In this edition of Sliced, 3D Printing Industry’s news digest, we ask: How can 3D printing help visually impaired students? Can rapid prototyping mobilize soldiers on the battlefield? Are musicians us…
BCN3D Technologies releases Upgrade kits for Sigma & Sigmax R19 3D printers
BCN3D Technologies, an open source 3D printer manufacturer based in Barcelona, has released the Upgrade R19 kits for its new generation of Sigma & Sigmax FFF 3D printers. The R19 Upgrade kit inclu…
CU Boulder researchers develop 3D printing technique to create hardened artificial blood vessels
Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) have developed a 3D printing method using controlled oxygen inhibition to imitate the highly structured, pliable geometry of blood vess…
ETH Zurich researcher develops magnetic material for FFF 3D printers
Kai von Petersdorff-Campen, a doctoral student in the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering at ETH Zürich, Switzerland, has developed an additive manufacturing technique to manufacture obje…
Precise Bio opens ophthalmology facility to develop 3D printed corneas
Precise Bio, a biotechnology company based in North Carolina, has established a dedicated ophthalmology business unit in its Winston-Salem facility. In addition to its 4D Bio Fabrication Platform, the…
Aurora Labs partners with Fortescue Metals Group to explore 3D printing in the mining industry
Aurora Labs, an Australian metal 3D printer manufacturer, has announced a non-binding 12 month agreement with the subsidiaries of Fortescue Metals Group (FMG), iron ore developers based in East Perth,…
California researchers develop 3D printed graphene structures for supercapacitors
Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) and Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (LLNL) have developed a 3D printing technique for graphene-based aerogel electrodes used within energy …
CRIQ uses GE Additive Arcam EBM machine to develop 3D printed maxillofacial implants
The Québec Industrial Research Centre (CRIQ), has installed a GE Additive Arcam Electron Beam Melting (EBM) Q10 Plus machine at its facility to accelerate the development of patient-specific lower jaw…
Dassault Systèmes launches SOLIDWORKS 2019 for enhanced 3D design and engineering
Today 3D Printing Industry attended the launch of Dassault Systèmes’ SOLIDWORKS 2019, the 27th edition of its portfolio of 3D design and engineering software. Within the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, SOLIDWO…
CollPlant to develop 3D bioprinted lung transplants with United Therapeutics
CollPlant, an Israeli 3D bioprinting company and United Therapeutics Corporation, a Maryland-based biotechnology company, have commenced a license, development and commercialization agreement for the …