3d printed protective gear
3D Printing News Briefs, March 2, 2023: Micro 3D Printer & In-Situ Inspection & More
In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, B9Creations has a new micro 3D printer, Castheon is expanding its hypersonic production and research capabilities to a new facility, and Arburg is opening…
Rice University Will Use Carbon 3D Printer to Create “Smart Helmets” for Warfighters
Rice University researchers in Houston, Texas, received a $1.3 million grant from the US Department of Defense (DoD) to create the world’s first printable military “smart helmet” using Carbon’s large-format,…
3D Printed Mouthguards: Collaborating to Develop the Ideal Solution
DSM’s Gabi Janssen will be speaking at 3DPrint.com’s upcoming AMS online industry summit (Feb 9-10, 2021). Register here. What do you do when you score in a match? You smile – and show…
NHL Will Now Use 3D Printed Helmets, Thanks to Carbon and CCM
CCM, one of Canada’s leading hockey equipment manufacturers, in partnership with Carbon, has just introduced its ‘SuperTacks X with Nest Tech’ helmet ahead of the NHL 2021 season. The 3D…
Collaborative Research Team Creates 3D Printed Armor Inspired by Chiton Scales
From lobster claws and fish scales to conch shells, humans have often been inspired by nature in the creation of protective gear. Recently, a team of researchers hailing from MIT,…
Korea: 3D Printing Protective Gear with Porous Thermoplastic Polyurethane
In the recently published ‘Evaluation of the Mechanical Properties of Porous Thermoplastic Polyurethane Obtained by 3D Printing for Protective Gear’ Korean researchers Hyojeong Lee, Ran-i Eom, and Yejin Lee explore…
Korea: 3D Printed Protection Suits for Senior Citizens
In the recently published ‘Developing Fall-Impact Protection Pad with 3D Mesh Curved Surface Structure Using 3D Printing Technology,’ authors Jung Hyun Park and Jeong Ran Lee once again prove our…
Researchers Use 3D Printing, Scanning, and Modeling to Make Customized Protective Gear for Field Hockey
While playing sports is great fun and can be a great workout as well, it can also be dangerous. That’s why there’s been a lot of research centered around keeping athletes…
Using FDM 3D Printing to Make Body Armor Stronger, More Comfortable, and Stab-Resistant
As police officers participate in a multitude of daily, patrol, and even criminally-related duties, like narcotics investigations, they often deal with the threat of sharp force injury; to put it more…
Making Stronger Protective Gear: Researchers Replicate Biological Structure of Lobster Claws Using Electric-Assisted 3D Printing Process
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association last month found that chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which results from repeated blows to the head, was found in 99% of the…
Conch’s Strength Inspires MIT Researchers to 3D Print Stronger Protective Gear
As a kid growing up in Florida, I was always thrilled to find a conch shell intact, washed up on the shore. My grandmother had an enormous collection of them on her sunny…
Cardiff University and Charles Owen Inc. Awarded Grant to Further Develop 3D Printed Protective Headgear
Every so often, the stories crop up in the news: the college football star who unexpectedly commits suicide, the NFL “family man” who suddenly shoots his wife. These incidents make…
