesota researchers say they’ve created the first fully 3D-printed OLED display
By Chris Newmarker University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers used a customized printer to fully 3D print a flexible organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display. The research team members — based at U of M mechanical engineering professor Michael McAlpine’s lab — think their work could result in relatively low-cost OLED displays. The advance could potentially […]
HP plans to use 3D printing to help eliminate single-use PET packaging
In its continuing efforts to drive environmental sustainability, HP Inc. announced the acquisition of Choose Packaging, a packaging development company and inventor of the zero-plastic paper bottle. Choose’s patented technology provides an alternative to plastic bottles and can hold a variety of liquid products. Its novel, paper-based bottles are made with naturally occurring and non-toxic […]
3D printing system enables on-the-fly beam shape orientation changes
Civan Lasers (Jerusalem, Israel) and Smart Move GmbH (Garching, Germany) have partnered to provide customers with new welding and laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) additive manufacturing solutions. By steering Civan’s dynamic beam laser (DBL) with Smart Move’s ultramodern laser scan head, welding and LPBF customers can change beam shape orientation on the fly, enabling the […]
Rolling in the deep—3D printing parts for marine instruments
By Nick Allen, Managing Director, 3DPRINTUK 3D printed parts are now commonplace in end-use applications, but not all are used in as exacting an environment like the ones used by Planet Ocean, based in Camberley, UK. Planet Ocean is a specialist in the provision of high-quality, marine scientific instruments for research, survey, naval, and operations […]
Desktop Health launches Einstein Dental 3D Printers and new resins
Desktop Health, a healthcare business within Desktop Metal, Inc. announced the commercial launch of the Einstein series, a high-precision family of 3D printers for dental professionals, and Flexcera Smile Ultra+, one of the strongest dental resins to receive FDA clearance for permanent use. With this combination of 3D printer and materials, dental professionals have the […]
Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association announces new members
The Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA), a global trade organization created to promote the environmental benefits of additive manufacturing (AM), announced that five additional leading AM companies have joined the trade group to advance sustainability in AM, bringing its active membership ranks to 40 members. Joining the AMGTA as a new Founding Member is […]
3D printings effects on sustainability
Among the many benefits of using 3D printing is how it effects sustainable efforts in design and production. Recently I had a chance to speak with Nadav Goshen, president and CEO at MakerBot on 3D printing developments in this area. Here are highlights from our conversation. Design World · 3D printings effects on sustainability Sustainability […]
TwinCAT software supports S7 Communication Protocol
Beckhoff now offers an add-on to TwinCAT 3 automation software that enables easy and efficient communication with Siemens S7 controllers. This option provides closer integration with other machines and equipment while simplifying implementation to reduce engineering time, effort and costs. The openness of PC-based control and the resulting array of connectivity options with other systems…
America Makes announces $500,000 supply chain related project call
America Makes announced a new project call with a total of $500,000 available in project funding today. The Leveraging Additive for High Velocity Applications (LAVA) project will seek to mitigate variances in additive manufacturing (AM) high velocity product development to help advance these capabilities within the domestic supply chain. While progress has been made to demonstrate the role that […]
Increasing the scalability of metal AM applications
Sigma Labs, Inc. and Materialise announce a breakthrough technology to enhance the scalability of metal AM applications. The new platform combines the Materialise Control Platform and Sigma Labs’ PrintRite3D sensor technology to allow users to identify and correct metal build issues in real-time. With added control over their processes, manufacturers can optimize metal AM processes […]