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.
Chinese orthopaedic implant manufacturer AK Medical has expanded its 3D printing capacity to include eight Arcam Electron Beam Melting (EBM) platforms from GE Additive.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A start-up specialising in materials for extrusion-based 3D printing and biomedical applications has announced it is working validate its AKIMed-C12 material for use on EnvisionTEC’s 3D bioprinter.
Global dental company Straumann Group is to begin using XJet’s Carmel 1400C additive manufacturing for end-use components after initially deploying the platform for prototyping.
