Two Engineering departments at Harvard University have collaborated with MIT to develop a new method to 3D-print materials with significant absorbency using a ceramic foam ink.
Proto Labs has officially launched its insert moulding service at Pacific Design & Manufacturing. Expanding on the company’s rapid injection moulding offerings, this new capability can produce 25 to 10,000-plus insert-moulded parts in 15 days or less
Desktop Metal, an emerging start-up with ambitions to bring metal 3D printing to all design and manufacturing teams, has announced it has raised a total of $97 million in equity funding since its founding in October 2015.
In what Siemens is considering a ‘breakthrough’, the company has successfully validated multiple additively manufactured turbine blades with a conventional design at full engine conditions.
Aimed at improving surgical planning and enhancing education and research the Ottawa Hospital has become the first medical centre in the North American country to open a hospital-based multi-departmental Medical 3D Printing Program.
High performance additive manufacturing company, Oxford Performance Materials has announced a second round of strategic investment from Hexcel Corporation worth $10 million. OPM initially received financial backing from Hexcel in the summer of 2016.
3D-printed electronics leader, Nano Dimension Technologies has received funding to launch a project focused on the 3D printing of advanced ceramic materials in inkjet technology. A budget of NIS 1.4 million, approximately $372,000, has been granted.
Metal powder leader, GKN Powder Metallurgy has agreed a partnership with EOS in an effort to become a leading business-to-business company in industrial 3D printing. The two technology leaders have a deal primarily aimed at the automotive market.
A small motorbike accessory company has used LulzBot 3D printing technology to establish itself in the dirt bike industry. MotoMinded has delivered a range of 3D-printed brackets which can station LED headlights on to motorcycles to the market.
GE has added the Roboze One+400 industrial 3D printer to support the company’s global research and development processes. GE will use Roboze’s flagship product for producing and testing durable 3D parts from 13 high thermoplastic materials.
