Carnegie Mellon: Optimizing Soft Materials 3D Printing With Machine Learning
While 3D printing soft materials, such as silicone or proteins, offers many advantages, it also introduces many new and complicated variables to consider when creating a new part. The existing…
Investigating the Effects of 3D Printing Temperatures on Copper Metal PLA Composites
In ‘Effect of Printing Temperature on Mechanical Properties of Copper Metal Polylactide Acid,’ authors Mohd Fara Zureel Ikhqwan bin Mohd Arpan and Lim Joon Hoong outline their findings regarding metal…
3D Printing & Conductivity: Fabricating Ultra-Stretchable Conductors
Researchers in Shanghai are delving further into 3D printing conductors, with their findings recently published in ‘A highly transparent and ultra-stretchable conductor with stable conductivity during large deformation.’ Authors Zhouyue…
Refining Actuation Systems for Greater Functionality via Topology Optimization & 3D Printing
The recently published ‘Topology optimization and 3D printing of multimaterial magnetic actuators and displays’ opens up the topic of refining actuation systems for greater functionality, as they will progressively be…
The Benefits of 3D Printed SLS Parts For Alfa Romeo Formula One
Twelve races down for the first half of the 2019 season, and Alfa Romeo’s Sauber Formula One (F1) team is good to go for the remaining nine races of the…
Metal 3D Printing in Germany: Exploring Wire and Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM)
In the recently published ‘Plasma Multiwire Technology with Alternating Wire Feed for Tailor-Made Material Properties in Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing,’ authors Uwe Reisgen, Rahul Sharma, and Lukas Oster (all from…
Improving Adhesion Issues with ABS/TPU Blends in FDM 3D Printing
In the recently published, ‘Materials with enhanced adhesive properties based onacrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS)/thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) blends for fused filament fabrication (FFF),’ authors A.S. de Leon, A. Dominguez-Calvo, and I. Molina outline…
GENESIS Eco Screen: A 3D Printed Urban Biodiversity Habitat Made of Recycled Plastic
Large-format 3D printing company BigRep, along with its innovation department NOWLAB, just launched their latest sustainability project – GENESIS Eco Screen, the first 3D printed urban plant and insect habitat….
Silicone 3D Printing Startup Spectroplast Completes CHF 1.5 Million Seed Round with AMV
Spectroplast AG, headquartered in Zurich, has just completed a CHF 1.5 million seed round with AM Ventures Holding GmbH (AMV), allowing them to move further ahead in silicone 3D printing….
