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3D printing IoT devices

February 25, 2016 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

It looks like the Internet of Things (IoT) is reaching into the field of additive manufacturing. As developers seek to create more networked products to sense, collect, analyze and communicate data, new technologies, such as additive manufacturing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Consumer Products, Directed Energy Deposition, Entertainment, Industrial, Industries, Materials, Medical, News, Rapid MFG Tagged With: optomec

Optomec shows 3D printed electronics at IDTechEX

November 18, 2015 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Optomec, a leading global supplier of production grade additive manufacturing systems for 3D printed electronics and metals, showcased smart electronic devices printed by several of its Aerosol Jet customers at the IDTechEx Printed Electronics USA … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Directed Energy Deposition, Industrial, Material Jetting, Materials, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping Tagged With: optomec

Software helps ensure consistent quality with additive metal parts

November 17, 2015 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Optomec, a leading global supplier of production grade additive manufacturing systems for 3D printed metals and printed electronics, announced the availability of Smart Additive Manufacturing (SmartAM) technology for use in Hybrid CNC Machine Tools. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Directed Energy Deposition, Industrial, Medical, Powder Bed Fusion, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping, Software Tagged With: optomec

Advances in 3D printed electronics

March 19, 2015 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Optomec showcased its Aerosol Jet technology for 3D Printed Electronics applications at the LOPEC International Conference and Exhibition in Munich earlier in March.  Aerosol Jet Printers are used to directly print functional electronic circuitry and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Aerospace, Automotive, Consumer Products, Entertainment, Industrial, Material Jetting, Materials, Medical, News, Production 3D Printers / AM Systems News, Professional 3D Printers News, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping Tagged With: optomec

Get a closer look at Optomec 3D printers at TCT Show

September 23, 2014 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

The TCT Show in Birmingham, England, (running from September 30 – October 2 at the NEC) gives you an opportunity to see developments in 3D printing / additive manufacturing from U.S. companies as well as European based companies. One of the companies … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Directed Energy Deposition, Industrial, Material Jetting, News, Production 3D Printers / AM Systems News, Professional 3D Printers News Tagged With: optomec

3D printer builds micro-electronics for mobile, smart, and IoT apps

September 15, 2014 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Optomec announced its 3D printer family, the Aerosol Jet 5X system for printing 3D electronics. The system delivers the precision and flexibility required to produce high resolution 3D printed electronics such as conformal antennas, sensors, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Aerospace, Automotive, Consumer Products, Entertainment, Extrusion, Industrial, Material Jetting, Medical, Production 3D Printers / AM Systems News, Professional 3D Printers News, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping Tagged With: optomec

Optomec additive manufacturing process to build bio-electronic actuators

August 27, 2014 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Optomec, a leading provider of production grade additive manufacturing systems, announced that the Factory Automation and Production Systems (FAPS) Institute at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has purchased an Aerosol Jet Quad … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Directed Energy Deposition, Industrial, Materials, Medical, News, Production 3D Printers / AM Systems News, Professional 3D Printers News Tagged With: optomec

New dimensions in 3D printing: free-form fabrication

August 19, 2014 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Additive manufacturing delivers a great deal of freedom when designing and developing parts. You are not always confined to a build platform, though. Some machines and processes deliver what may be the ultimate freedom—free-form fabrication. By … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Additive Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Directed Energy Deposition, Industrial, Leslie's blog, Material Jetting, Materials, Production 3D Printers / AM Systems News, Professional 3D Printers News Tagged With: optomec

What’s new in 3D printing electronics

April 28, 2014 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

The next trend in 3D printing appears to be incorporating electronics into the part during the printing process, i.e., without stopping the printing operation. Optomec was one of the first to do so. Now three students from Stanford University, CA, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Aerospace, Automotive, Consumer Products, Entertainment, Extrusion, Industrial, Leslie's blog, Materials, Medical, Professional 3D Printers News Tagged With: optomec, rabbitproto

Low cost 3D printer for metal additive manufacturing

July 3, 2013 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Although you will have to speak to a sales rep to find out exactly how low-cost this new entrant into the 3D printer market is, the LENS 450 metal 3D printer is one of the first low-cost metal 3D printers available. The printer was developed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Automotive, Consumer Products, Directed Energy Deposition, Industrial, Materials, Medical, News, Personal 3D printers, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping Tagged With: optomec

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