Schlagwort: 3D Printing News
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Titomic Launches ‘World’s Largest’ Metal 3D Printer in Australia
Reading Time: 3 minutesTitomic, the Australian industrial scale additive manufacturing company, has launched what it claims is the world’s largest metal 3D printer with a demonstration in its native Melbourne. The demo follows an MoU with Fincantieri Australia this week, which aims to evaluate how this technology can benefit maritime manufacturing processes. Titomic, the Australian…
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Titomic Launches ‘World’s Largest’ Metal 3D Printer in Australia
Reading Time: 3 minutesTitomic, the Australian industrial scale additive manufacturing company, has launched what it claims is the world’s largest metal 3D printer with a demonstration in its native Melbourne. The demo follows an MoU with Fincantieri Australia this week, which aims to evaluate how this technology can benefit maritime manufacturing processes. Titomic, the Australian…
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Yamaha’s Bike Racing Team Uses Mark One 3D Printers Inside The Pit Box
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Mark One 3D printers will be installed in the pit box to make it easier to replace parts at the last minute. The automotive industries have long been using additive manufacturing to prototype car parts or even entire cars. In addition, 3D printers are increasingly being used by competitive racing teams…
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Blogger 3D Prints Replicas of Collectible Fishing Lures
Reading Time: 3 minutesAre you a fishing lure collector who doesn’t want to risk losing their collectibles – why not create replicas of your prized possessions using a 3D printer? That’s exactly what fisherman/blogger Hunter Irving did. Hunter Irving is an avid fishing enthusiast who started a collection of Heddon River Runt fishing lures when…
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3DPrinterOS Partners with Microsoft to Make Adopting 3D Printing Easier
Reading Time: 3 minutes3DPrinterOS is working with Microsoft to scale its “factory of the future” 3D printing cloud platform. The idea is to use Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing service to make its own cloud platform more powerful and scalable. 3DPrinterOS, the cloud 3D printer management, and infrastructure company have now been around for five years. From…
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SodaStream Creates 3D Printed Bottle Hats for Royal Wedding Charity Auction
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn celebration of the upcoming nuptials between Britain’s Prince Harry and American Actor Meghan Markle, SodaStream has turned to 3D printing to create a limited set of bottle hats for a special auction. Few things elicit quite as much international euphoria and bewilderment as a Royal wedding. And in little over three…
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3D Printing Used to Develop Walkie-Talkie Device That Helps Parents Keep Tabs on Kids
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Relay is a safer alternative to smartphones created for parents worried about keeping in touch with their kids when they’re out and about. Republic Wireless used 3D printing technology to speed up the prototyping process and develop new iterations of the walkie-talkie styled device. Being a parent is no easy feat,…
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US Marines Receive Intensive Training to Use LulzBot 3D Printers
Reading Time: 3 minutesTraining company Building Momentum are using LulzBot 3D printers to train the US Marines in creative problem solving and innovation. Building Momentum is a company based in Alexandria, Virginia which provides consulting on science, engineering, and technology development to defense, education, corporate, and entrepreneurial organizations. Since 2015, Building Momentum has been helping…
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Hawk Eye is a 3D Printed Triple-Axis Tourbillon
Reading Time: 2 minutesInspired by the Deep Space Tourbillon of Vianney Halter, the Hawk Eye is a fully functioning, 3D printed triple-axis tourbillon. This complex horological mechanism with 70 moving parts will soon be available to download from Thingiverse. The tourbillon is a fascinating horological marvel which ranks among the highest achievements in watchmaking. Patented…
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This Millennium Falcon-Themed Nissan is Partially 3D Printed
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs the hype machine cranks into gear ahead of this month’s release of Solo: A Star Wars Story, Lucasfilm and Nissan have partnered to create a Millennium Falcon-themed Nissan Rogue. Missing the obvious May 4th marketing opportunity by some weeks, Solo: A Star Wars Story will hit the silver screen later this…
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3D Printed Telegraph Replicates Ezra Cornell’s 1844 Original
Reading Time: 3 minutesMade with 3D scanning and 3D printing, a replica of Ezra Cornell’s telegraph machine from 1844 goes on display at Cornell University Library. In the history of communications, American businessman and philanthropist Ezra Cornell played a significant role. In 1844, his personal telegraph machine received the world’s first telegraph message sent by…
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This 3D Printed Skim Reaper Can Prevent Credit Card Fraud
Reading Time: 3 minutesCredit card skimming is a disease. Meet the cure. The New York City Police Department is testing a “skim reaper” to detect and prevent credit card fraud. It’s based on a 3D printed prototype by researchers from the University of Florida. Cyber-security researchers from the University of Florida are working with the…
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Made In Space Wins NASA Contract for Next-Gen ‘Vulcan’ 3D Printer
Reading Time: 2 minutesCalifornia-based company which built the two 3D printers aboard the International Space Station (ISS) secures a NASA contract to continue developing its next-generation Vulcan manufacturing system. As the name implies, Made in Space is a company that specializes in additive manufacturing in space. And they’re pretty established, too. The start-up already has…
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3D Printer Party Breaks Guinness World Record, 3D Prints 4.8 Meters Sword
Reading Time: 3 minutesLast weekend, the 3D Printing Party in Burgos, Spain, broke the record for the most 3D printers printing simultaneously with their owners. However, that may not be the only record broken at the annual event. At the University of Burgos in Spain last weekend, a 3D Printing Party took over from May 4th…
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Upgrade Your Ride with a 3D Printed Airless Bicycle Tire?
Reading Time: 3 minutesTo showcase their new flexible filament, 3D printer manufacturer BigRep fabricated a 3D printed airless bicycle tire and took it for a spin on the streets of Berlin. Don’t Miss: BigRep Launches New Pro Flex Filament for 3D Printing Summer’s here! It’s time to dust off your trusty bicycle and take it…
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BigRep Prototypes Big with a 3D Printed Wheel Rim
Reading Time: 3 minutesProduct Designer Marco Mattia Cristofori from BigRep turned to the custom wheel rim for a development challenge, creating a prototype virtually indistinguishable from the real thing. BigRep, the German mechanical engineering company, is reinventing the wheel, so to speak. Marco Mattia Cristofori, a product designer at the company, wanted to show the…
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US Navy Awards GE $9 Million Contract for 3D Printing Research
Reading Time: 4 minutesGE awarded $9 million contract by US Navy to develop framework to rapidly 3D print replacement parts for ships, aircraft, and other critical military assets. The focus of the research is 3D printing with metal. A team of scientists at GE Global Research, the technology development arm for General Electric, have been…
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Giant 3D Printed Bones Help Students Learn About Extinct Moa Birds
Reading Time: 3 minutesMindkits is a “family run and kiwi-owned” tech company whose latest project brings extinct New Zealand moa bones to classrooms via 3D scanning. With models of the bones in hand, teachers and students can prep and print them in full size. The extinct New Zealand moa was an interesting bird. Flightless and looking…
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Take Part in 3D Printing a Massive Rosie the Riveter Sculpture
Reading Time: 3 minutesAn ambitious new collaboration between We the Builders and Adam Savage seeks to crowd-source and 3D print a six foot tall sculpture of Rosie the Riveter for the Nation of Makers Conference in June. The concept of We the Builders is simple to the point of genius. They assemble large sculptures of…
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GM and Autodesk Using Additive Manufacturing for Lighter Vehicles
Reading Time: 3 minutesGM is using Autodesk’s generative design technology and additive manufacturing to fabricate lighter automotive parts; this seat bracket is 40% lighter and 20% stronger than its predecessor. General Motors is using generative design software by Autodesk to develop the next generation of lightweight vehicles. According to the automaker, the new technology will…
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Audi Partners with EOS and SLM Solutions to Implement 3D Printing
Reading Time: 3 minutesAudi is pairing up with EOS who will implement modern 3D printing technology into automobile manufacturing. However, the German car manufacturer is also working with SLM and using their selective laser melting processes. Over the course of 30 years, 3D printing has proven itself as a useful technology in the development of automobiles,…
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Stratasys Expands Color Capabilities of J750 Printer, Debuts New J735 Machine
Reading Time: 3 minutesAmong the multitude of Rapid + TCT announcements, Stratasys showed off the impressive capabilities of its upgraded J750 PolyJet 3D printer alongside the brand new J735. Both can print over 500,000 color combinations in addition to textures and transparent parts — all in the same print. It’s May now, but we still…
