The Titanium Age: Interview with Metalysis

With announcements this year of new facilities and increased investment from major companies, UK company Metalysis appears on the cusp of facilitating a revolution in 3D printing. I interviewed metallurgist and business development director at Metalysis, Dr. Kartik Rao to…

Think Big, Print Bigger!

Education is the key to moving forward, and 3D printing is getting its own forms of teaching. Milan will be the home to a series of summer school sessions, teaching students how to design, model and print their own big…

STFC Launches technology Hub to Help UK businesses

The UK’s Science and Technology Facility Council (STFC) has opened an advanced engineering technology centre at their Daresbury Laboratory in Cheshire. The centre will provide to UK businesses of all sizes, including small start-ups, providing them with affordable access to more than…

Nano Dimension Finishes Development of “Switch”

Nano Dimension has today announced the completed development of their initial version of their software package, ‘Switch’. The intention of creating this software package, is to make the move from a Gerber file, to a printable file easy and fast…

Multi-planar Processing: Rhinoplasty Implant

With the advantage of high resolution providing facial designs that can be created based on the FACS (facial active coding system), 3D photography scanning and printing of the subject will create images with connected feature grids. This allows the angles…

New facility for Selective Electron Beam Melting

Fraunhofer IFAM Dresden orders new facility for Selective Electron Beam Melting with ARCAM With the new Q20plus by the Swedish manufacturer ARCAM, the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM in Dresden will be the first R&D institution…

PartWorks brings inventor’s dreams to life

PartWorks, a rapid digital manufacturer of low volume metal, plastic and wood parts, is helping inventors design, prototype and manufacture their products, successfully bringing their ideas to life. The company serves customers in industries ranging from aerospace, automotive and energy…

Singapore university unveils stunning structure

A massive 14.5-meter architectural structure made using 3D printed parts has taken pride of place in the atrium of the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). University professors Felix Raspall and Carlos Banon decided to explore 3D technology to…

Bioplastics made from coffee and orange?

The Digital Matter Intelligent Construction Research Studio at the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia has outlined a spectacular method for producing bioplastics from waste food and other matter to 3DPrintingindustry.com. Manuel Kretzer led the Space Dynamics Workshop recently. Here…

Software streamlines vehicle development and cost control

French company Dassault Systemes has developed a 3D digital mock up and product lifecycle management software package to slash the development time of new vehicles and closely monitor costs and problems during the vehicle’s whole life cycle. The company reckons…