Perennial 3D printing innovator and Professor at Michigan Technological University (MTU) Joshua Pearce, has teamed up with MTU colleague Jacob Franz, to create an open-source grinding machine for comp…
Optomec launches ROI assessment tool calculating the cost savings of using 3D printing for MRO
Optomec, the New Mexico-based developers of Laser Engineered Net Shaping (LENS) and Aerosol Jet Printing (AJP) metal 3D printers, has launched a new Return On Investment (ROI) assessment tool. Built …
Sustainable 3D printed footbridge to be built in Rotterdam using DSM thermoplastics
Global nutritional science firm and materials producer DSM is working with Netherlands-based engineering consultancy firm Royal HaskoningDHV and the City of Rotterdam, to 3D print a footbridge from re…
Scheurer partners with ETH Zurich students to 3D print “Rowesys” weeding robot
Engineering company Scheurer Swiss GmbH has used its 3D printing expertise to help a group of ETH Zürich students develop their “Rowesys” automated robotic weeding system. Working with the…
University of Minnesota researchers use 3D bioprinting to create beating human heart
Researchers from the University of Minnesota have developed a novel bio-ink, enabling them to create a functional 3D printed beating human heart. The cell-laden biomaterial, produced using pluripoten…
EOS and BASF 3D printed designs awarded $1.37m NFL Helmet Challenge funding
The National Football League (NFL) and Football Research Inc. (FRI) have awarded $1.37 million in funding to groups developing 3D printed protective headgear for the ongoing NFL Helmet Challenge. Add…
Spanish researchers 3D print “the next generation” of enhanced eco-friendly fuel cells
Researchers from the Spanish Catalonia Institute for Energy Research and Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, have used ceramic 3D printing to fabricate a new family of electrolyte-s…
3D printing industry news sliced: EOS, ExOne, Materialise, Essentium, Relativity Space, PrintLab, 3D Printz, and more
In this edition of Sliced, the 3D Printing Industry news digest, we cover the latest business developments, partnerships, and acquisitions across our industry. Today’s edition features updates on the…
Rice university researchers develop sweet new way of 3D printing vascular networks
Researchers from Rice University have developed a new method of using 3D printing to create artificial vascular networks from powdered sugar. Replacing traditional production methods with Selective L…
Smith College team wins Covent-19 Challenge with low-cost 3D printed ventilator design
A team from the Massachusetts-based Smith College has won the Covent-19 Challenge design contest with its novel “Smithvent” partially-3D printed ventilator. Open to the public, the aim of the competi…