Healthcare - TCT (Page 35)

Protolabs: Medical Applications for Additive Manufacturing

In this TCT Approved White Paper, Protolabs examines the benefits of additive manufacturing in the medical sector, current applications and the significance of 3D printing for medicine in the future.

By TCT Team

/ 17 Aug 2020

Is additive manufacturing the missing link in your supply chain?

MakerBot's VP Engineering Dave Veisz examines what learnings we can take from recent events to help build more resilient supply chains in the future.

By TCT Team

/ 10 Aug 2020

General Motors installs additional 17 Stratasys FDM 3D printing platforms

General Motors has added 17 Stratasys FDM machines to its 3D printing capacity as it looks to take advantage of the technology's ability to produce lightweight tooling at faster speeds and lower costs.

By TCT Team

/ 5 Aug 2020

General Motors Stratasys FDM machines inside GM facilities. - Jeffrey Sauger Jeffrey Sauger for Genreal Motors

AK Medical expands GE Additive Arcam EBM capacity as demand for 3D printed implants increases in China

Chinese orthopaedic implant manufacturer AK Medical has expanded its 3D printing capacity to include eight Arcam Electron Beam Melting (EBM) platforms from GE Additive.

By TCT Team

/ 3 Aug 2020

GE Additive Arcam EBM machines at AK Medical. GE Additive Arcam EBM machines at AK Medical.

Formlabs' Healthcare Director on COVID-19 3D printing response: "We've all seen the value of decentralised manufacturing"

Formlabs' Director for Healthcare Gaurav Manchanda talks to TCT about the desktop stereolithography leader's response to COVID-19 and how 3D printing's presence on the frontline of the pandemic could change perceptions going forward.

By Laura Griffiths

/ 30 Jul 2020

#38 Additive Insight: Inside Photocentric's COVID-19 3D print farm

An interview with Photocentric’s 3D Development Engineer Ed Barlow on building a 3D print farm to manufacture 7 million face shields for the NHS, plus COVID-19 discussion with the TCT editorial team.

By TCT Team

/ 28 Jul 2020

#38 Additive Insight: Inside Photocentric's COVID-19 3D print farm

Linde and 3D Medlab announce additively manufactured medical device research effort

Linde and 3D Medlab have announced a research partnership that will explore how atmospheric conditions in the additive manufacturing process can be optimised to produce complex latticed structures in medical devices.

By TCT Team

/ 28 Jul 2020

ExOne pushes to make metal 3D printing green

The binder jetting leader amplifies its sustainability message with unique COVID-19 response and new campaign.

By TCT Team

/ 27 Jul 2020

ExOne's reusable respirator filter is 3D printed in copper and fitted in a sterilisable mask 3D printed by Open Health Solutions, an affiliate of digital dentistry provider Core3DCentres.

Watch: How Photocentric is mass 3D printing millions of face shields

Photocentric’s 3D Development Engineer Ed Barlow gives a tour of the company's 3D print farm, which is capable of producing 350,face shields a week, and the TCT editorial team get together to discuss the role of AM during the pandemic.

By TCT Team

/ 23 Jul 2020

Exactech transitions additive manufacture of shoulder implant from EBM to DMLS as it ramps up production

Exactech announces it will now produce its Stemless Shoulder implant with Direct Metal Laser Sintering after using EBM for two years as the product was introduced to market.

By TCT Team

/ 21 Jul 2020

Exactech's Stemless Shoulder implant. Exactech's Stemless Shoulder implant. - Exactech

Nexa3D and Henkel release medical-grade polypropylene-like 3D printing material

Nexa3D and Henkel have announced the availability of a medical-grade polypropylene-like material suitable for the additive manufacture or biocompatible, medical and wearable devices.

By TCT Team

/ 21 Jul 2020

Lincotek Additive completes medical 3D printing facility with heat treatment process installations

Lincotek Additive has installed a high-vacuum furnace and a validated heat treatment process specifically designed for 3D printed titanium parts in its Trento, Italy Additive Production Center.

By TCT Team

/ 16 Jul 2020