The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and American Semiconductor have combined traditional manufacturing techniques with 3D printed circuitry to produce a flexible Silicon-on-polymer chip. Bes…
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Desktop Metal patents separable supports in binder jet 3D printing
Award winning startup Desktop Metal has been granted two patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. U.S. Patent No. 9,815,118 and U.S. Patent No. 9,833,839 relate to the company’s…
Purdue engineers develop safer method of 3D printing explosive material
Researchers from Purdue University, specializing in energetics, thermodynamics and additive manufacturing, have invented a method of depositing energetic materials like nanothermites using additive ma…
Sciaky sells record number of large scale metal 3D printers
In December 2017 Sciaky Inc. made company history, posting record sales of four Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (EBAM) systems. A trend hoped to continue throughout the new year Scott Phillips, P…
3D printing news Sliced UL, Kwambio, CyBe, University of Tokyo
A surge of academic projects, business deals, innovative applications and eye catching designs feature in this edition of Sliced, carrying the momentum of 3D printing through into the new year. This a…
GE successfully tests ATP engine featuring over 30% 3D printed alloys
GE has announced the successful test-fire of its Advanced Turboprop (ATP) Engine at a GE Aviation test cell near Prague, Czech Republic. Around a third of the ATP engine, which has been in development…
Scientists turn harmful global warming gas into cure for fatal disease with 3D printed reactor
Chemists at the University of Graz in Austria have invented a way of converting fluoroform, a harmful waste gas produced from the chemical production of Teflon, into eflornithine, a drug used to treat…
ITRI to commercialize custom 3D printed implants in China
One of the most common applications of 3D printing in medicine is to make small implants for joints, like those found in the spine. In recent years the FDA has cleared a number of such devices for sal…
World’s first 3D printed bus shelter is first of many for planned community
A 3D printed bus shelter, the first of its kind in the world, has been manufactured and put into use in Fengjing, China. The bus shelter was produced entirely from recycled building waste by Yingchuan…
What’s next for 3D printing in 2018? The Additive Manufacturing expert perspective
What’s next for 3D printing in 2018? We asked the CEO’s, analysts and other experts in our industry that question. Their responses give predictions for 3D printing in 2018 featuring Blockchain technol…