3D4MD has delivered a ‘ground-breaking’ concept which will see 3D printers used on the International Space Station to help treat any injuries astronauts may suffer. The company successfully printed two mallet finger splint models last month.
The Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) has today announced this year’s recipients of its Guy E. Bourdeau and Randy Stevens Scholarships. Claire Belson and Dr Haijun Gong will attend and participate in the 2017 AMUG Conference in Chicago.
Swiss manufacturing company, Oerlikon is expanding its global additive manufacturing sector with a new 3D printing facility for advanced components in the Charlotte metro area in North Carolina. Oerlikon will invest CHF 55m in the facility by 2018.
SLM Solutions is to present its generative Selective Laser Melting technology intended for the production of mould segments for tyre treads on the Tire Technology Expo 2017 in Hannover.
Leading 3D software and Product Lifecycle Management solutions company, Dassault Systemes is to extend its 3DEXPERIENCE Lab open innovation laboratory and start-up accelerator to North America.
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.
