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…graduate lab course on metal additive manufacturing (AM) and design, which typically involves designing and producing parts in AM hardware. With everyone staying home and connecting via individual webcams from separate places, how can this class continue? Somehow, Guha and his students found a way. “Before the [Coronavirus] outbreak, the class was divided into smaller groups. We had round-robin schedules,…
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…rapid and distributed production capabilities, additive manufacturing technology was literally built for such a moment. Printer manufacturers, technology companies, and engineers are stepping up to help fill the gap in the medical supply chain—and more help is needed. Universities (and some high schools, and individuals working in livings and garages) across the country have converted their engineering departments and 3D…
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ArcelorMittal and Additive Industries joined forces to focus on 3D metal printing for the steel industry using a large 4-laser 3D metal printing system: the MetalFAB1. 3D printing of spare parts ioffers on-demand, on-location production; it also shortens the production cycle and enables flexibility to ArcelorMittal plants. Since the installation of the first metal 3D printer in ArcelorMittal R&D facilities,…
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…COVID-19 Health Care Needs and Additive Manufacturing (AM) Capabilities Repository, where additive manufacturers can upload 3D print designs to be reviewed and placed on the NIH 3D Print Exchange. Designs submitted through the America Makes design submission form in connection with NIH 3D Print Exchange, will be placed in a fast track workflow for faster review. Designs not submitted through…
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…the pandemic. Massivit 3D’s high-speed additive manufacturing technology allows for the supply of hundreds of face shields off each machine every day. In addition to devoting all of its manufacturing resources to producing and donating thousands of face shields to medical teams at local hospitals with a less than one-day turnaround, the company has also made available to all, the…
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…into the sectors such as additive manufacturing and 3D printing also have a huge potential to cause big disruptions to the traditional transportation and logistics model and can cause enablement of newer and more decentralized business models. For example, instead of having to transport specific products, this need can be replaced by a 3D printing on-site in many cases. This,…
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…the 8th edition of the Additive World Conference, chairman of the Jury, Ultimaker’s Steven van de Staak, announced K3D and Younes Chahid as winners of the Additive World Design for Additive Manufacturing Challenge 2020. All finalists, three in the student category and three professionals, pitched their designs in a video for the six-member jury. After deliberation they made a unanimous…
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…of the pandemic on U.S. manufacturing, especially with manufacturers that rely on complex supply chains. 3D printing is more agile and rapid in development and execution than traditional manufacturing methods and can be performed proximate to where the end product is needed, making it much more responsive in times of crisis, the company says. PrintRite3D Production Series enhances this speed…
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…will help stakeholders across the additive manufacturing (AM) supply chain “to mitigate risk and deliver quality and performance.” UL investigated the flammability, ignition and electrical properties of samples that were 3D printed against samples manufactured using conventional, injection-molded methods. Researchers identified significant safety and performance variations and concluded that performance ratings from traditional manufacturing techniques cannot be applied when the…
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…in ventilator masks. The National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, known as America Makes, has started a repository of service providers and members who are in a position to help manufacture critical parts. 3D Systems, another 3D printer maker, has launched a decicated page for COVID-19 response. The company is pledging to support medical device manufacturers and point-of-care hospitals. “The company…
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…patients. America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Association, is assembling a resource portal to help produce the Personal Protective Gears that are in shortage in the hospitals. Similarly 3D Systems is also calling the Additive manufacturing community to help produce the much needed medical equipment components and protective gear for the doctors and nurses in the front line. On…
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…virus, Siemens is making its Additive Manufacturing (AM) Network (along with its 3D printers) available to the global medical community to speed design and production of medical components. The AM Network connects users, designers and 3D-print service providers to enable faster production of spare parts for machines like ventilators. The Siemens AM network is available globally. According to the company,…
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…valves for assisted ventilation using Additive Manufacturing and Windform P1 isotropic material. To help defeat the COVID-19, in less than 24 hours, CRP Technology has manufactured in-house several functional prototypes of emergency valves for reanimation device and link-components for emergency respiratory masks for assisted ventilation. For the manufacture of both types of components, the CRP Technology’s Rapid Prototyping Department has…
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…3D printing respirator valves; Mass additive manufacturing of custom medical components; Materials and 3D printing filament (ABS, Polycarbonate, and TPU); and Existing users of our FDA-approved 3d printer. Image courtesy of Airwolf 3D. “We are ready to 3D print valves and other components at a moment’s notice. We urge medical personnel to continue to reach out if anything is needed,”…
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…printing applications. A special Clean Manufacturing Facility offers EC1935/2004 manufacturing to customers of ERIKS in need for food-safe parts. ERIKS has 7,500 skilled people working at more than 300 locations worldwide, serving industrial customers in 22 industries. “We see enormous potential in 3D printing for industrial purposes,” says Sander Splinter, managing director at ERIKS Netherlands. “By combining our industry, product…
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