Lea brings over 30 years of experience in leadership positions across the manufacturing sector, including President of Rapid Product Development Group, which was acquired by 3D Systems under his leadership.
Harnessing this investment, Firestorm Labs intends to advance its additive manufacturing platform with the addition of more engineers, a larger production facility and an expansion of its partnership program.
Thanks to the availability of the Bionicohand, Baptiste, a young amputee who discovered the bionic hand during a disability and robotics competition is one service user who has been able to benefit from this adapted and scalable prosthesis.
The new standard addresses an existing gap by providing a test method that will identify the compatibility zone between cementitious mixtures and 3D printing extrusion systems in terms of optimal rheological properties.
The part, a 1-Newton thruster developed by DLR, will be printed and returned to Earth for hot-fire testing, in what DLR has described as ‘a game-changer for additive manufacturing in space, unlocking new frontiers for exploration.’
Jentek Sensors, Additive Assurance, Phase3D, Applied Optimization and Addiguru are set to participate in a three-month challenge to demonstrate the commercial viability of in-situ monitoring and data analytics solutions for metal AM.
The multi-million-dollar funding is split into two phases, focused initially on establishing baseline material properties and performance validation, followed by expansion to full-scale component production and testing.
