This week’s edition of the 3D Printing Industry news digest Sliced features the latest in consumer-ready end use products, from hearing aid casings to carbon fiber e-bikes. We also cover IFAM, Ultimaker, Nexa3D, Ogle, Brulé, 3D Systems, 3DDC, 3rd Dimension,…
Blockchain secures distributed additive manufacturing in the U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force is collaborating with blockchain as a service (BaaS) company SIMBA Chain to enhance security in additive manufacturing. The partnership is part of the force’s Blockchain Approach for Supply Chain Additive Manufacturing Parts (BASECAMP) project. BASECAMP will…
Hexcel makes Boeing’s Qualified Provider List for 3D printed aircraft components
Advanced composite materials company Hexcel Corporation has received 3D printed part approval from multinational aeronautical corporation Boeing. Now recognized on Boeing’s Qualified Provider List (QPL), Hexcel is cleared to produce aerospace structures from its high performance thermoplastic HexPEKK. HexPEKK parts…
NASA builds public database on aircraft icing using 3D printing
NASA’s aeronautical researchers are using 3D printing to generate new data to deal with the aviation safety problem of icing. High-fidelity data of ice shapes generated on aircraft wings are documented through laser 3D scanning. Complex ice shapes are also…
Smooth operation eliminates FDM stair-stepping in University of Hamburg study
Researchers at the University of Hamburg in Germany, have proposed a novel way of slicing 3D printed objects to create smoother results. By 3D printing nonplanar layers close to the horizontal, this slicing method removes the stair-stepping effect typical to…
U.S. Army awards Rowan University $14.5M to develop cold spray additive manufacturing
Rowan University, New Jersey has received $14.5 million from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to develop cold spray additive manufacturing (CSAM). In a project titled “Advancing Structural Materials for Army Modernization Priorities via Direct-Write Approaches” Rowan researchers will apply…
Harvard and Caltech 3D prints self-folding soft robots inspired by origami
Researchers from Harvard University and the California Institute of Technology have developed origami-inspired soft robotic systems that adopts task-specific configurations on demand. Of the systems fabricated is a 3D printed “Rollbot” that assembles into a pentagonal prism and self-rolls in programmed…
Wireless monitoring of blood flow enabled by Georgia Tech’s implantable aerosol jet printed biosensor
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Hanyang University, Korea, have developed the first aerosol jet printed (AJP) biosensor for wireless monitoring of blood flow. In a study published in Advanced Science, the team have used a novel AJP technique…
New jobs in 3D printing from GoPrint3D and HP
Searching for a new opportunity, or looking for someone to fill a vacancy? Our 3D Printing Jobs Board, now free for a limited time, provides the latest opportunities in additive manufacturing and hosts qualified engineers, software developers, materials scientists and…
Northrop Grumman tests reliability of Optomec’s Aerosol Jet Printing in semiconductor fabrication
A team from global defense company Northrop Grumman has conducted a study with metal additive manufacturing specialist Optomec’s Aerosol Jet Printing (AJP) technology. Researchers have demonstrated a new method of using AJP to fabricate interconnects on semiconductor chips. After several…
