With 3D printing, the partners suggests the models will be realistic, customizable, and compliant with ethical standards, while reducing the reliance on cadavers and animals for training.
As part of the initiative, Jax State has acquired its second EOS M 290 system to provide students with hands-on experience using production-grade AM technology.
Following this latest round, Divergent is set to scale its manufacturing capacity and fund the development of new capabilities for upcoming product families.
The project is pursuing a new approach in which 'special additives' in the metal powder react chemically during the printing process and form finely distributed ceramic particles in the submicrometre range.
Biofuse is said to give OEMs 'precise control' over pore size, porosity and lattice gradients by integrating fully interconnected porous architectures directly into implant geometries.
Through this initiative, the MIB Program will fund placement of its first Nikon SLM Solutions’ NXG 600E laser-powder bed fusion system in the Nikon AM Technology Center in Long Beach, California.
Designed for safe, full-scale static firings, and future qualification processes like drop and temperature storage testing, the site enables validation of SRMs built using the company’s Lynx manufacturing process.