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In many ways, August was a month in which year-long 3D printing trends persisted. More firms went public via mergers with Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs), major manufacturers joined the AM Forward program, and high-end automotive and sustainability-focused applications continued to thrive.
While 3D printing implants won’t be news to regular readers, August unveiled several new designs, some commencing human trials.
Read on for more from key industry players like Stratasys, NUBURU, Shapeways, Boeing, Northrop Gruman, Divergent Technologies, Lithoz, BellaSeno, and more.
SPAC merger trend resurfaces
Through the first half of 2022, it had appeared that3D printing’s SPAC merger trend那就停滞了NUBURU announced a $350 million SPAC merger。Set to be wrapped up in early 2023, the deal will see the firm merge with Tailwind Acquisition to form a $350 million enterprise with an estimated $434 million in funding.
In regulatory news,Shapeways was hit with a non-compliance noticefrom the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) after failing to meet the 30-day average closing price requirement at a minimum one-dollar share price.Shapeways’ SPAC merger with Galileo Acquisition，，，，which was concluded in September 2021, saw the company raise significant funding towards its expansion. However, it soon became clear that the firm wouldn’t reach its revenue forecast of $250 million by FY 2024, and its shares dipped to the point that it was threatened by the NYSE with delisting.
Biden’s AM Forward program expands
获得动力的另一个趋势是，跨国承包商加入美国总统乔·拜登（Joe Biden）的AM远期倡议的热情。该项目最初于2022年5月推出，旨在促进中小型企业的3D打印吸收，以帮助确保其供应链并振兴美国制造业。
During August,波音公司和诺斯罗普·格鲁曼（Northrop Grumman）加入了前锋也是。为此，致力于从美国供应商那里购买更多3D印刷零件的公司，并为他们提供技术支持以帮助他们的资格工作。
“We know the competitiveness of the US industrial base, including Boeing, relies on the capability of a wide spectrum of suppliers producing and post-processing critical aerospace parts,” said Dr. Melissa Orme, Vice President of Boeing Additive Manufacturing. “Through AM Forward, we are confident we can collaboratively accelerate AM adoption at scale; increase the agility, capacity, and resiliency of US supply chains; and support and expand good-paying jobs across the US.”
高端汽车采用继续
Following the UK track debut of its3D printed Czinger 21C hypercarat theGoodwood Festival of Speed，，，，Divergent Technologies揭示了另外两个用例不同的自适应生产系统in August. Not only was anAston Martin with a Divergent-3D printed rear assemblyrolled out, but the follow-up to the 21C was introduced, the partially 3D printed four-doorCzinger Hyper GT saloon。
A month later, it was revealed that迈凯轮3D prints up to 9,000 F1 partseach year usingStratasys的technologies. Specifically, leveraging its fiveStratasys Neo 8003D printers, the outfit is said to have created aerodynamic parts across its front and rear wing R&D programs, as well as large elements of its 2022 car’s side bodywork and top body.
当时的AM AM Tim Chapman负责人说：“在评估每个表面如何一起评估每个表面的工作方式时，风洞测试仍然是黄金标准。”“我们的NEO系列3D打印机帮助我们大大减少了空气动力学风洞组件和项目的交货时间。”
为清洁能源铺平道路
3D printing continues to be deployed in pursuit of new clean energy solutions, and August saw it applied in several novel projects in this area. In the early days of September,康奈尔大学，，，，alongside its start-up Dimensional Energy andLithoz，，，，was awarded a grant to develop novel ceramics that could be used for the3D printing of clean energy reactor parts。
研究人员从筹集50000美元的资金,the firms have attempted to develop a new type of ceramic that’s better able to withstand the high temperatures of thermocatalytic reactors in operation. At the time, the team said it could be possible to use 3D modeling and 3D printing to layer their material into structures shaped specifically to improve both resilience and reactor CO2 conversion rates.
A team at theHebrew University of Jerusalemalso developed a基于木材的新颖3D打印材料事实证明，能够变成预设计的形状。根据其开发人员的说法，由于其木材含量的纤维取向，生态友好的原料可能会变形，从而使其在干燥时变形。据说，使用研发，可以将材料用于创建自组装家具。
医疗设备进入人类试验
8月，研究人员还在植入3D打印设备的开发中取得了重大进展。科学家L V Prasad Eye Institute，，，，印度技术学院（IIT）海得拉巴和细胞和分子生物学中心设法测试India’s first 3D printed corneaon animals for the first time, leading them to claim that it could soon “be used in human beings.”
That month,贝拉塞诺’s 3D printed breast implantsalso entered human trials. The firm’s breast scaffolds are fully-resorbable in that they’re designed to be implanted during breast regeneration, augmentation, or revision surgeries before being slowly absorbed by the body. Following the success of initial trials earlier in 2022, BellaSeno unveiled plans to use its implants to treat further breast deformity patients.
“This trial is a very important step for us to demonstrate that our approach is not only safe but leads to substantial improvements in terms of long-term safety, health, and quality of life,” said Dr. Tobias Grossner, CMO of BellaSeno. “We very much hope the trials once more confirm our scaffold-guided tissue reconstruction concept.”
2022: 3D Printing Industry review of trends and news
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