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3D Printing News Briefs, March 19, 2022: Business, Education, & More
We’re starting out with plenty of business in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs. Sinterit has has expanded its executive team in the US, while Additive Manufacturing Austria is looking for…
Biodegradable Soft Robot Finger Provides Peek at Circular Economy with 3D Printing
Last week, while discussing a new printing filament partially made from wheat bran waste, I mentioned that greater exploration of biodegradable printing materials could be the best long-term solution for…
MIT 3D Prints Objects with Lenticular Surfaces
When I was a kid, I really liked optical illusions. I think all kids do: they’re more or less the most basic element to any magic trick; and what kid…
High School Student 3D Prints Large-Scale Brain Using AI SpaceFactory’s Robot
It’s fair to say the pandemic changed everything we knew, from how we work to how we communicate to how we learn. However, it didn’t stop the need for any…
AML3D Inks Deal to Create Alloys for WAM 3D Printing Technology
Australian large scale metal 3D printing company AML3D Limited, specializing in providing commercial large-scale “Additive Metal Layering” 3D printing services to defense, maritime, automotive, and resources sectors, will partner with…
Redwire Acquires Space Bioprinting Firm Techshot to Scale In-Space Manufacturing
Space technology company Redwire has acquired Techshot, a commercial operator of microgravity manufacturing equipment, in a move designed to broaden the commercialization of in-space fabrication. Techshot devices have flown aboard…
AML3D to Develop 3D Printing Facility at Upcoming “Factory of the Future”
Australian large scale metal 3D printing company AML3D will expand its manufacturing operations to the Tonsley Innovation District in Adelaide, where Flinders University and defense company BAE Systems Maritime Australia…
New 3D Printing Process Changes Layers “On The Fly”
A research team at Northwestern University has used light and a robotic arm to develop a new 3D printing process which lets them move, turn, and resize model layers during…
Biomimetic Design and Additive Manufacturing – Fraunhofer IAPT Webinar Series
The need to design existing products more efficiently as well as to optimize them in terms of function and weight are driving the use of additive manufacturing in product design….
How Sustainable is Metal 3D Printing? AMGTA’s First Report Says “It Depends”
Two months after commissioning the first research project on the environmental sustainability of metal 3D printing, the Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA), a global trade group created to foster…
Researchers Model and 3D Print Graphene Electronic Devices
Made up of single atoms of carbon, graphene is thought to be a wonder material with a wide variety of applications, due to its high strength, lightweight, flexibility and unprecedented…
Researchers 3D Print Tunable Ferroelectric Metamaterials
Researchers from the University of Buffalo (UB) have developed a unique method for 3D printing ferroelectric materials, that is materials that can have their polarization switched through the use of…
ASTM Drives 3D Printing Standards via Investment into Eight Crucial Projects
Nonprofit organization ASTM International announced its third round of funding to support research that will help expedite standards in additive manufacturing (AM). The group creates and publishes technical standards for…
Dubai Electricity & Water Authority Deploys Markforged Metal X 3D Printer
Thanks in large part to its ambitious 3D Printing Strategy, the city-state of Dubai, which is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has used the technology…
3D Printing in India: Slow Adoption & What the Future Holds
Researchers from India are exploring the economic potential of 3D printing technology globally, and in relation to their own country, releasing the findings of their study in ‘A Study on…
In Vivo Bioprinting Made Possible with Digital Near-infrared Photopolymerization
Researchers from Belgium, China, and the US have come together to study 3D bioprinting, working to expand noninvasive, in vivo applications further. Releasing the findings of their study in the…
French Researchers Examine Heat Transfer & Adhesion in FFF 3D Printing
Researchers from Laboratoire de thermique et énergie de Nantes uncover some of the challenges in 3D printing versus thermoplastic injection, releasing the findings of their recent study in ‘Heat Transfer…
Improved 3D Printing: Near-Convex Decomposition & Layering
Researchers İlke Demir, Daniel G. Aliaga, and Bedrich Benes tackle one of the most popular topics in 3D printing today: optimization. While the many benefits of digital fabrication are oft…
Investigators Explore Impact of FFF Process Parameters on 3D-Printed Parts
Scientists from Turkey continue in the ongoing study of materials science, releasing the findings of their recent research in ‘Investigation on the manufacturing variants influential on the strength of 3D…
Finland: Studying the Impact of Medical Imaging Inaccuracies on End-Use Implants
Finnish researchers report on inaccuracies in the AM process chain, releasing their findings in ‘Cumulative Inaccuracies in Implementation of Additive Manufacturing Through Medical Imaging, 3D Thresholding, and 3D Modeling: A…
Arcada: Analyzing Properties of Recycled PLA for 3D Printing
Resham Tamang recently presented a thesis, ‘Materials Analysis of Recycled PLA from 3D Printing,’ to Arcada University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki, Finland. Continuing in the study of materials science…
FDM 3D Printing: Effects of Typical Parameters on Functional Parts
Ahmed Elkaseer, Stella Schneider, and Steffen G. Scholz delve further into the effects of parameters and settings on the quality of parts, releasing the details from their recent study in…
Texas A&M Researchers: Eliminating the Weak Spots in 3D Printing
Researchers at Texas A&M, working with scientists from Essentium, Inc., continue to refine 3D printing processes. Pinpointing one of the most vulnerable areas, the individual printed layers, the researchers and…
Poland: Evaluating Polymer Composites in Rapid Prototyping Technology
Researchers from Poland are examining better ways to use materials in 3D printing, detailing their study in the recently published ‘Polymer Composites Used in Rapid Prototyping Technology.’ As accessibility and…
