Bridget O'Neal
MSC Apex Generative Design 2020: First-Time-Right 3D Printed Parts
MSC Software (a subsidiary of Hexagon, the publicly-traded Swedish tech giant with a market cap of $21.6 billion), known worldwide for their simulation software (including for AM), has just announced…
Digital Manufacturing Investor Day Hosted by Dyndrite Corporation
The first Digital Manufacturing Investor Day was held on June 30th as a free virtual event. Hosted by Dyndrite Corporation, DMID2020 consisted of live and pre-recorded Zoom presentations—as is the growing…
Thesis Student Tests for CyberAttack Risks in Distributed 3D Printing
Charles Ellis Norwood recently presented a thesis, ‘Demonstration of Vulnerabilities in Globally Distributed Additive Manufacturing,’ to the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Norwood explores new methods in transferring data…
Bayer to Collaborate with Tel Aviv University in Testing Drugs on 3D Printed Heart Tissue
Researchers have certainly been able to make huge strides over the decades, living and working in the 2D paradigm—along with relying on testing and experimenting using basic devices like the…
SLA 3D Printing: Formlabs Offers Six New Resins for the Form 3, Form 3B & Form 2
Centered around the miracles of 3D printing, Formlabs tends to have the magic touch—whether individual users or companies are seeking new products like an SLA printer or choosing from a…
BASF Subsidiary Sculpteo Rolls out Forward AM Materials & 3D Printing Platform
After BASF acquired Sculpteo at the end of last year, many in the industry have been curious as to how they would roll out their first project together. After ten…
Advances in 3D Printing Tiny Things: PμSL for Multi-Scale, Multi-Material Structures
Focusing in on more complex, high-resolution digital fabrication, a team of scientists has come together to review projection micro stereolithography (PμSL) 3D printing technologies, releasing the details of their study…
New 3D Printing Cement Developed by Japanese Leaders Taisei & Taiheiyo
While additive manufacturing processes have made huge strides in applications like automotive and aerospace, allowing for functional, lightweight parts to be made for cars and even rockets, and bioprinting in…
2020 Chevy Stingray Prototype is 75 Percent 3D Printed
Although introduced in the 80s, most famously by legendary Chuck Hull, 3D printing has been a well-kept secret by organizations like NASA and numerous automotive companies who have been enjoying…
ProtoSpray Enables 3D Printed Touchscreens for Interactive Parts
One of the most exciting aspects of the world of technology is how one innovation builds atop one another. From basic computers, we moved to more complex operating systems and…
Makerbot Joins Google for Education Integrated Solutions Initiative
MakerBot has not only continued to refine its 3D printing hardware, materials, and accessories over the years for users around the globe, but also the specific tools it offers for…
3D Printed Models for Training & Planning of Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery
A small gland (about the size of a small bean) located at the base of the skull, the pituitary secretes hormones and regulates the other major organs. Also known as…
BeeHex Puts 3D Printed Pizza on the Back Burner for Sugr-Bot Bakery
The DIY market is on fire, along with 3D printer sales in international markets like China, as the viral pandemic keeps many at home looking for things to do. Gardening,…
Montana State University Achieves Low-Cost Microfluidics Sensor with 3D Printing
I had the pleasure of touring Montana State University last year around Thanksgiving, as my son was accepted there. The geography is breathtaking (Montana, not surprising) and so was the…
Researchers Review 3D Printing with Biomass-Derived Composites
Researchers from State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture have come…
Using Ultrasonic Waves to Analyze Residual Stress in 3D Printed Metal Parts
Researchers from the Czech Republic and Brazil have come together to highlight ultrasonic testing for stress analysis in ‘Residual stress analysis of additive manufacturing of metallic parts using ultrasonic waves:…
MT Ortho Advances in Production of 3D Printed Prostheses for Cranioplasty & Bone Cancer Patients
MT Ortho, headquartered in Sicily, has been engaged in additive manufacturing (AM) processes since 2014; however, in recent years they have made accelerated progress in the area of customized prostheses…
ORNL Licenses ExOne to 3D Print Parts for Neutron Scattering
It is always exciting to see the work of dynamic industry players merging, as in the latest deal between The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and ExOne,…
GSD Global Partners with Sandvik to 3D Print Critical Titanium Part for E-Bike
Electric bikes are known to be pricey, but if you have ever investigated much about quality cycling equipment, that’s not a surprise—whether you are in the market for a conventional…
Continuous Chaotic 3D Printing: Using Chaos Theory to Control Microstructures
Researchers continue to experiment with materials and extrusion techniques, introducing the use of chaotic flows for improved microarchitectures in the recent study, ‘‘Using chaotic advection for facile high-throughput fabrication of…
Soybean-Based Resins to Replace of Petrochemicals for Optical 3D Printing
Lithuanian researchers, in collaboration with 3D Creative Ltd., have developed a universal bio-based resin for optical 3D printing, releasing the details of their study in the recently published “A Bio-Based…
Ultimaker Marketplace Offers Three New Lubrizol TPU Materials for 3D Printing
FDM 3D printing users may be pleased to know that the Ultimaker Marketplace has just made three new Lubrizol materials available. These thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs) are meant to offer added…
MITRE and Lithoz Advance Marine Transducers with 3D Printing
A variety of transducers have been created via 3D printing, often driven by piezoelectric vibration and other features for innovations like cancer-measuring devices, parts for photo-acoustic systems, and 3D printing…
Syrian Amputees Aided by 3D Printed LEGO-Like Bricks for Bone Regeneration
“If you look at the way people were injured 100 years ago, 90% were the military and 10% were civilians. It’s now the other way around.” – Amer Shoaib It is…
