Cikoni develops hybrid process for 3D printing with carbon fibers
Germany company Cikoni has developed an additive manufacturing technology dubbed AdditiveCARBON that allows the realization of hybrid structures by means of a fully automated manufacturing approach in which the carbon fiber reinforcement directly…
Proto Labs adds HP’s Multi Jet Fusion technology to portfolio of 3D printing services
Rapid manufacturing company Proto Labs (Maple Plain, MN) has announced the addition of HP’s Multi Jet Fusion to its suite of 3D printing technologies. The production-grade technology builds fully functional plastic prototypes and…
Proto Labs buys more Arburg machinery as part of European growth strategy
Proto Labs, the rapid prototyping and contract manufacturer for 3D printing, CNC machining and injection moulding services, will invest in six ARBURG moulding machines in its latest phase of expansion. Proto Labs in…
ETH Zurich Researchers & Cytosurge Reveal New FluidFM Printer
ETH Zurich is making quite the name for itself in 3D printing. From Concrete Canoes to printing human cartilage, they are certainly on a roll. While these are more recent headlines, today we’re harkening back to…
ABS resins offered in filament form for 3D printing
Trinseo’s Consumer Essential Markets (CEM) business unit has partnered with German company Advanc3D Materials, a materials supplier for additive manufacturing, to produce filament made of the former’s ABS resins. The Trinseo products that…
New Robotic System can 3D print entire buildings
MIT scientists have designed a new robotic system that can 3D print the basic structure of entire buildings, an advance that would make building houses a faster, less expensive process. The building could…
Double cantilever chair concept leverages developed in collaboration with DuPont Performance Materials
At this year’s Royal College of Art graduation show, industrial designer Frederic Rätsch is presenting a visual design concept of flexible seating in public spaces, developed in collaboration with DuPont Performance Materials. The…
Prodways Group opens up new horizons for 3D-printed footwear
Prodways Group, a French industrial 3D printing company, has announced the commercial development of a portfolio which addresses several areas of footwear manufacturing. The portfolio consists of a new elastomeric material, a fully integrated…
Swedish researchers create 3D bioprinted human cartilage
A team of researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy has managed to generate cartilage tissue by printing stem cells using a 3D-bioprinter. The fact that the stem cells survived being printed in this manner is…
Sutrue redesigns medical instrument using 3D metal printing
Sutures following operations are still stitched up today in almost the same way as they were in the days of the ancient Egyptians. Alex Berry discovered that around 240,000 medical professionals a year…
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