When I saw this on TechCrunch I had to give it a go... An augmented reality app that lets you visualise your 3D printed object before you even warm your extruders. Nice.
Production of modern prosthetics is one of the most demanding manufacturing applications in terms of strength and accuracy of the end parts. Chas. A. Blatchford & Sons uses Delcam's PowerMILL to help it achieve the highest quality products.
Instructables user 'fred27' has developed a natty piece of software that allows budding music producers to 3D print their own 'vinyl' records... for 1970 kids' classic Fisher price Music-Box Record Player.
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The High Value Manufacturing Catapult today announces the appointment of Dick Elsy as its Chief Executive Officer. He joins the High Value Manufacturing Catapult from his previous role as Chief Executive of Torotrak plc.
Designed specifically for the needs of custom retail jewellers, the fully automated 3ZSTUDIO 3D printer reportedly brings the jeweller’s bench to the retail tabletop with Solidscape’s industry-leading surface quality and precision.
Competing in the prestigious Formula Student 2012 challenge, a 16-man strong team of next-generation engineers from Group T have unveiled the world’s first race car created in great part through 3D Printing: the Areion.
It is 2.30 metres high, 50 centimetres wide, weighs almost 20 kg and is the largest spoon that WMF has ever produced. Both its purpose and its manufacture, in which 3D printing plays a central role, are anything but normal.
Regular readers of TCT will have seen Todd Grimm’s column (TCT 20/3; page 16) stating that there are ‘Eight Reasons to Keep Your Service Bureaux’. One of the places you would have found heads nodding in agreement is IPF Limited. We find out why...
The problem with buying a can of drink is that it needs drinking immediately, or you risk spilling it or attracting curious insects. 4PACK GmbH have worked on a novel solution with Proto Labs.
