3D Printing

Automotive and Mobility, Materials

Stephen Moore

Royal HaskoningDHV, CEAD and DSM have designed the first lightweight 3D printed FRP pedestrian bridge prototype using a composite material.

Evonik bets big on Chinese medical 3D-printing startup

September 06, 2019

3D Printing, Business, Materials

EOS helps manufacturers tap into under-utilized markets for additive manufacturing

Materials supplier Evonik (Essen, Germany) announced this week that Meditool (Shanghai), a developer of 3D-printing systems for medical implants, is the beneficiary of its first direct investment in China through its venture capital arm.

September 06, 2019

K Show

Automotive and Mobility, Consumer Products, Injection Molding

Clare Goldsberry

Additive manufacturing reduces tooling costs and, in some cases, results in a better product. Exhibit A: Mascara brushes.

PhD candidate Evert Fuenmayor—Materials Research Institute, Athlone Institute of Technology

Researchers pursue technology to enable mass production of personalized medicine

August 22, 2019

3D Printing, Injection Molding, Materials

World's smallest polymer stent could fit in fetal organs

Researchers at the Athlone Institute of Technology have pooled their expertise in material science, additive manufacturing and injection molding to develop a high-volume process combining injection molding and 3D printing to produce pills adapted to individual patient profiles.

Microstent manufactured by ETH Zurich researchers

August 21, 2019

3D Printing, Materials

HP invites you to show your true 3D-printing colors

Measuring 50 micrometers wide and 1/2 millimeter in length, the stent made from a shape-memory polymer could be used to widen the urinary tract in a fetus and prevent life-threatening levels of urine from collecting in the bladder.

August 08, 2019

New 3D printer's build chamber can be converted into a cleanroom

PlasticsToday Staff

HP (Palo Alto, CA) has launched a competition that invites 3D printing engineers and enthusiasts to submit designs that elevate the use of color in 3D-printed products. One winner will receive an HP Book 15 G5 Mobile Workstation.

August 08, 2019

Automation startup leverages 3D printing to build a better end-of-arm tool

An integrated temperature control and filtration system allows users to create a cleanroom environment within the build chamber of the new R1 3D printer from German startup Kumovis (Munich).

Savage Automation's 3D-printed end-of-arm tool

July 30, 2019

Automation

3D Printing, Automotive and Mobility, Consumer Products, Injection Molding, Medical

3D-printed flexible mesh supports customization of prosthetic and implantable medical devices

In addition to reducing tooling weight without sacrificing strength or durability, 3D printing allows Savage Automation (Salt Lake City) to mount hardware more efficiently and route vacuum and electrical connections through the tooling body rather than strapping them to the frame.

3D-printed flexible mesh developed at MIT

July 26, 2019