Shining 3D is best known for a range of affordable, extrusion-based desktop 3D printers but here at TCT Asia 2017, the company is showing how ambitious it is with expansions into new areas of additive manufacturing technology.
Professional hardware and software manufacturer, Artec 3D has released the Artec Leo, a handheld 3D scanner. The global company has suggested its new product is one of the fastest of its kind in the world, capturing data at up to 80 frames per second
Global distributor of 3D technology, PrintLab has signed a strategic partnership with Shining3D to distribute the Chinese company’s award-winning EinScan range of 3D scanners. PrintLab will distribute the scanners to 20+ countries around the world.
Skelmet Inc. has launched a customisation concept that delivers tailor-made sport sunglasses using 3D scanning and printing technology. One of three designs has been released on Indiegogo where the company aims to raise $50,000.
Global metal additive manufacturing company, Renishaw has announced it will be moving its North American headquarters to West Dundee, Illinois. The company believes the move demonstrates its commitment to the North American market.
Artec 3D has announced its Co-Founder, Andrey Klimov, has sold his 30% stake in the 3D scanner manufacturer. The company and one of its chief innovators will go their separate ways, with Klimov concentrating on new ventures.
Global cutting tool manufacturer, Dormer Pramet will support the next generation of engineers within the UK as a patron of the Manufacturing Technology Centre’s state-of-the-art Lloyds Bank Advanced Manufacturing Training Centre.
3D printer manufacturer, German RepRap has provided printers and 3D scanners to the Footwear Polytechnic of Riviera del Brenta. The x400 3D printer and Geomagic Capture 3D scanner will be used in Footwear Polytechnic’s FF laboratory.
Physical Digital has given its input into the UK’s first Metrology apprenticeship via the company’s Managing Director. Submitted in June 2016, the application for the Metrology apprenticeship has been approved by the Department for Education.
Polyga’s XTract3D toolbar works natively inside SOLIDWORKS, giving users effective slicing, fitting and analysis abilities to use 3D scan data to create editable solids and surfaces for feature-based modelling.
RangeVision has launched its latest technology, a high-resolution scanner capable of shooting objects of all different sizes. The three-in-one scanner is equipped with 3.1 Mpix industrial colour cameras and keeps an accuracy up to 0.04mm.
