The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is the epicenter of a great deal of exciting research currently taking place in the 3D printing industry, much of it dedicated to further industrializing the technology. The latest partnership coming out of the U.S. lab is with nTopology, the New York-based software startup focused on topology optimization and generative design in additive manufacturing (AM). nTopology and ORNL have signed a Cooperative Research and Development...
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Last year, 3D Factory Incubator, the first high tech business incubator specializing in 3D printing in Europe, celebrated its inauguration in Barcelona. After reporting on a successful first 100 days this summer, we’re happy to say that the initiative has had an excellent first year in operation. The project, which is led and promoted by technological institute Fundación LEITAT and public self-funded company El Consorci de Zona Franca de Barcelona (CZFB), with financial support from the ERDF via...
Tue Mar 03, 2020 14:54
Creality CR 10 V2 Along with competitors Anet and XYZPrinting, Creality form a trio of manufacturers that dominate the low-cost 3D printing segment. Only a few years ago 3D printers under $500 were rare, but these firms have made them accessible and have sold hundreds of thousands of them. In this segment, there are often a lot of issues with print quality and printer reliability. The Creality CR 10 v2 is the upgraded version of the very popular CR 10 and retails for around $500. Creality in the...
Tue Mar 03, 2020 14:50
Researchers from Spain and Ecuador are focused on nature-driven materials for digital fabrication, outlining their findings in the recently published ‘New Materials for 3D-Printing Based on Polycaprolactone with Gum Rosin and Beeswax as Additives.’ Nature is often the inspiration for scientific findings and innovations, and the world of 3D printing is no exception, from the intense study of fish to seashell material to the ever-changing color of the chameleon’s skin, and more. In this study, the...
Tue Mar 03, 2020 11:27
It’s 2020, and additive manufacturing has finally emerged as a mature technology for production in a growing number of sectors. In the last decade, it made a full run of the technological Hype Cycle but has finally arrived at the Plateau of Productivity. Pankl Racing Systems showcases a replicable custom fixturing system with Formlabs technology Despite recent technical progress, many industrial 3D printing programs are still not making the financial returns that business owners expect. Often...
Tue Mar 03, 2020 11:04
Over the past years, hype has been building over binder jetting metal. Fanned by Desktop Metal’s startup flames, both HP and GE should be launching binder jet machines soon. But another less well-known firm has been 3D printing metal powders with inkjet technology for over 20 years and for five of those years they’ve been binder jetting single alloy metals commercially. ExOne has long had a focus on large scale industrial production of metal matrix parts where a green state part is infused with another...
Tue Mar 03, 2020 11:01
North Carolina researchers worked together recently to create tactile teaching tools (TTT), outlining their work in the recently published ‘Building the lac operon: A guided-inquiry activity using 3D-printed models.’ By incorporating 3D printing, the scientists were on a mission to ‘level the playing field’ for visually impaired and otherwise disadvantaged students—as well as others who might not function well in visual learning environments. As Makerspaces sprout up in learning institutions around...
Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:10
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