Listen as Greg Thompson of Protolabs discusses how service bureaus are helping in the battle against the Coronavirus with their ability to offer a range of prototyping and manufacturing capabilities. Welcome to Technology Forward. In addition … [Read more...]
3D printing a 3D touch sensor
Nano Dimension Ltd., a leading Additively Manufactured Electronics (AME)/PE (Printed Electronics) provider and REHAU, a worldwide-leading polymer manufacturer, announced that they succeeded in printing a 3D touch sensor. With the 3D electronic … [Read more...]
3D printed ACTIVAT3D copper deployed to fight the spread of COVID-19
The Northern Territory Department of Trade, Business and Innovation has become the first organisation to deploy antimicrobial ACTIVAT3D copper throughout their building to help fight the spread of COVID-19. Tests confirmed ACTIVAT3D copper ‘contact … [Read more...]
3D print aluminum using Directed Energy Deposition
Optomec — a leading, privately-held global supplier of production-grade additive manufacturing (AM) equipment and software announced that its LENS Directed Energy Deposition (DED) systems can deposit any aluminum alloy, including those recently … [Read more...]
Stratasys CoVent-19 Challenge attracts more than 200 ventilator design submissions
More than 200 teams from around the world have submitted designs for a rapidly deployable, minimum viable ventilator as part of a hackathon hosted on GrabCAD.com, with round one ending May 1. The CoVent-19 Challenge has now shifted to a finalist … [Read more...]
Aircraft-grade alloy suits thin-walled 3D printable heat transfer applications
Digital manufacturing innovator VELO3D announced the commercial release of a manufacturing process for additively manufactured parts in Aluminum F357 on the company’s Sapphire metal 3D printing system. The foundry-grade aluminum alloy, … [Read more...]
With office friendly, full-color 3D printer, users can validate designs quickly
Stratasys Ltd. unveiled its new J55 3D Printer, which makes fast, full-color design realism accessible to designers and teams everywhere. At about a third the price of enterprise-class PolyJet printers, the J55 combines realism and productivity, … [Read more...]
ExOne uses its 3D printing binder technology to make reusable porous metal respirator filters
Reusable porous metal filters 3D printed with ExOne technology were manufactured to fit inside a plastic respirator cartridge designed by the University of Pittsburgh. The combined units, now undergoing initial testing, could deliver sterilizable … [Read more...]
A new approach to powder bed fusion makes more materials available for additive manufacture
Applications using metal additive manufacturing (AM) processes continue to increase year on year with considerable R&D activities across all key industrial sectors. The generic term “metal AM” provides an umbrella for a number of specific but … [Read more...]
Stratasys and Origin address the COVID-19 testing shortage by 3D printing nasal swabs
In response to the pressing need for more COVID-19 testing, Stratasys, Inc. and Origin have signed an agreement in which Stratasys will market and promote Origin 3D-printed nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs to healthcare providers and other testing centers … [Read more...]
