During a gala dinner held last night at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole, the second annual TCT Awards celebrated the people, technology and collaborations behind the best in design-to-manufacturing innovation.
TCT has always existed at the intersection of technology and applications, and the celebratory evening recognised this. The best uses of these ground-breaking technologies are collaborative projects and the TCT Awards recognise the partners in the projects from designers and engineers to the technology providers.
Hosted by Robert Llewellyn, a renowned British actor and presenter, the almost 300 guests celebrated into the early hours.
In addition to the 14 competitive award categories, the TCT Group inducted three more maestros of manufacturing into the TCT Hall of Fame. Professor Emanuel (Ely) Sachs, Dr Carl Deckard and Greg Morris were honoured during the evening for their contribution to the industry and to the growth in technology adoption.
Duncan Wood, Chief Executive of Rapid News Publications Ltd, commented: “Once again it was a privilege to share an evening with so many truly exceptional people. All of the winners are to be congratulated for their successes, and of course in particular the Hall of Fame inductees need a special mention, their innovation, entrepreneurship and commitment has played a huge part in the development and success of the industry.
I must also thank our sponsors 3ecruit, as well as our supporting partner, Innovate UK for their endorsement of the event and of course our judges. The TCT Awards night is fast becoming THE night of the year for the industry and we are looking forward to the 2019 edition already!”
TCT Awards 2019 will take place in Birmingham, UK on Wednesday 25th September 2018. Please keep an eye on the official website www.tctawards.com for updates.
TCT Hall of Fame inductees 2018
Dr Carl Deckard- Inventor of Selective Laser Sintering
Greg Morris- Process Pioneer and Application Specialist
Prof Emanuel ‘Ely’ Sachs- Inventor of Binder Jet Printing
2018 Winners and Highly Commended
TCT Aerospace Application Award 2018
Winner:
Project MELT
Tech Lead: BEEVERYCREATIVE
End User: European Space Agency
Partners: Sonaca Space, OHB-System, Active Space Technologies
Highly Commended:
Liquid Rocket Engine Injector
Tech Lead: 3D Systems
End User: DLR
Partners: PLD Space
TCT Automotive Application Award 2018
Winner:
BMW i8 roadster SLM bracket
Tech Lead: SLM Solution
End User: BMW
Partners: SLM Solutions, Materialise, Altair Engineering
Highly Commended:
LightHinge+
Tech Lead: Simufact Engineering
End User: Edag Engineering
Partners: Voestalpine Additive Manufacturing Center, Edag Engineering, Hirtenberger
TCT Consumer Product Application Award 2018
Winner:
Vitamix Nozzle
Tech Lead: Carbon
End User: Vitamix
Highly Commended:
MINI YOURS Customised
Tech Lead: HP, Carbon, EOS
End User: BMW
TCT Creative Application Award 2018
Winner:
Embrace - Jewellery with embedded gemstones
Tech Lead: Cooksongold
End User: Boltenstern
Partners: Heimerle + Meule, University of Technology Vienna, Hafen City University Hamburg
Highly Commended:
Ancient Roman Helmet
Tech Lead: Custom Prototypes
TCT Hardware Award 2018 - Non Polymers
Winner:
LightSPEE3D
Tech Lead: SPEE3D
Highly Commended:
Desktop Metal Production System
Tech Lead: Desktop Metal
TCT Hardware Award 2018 - Polymers
Winner:
E3D Tool-Changer
Tech Lead: E3D Online
Highly Commended:
Essentium High Speed Extrusion (HSE)
Tech Lead: Essentium
Partners: BASF
TCT Healthcare Application Award 2018
Winner:
Pre-op planning model aids world first surgery
Tech Lead: Axial 3D
End User: Belfast City Hospital
Highly Commended:
Single socket upper limb prosthetics
Tech Lead: EOS
End User: Glaze Prosthetics
Partners: Cabiomede, New Era Materials
TCT Industrial Product Application Award 2018
Winner:
Mass customisation of copper inductors
Tech Lead: Trinckle 3D
End User: PROTIQ
Highly Commended:
DFAM Rollertrain Bearing Cages
Tech Lead: Bowman Additive Production
End User: John Handley Bearings
Partners: EOS, Europac3D, DyeMansion, 3DPRINT-UK
TCT Materials Award 2018 - Polymer
Winner:
SABIC EXL AMHI240F filament
Tech Lead: Sabic
Partners: RP+M
Highly Commended:
EPX 82
Tech Lead: Carbon
TCT Materials Award 2018 - Non Polymers
Winner:
NanoSteel BLDRmetal L-40
Tech Lead: Nanosteel
Highly Commended:
Copper C18150
Tech Lead: Stratasys Direct Manufacturing
TCT Metrology Award 2018
Winner:
Aircraft Damage Assessment
Tech Lead: 3D Systems
End User: Easyjet
Partners: OR3D
Highly Commended:
Artec Leo
Tech Lead: Artec 3D
TCT Post-Processing Award 2018
Winner:
DLyte: Metal DryLyte Electropolishing
Tech Lead: Steros GPA Innovate S.L.
Highly Commended:
‘Print-to-Product’ workflow
Tech Lead: Dyemansion
Partners: EOS, Daimler, FKM Sintertechnik, ic! berlin
TCT Software Award 2018
Winner:
Materialise e-stage for Metal
Tech Lead: Materialise
Highly Commended:
Axial3Dassure
Tech Lead: Axial 3D
TCT Rising Star Award 2018
Winner:
HIETA Technologies Ltd
Highly Commended:
SPEE3D
About TCT Awards and the TCT GroupTCT has always existed at the intersection of technology and applications, and TCT Awards reinforces this position. Celebrating the innovators, technologies and collaborators behind the leading examples of additive manufacturing, 3D printing, design and engineering across the globe.
The very best use cases of ground-breaking technologies are collaborative projects – and the TCT Awards recognises the partners in a project from designers and engineers to technology providers.
In September 2018 TCT will once again celebrate design-to-manufacturing innovation across a range of industries including medical, aerospace, automotive and consumer products. Technology innovations will also be in the spotlight along with a further three inductees to the prestigious and coveted TCT Hall of Fame.
TCT Awards is part of the TCT Group(www.thetctgroup.com) and is owned by Rapid News Publications Ltd (www.rapidnews.com) a member of the AEO (Association of Event Organisers) and BPA Worldwide.
TCT Group delivers business-critical insights, intelligence and inspiration across Europe, North America and Asia on 3D printing, additive manufacturing, CAD/CAM/CAE, metrology, inspection and materials as well as highlighting the latest developments in conventional manufacturing processes such as moulding, casting and CNC machining.
For more information:
TCT Awards Contact
Katie Gibbons
TCT Awards Project Manager, TCT Group+44 (0) 1244 680 222
More information: www.thetctawards.com
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