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3D printing’s affect on personalized medicine

One of the key industries to successfully leverage the advantages of 3D printing is the medical and dental industry. In an IDTechEx Research report--3D … [Read More...]

Carbon and Ford expand collaboration

Carbon, a leading Silicon Valley-based digital manufacturing company, showed the first digitally manufactured polymer parts in production for Ford Motor … [Read More...]

Optomec partners with Phillips Federal to bring metal additive manufacturing to U.S. Government agencies

Optomec, a global leader in production-grade additive manufacturing solutions announced it has signed a partnership agreement with Phillips Federal. The … [Read More...]

How are 3D printers being used in hospitals?

The medical industry has become a big user of 3D printing/additive manufacturing. In hospitals, 3D printers serve a number of applications. Anatomical … [Read More...]

AM software suite analyzes, repairs and prepares 3D models

Technology around additive manufacturing is developing rapidly. To meet the increased demands of additive manufacturing, CoreTechnologie developed the … [Read More...]

Pro 3D printer for industrial applications

FELIXprinters, Amsterdam, Netherlands, recently expanded its 3D printer portfolio with the Pro 3 system, which comes loaded with automated and intelligent … [Read More...]

Formlabs introduces Elastic Resin: a soft, resilient 3D printing material

Formlabs announces Elastic Resin, the latest addition to its library of Engineering Resins for the Form 2 desktop stereolithography 3D … [Read More...]

What are the major additive manufacturing technologies?

The additive manufacturing industry is continually evolving, as new ways to make things arrive frequently. Types of additive manufacturing technology … [Read More...]

Slash 2 3D printer offers build speeds to 1200 mm/hr

At the CES 2019 conference, California based UNIZ Technology unveiled the newest of its line of fast, high precision 3D printers—The Slash 2. This … [Read More...]

How metal additive manufacturing can increase production of orthopaedic implants

Metal additive manufacturing (AM) processes such as laser powder bed fusion (PBF) provide real advantages when it comes to the production of orthopaedic … [Read More...]

How 3D printing can completely change the concept of the supply crib

One of the challenges faced by many companies is sourcing machine spare parts. Such parts can be costly because they are often small-batch orders that a … [Read More...]

Can 3D printing reinvent the prosthetics industry?

“The traditional process for creating and fitting a leg prosthetic is long, complex, and uncomfortable for the patient,” says ProsFit Co-Founder and CTO … [Read More...]

Completed merger strengthens Prodways Group in the medical industry

Prodways Group, an expert in industrial 3D printing, announced the finalization of the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Surdifuse and l'Embout … [Read More...]

What are some new applications for 3D printing?

Menno Ellis, senior vice president, Strategy & Vertical Markets, 3D Systems, offers insight into upcoming and current 3D printing applications. The … [Read More...]

New additive technologies compete with traditional manufacturing

Additive manufacturing continues to explore out-of-the-box thinking for ways to make three-dimensional parts fast. Vendors of additive manufacturing … [Read More...]