Renishaw, a UK based 3D printer manufacturer, has installed a metal 3D printer in Proslab, a dental laboratory in Melbourne. The Renishaw AM400 will be used for production by the dental lab and also to improve quality of Proslab’s…
miniFactory Ultra, technical specifications and pricing
miniFactory, a Finnish 3D printer manufacturer, has released the miniFactory Ultra 3D printer for high-temperature materials, such as PEEK and PEKK. Olli Pihlajamäki, Sales and Marketing Director, explained that high-strength polymers can become warped during printing when build chamber temperature is…
BuyAnyPart 3D prints spare parts for farming equipment
BuyAnyPart, a UK-based online spare part supplier, has announced 3D printed part replacement service for obsolete farming equipment. The online database currently houses 500,000 replacement parts. The parts can be searched using name or part number. Parts not available on…
PADT granted U.S patent for Support Cleaning Apparatus
Arizona-based engineering and 3D printing service provider, Phoenix Analysis and Design Technologies (PADT), has announced a U.S patent for its Support Cleaning Apparatus (SCA) system. Rey Chu, the co-founder of PADT, said, “we used computational fluid dynamics simulation, our extensive…
Ai Build enables autonomous 3D printing factories
Ai Build, a London-based AI and robotic 3D printing developer, has showcased new technology to bring automated AI-based 3D printing to the factory floor. Access to the technology is via either a monthly or annual subscription and provides users with…
FDA awards $2.6M in grants for 3D bioprinting and biomedical research
The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded grants to five research institutes for the study and improvement of biomanufacturing, including 3D bioprinting. Scott Gottlieb, MD, FDA Commissioner, said, “Advanced manufacturing technologies, such as continuous manufacturing, hold great promise…
Sismaitalia and Massivit 1800 3D printer restore Italian Palace
Sismaitalia, an Italian service bureau recently employed Massivit 3D printing in an architectural restoration project. A palace, renovated as a hotel, located in the city Ferrara, Northern Italy, was in need of urgent repairs as five of its balcony capitals were…
LINK3D partners with Aachen Center to promote AM in Europe
LINK3D, a New York-based 3D printing workflow software provider, has partnered with the German AM R&D hub Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing (ACAM) to promote AM industry in Germany and Europe. LINK3D will build a showroom to demonstrate the capabilities of…
News Digest: Tridues, GoPrint3D, Admatec, Weerg, Xjet, FIT, Polygonica and more
This edition of our 3D printing news digest Sliced contains, UK distribution rights for 3D printers, expansion of FIT, a trade secrets war, Polygonica update, ANSYS VRXPERIENCE and full-color 3D printing services. Desktop Metal partners with Trideus for distribution Desktop…
Student designs interactive 4D printed plants
Nicole Hone, an industrial design Master’s student at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, has designed several 4D printed interactive plants. The plants react to physical stimulus either contracting or blossoming depending on the situtation. In addition to the 3D…
