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俄罗斯对乌克兰的入侵在2022年2月震撼了西方世界，而3D印刷业并不能免受以下事件的余震。制造商不仅受到供应链问题恶化的影响，而且有些人被迫搬迁以避免战斗，而且该技术有助于双方的医疗和战争努力。
In more positive news, the month did see advances in 3D printing sustainability, additively manufactured electronics, and 3D bioprinting. SLM Solutions’ strong FY 2021 performance also saw its reputation continue to grow, and strong demand for its technologies ultimately tempted an electronics powerhouse into buying it.
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3D printing in Russia’s Ukraine war
As with many other industries, talk in 3D printing during February was very much focused on the impact of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. While some industry firms fled the fighting, others were left contemplating what the war would mean for the global markets still reverberating from the shock of COVID-19. In one use case, Russia was even found to be developing3D打印增强的MIG-31战斗机，已进行了改装以扩展其喷气发动机的性能。
As the war has waged on, the 3D printing community has also united to find ways of deploying the technology to aid Ukraine’s defensive efforts. Much of the3D打印部门禁运俄罗斯在2022年3月的战争中，3年,Sygnis和Teencrunchlaunched the Tech Against Tanks initiative, which saw medical, tactical, and protective gear 3D printed for Ukraine.
Sustainability drive gains momentum
一段时间以来，许多公司的十字准线上可能已经在许多公司的十字准线中已经有一段时间了，但是有证据表明这表明这一推动力在2月进行了。在麻省理工学院(MIT), for instance, researchers revealed they’d come up with aplant-based 3D printing materialthat’s both “tougher than some types of bone and harder than typical aluminum.”
Taking a different approach to reaching its sustainability goals,CD3D旋转GREENFILL3D发射3D打印显示器的意大利面条细丝。用麦麸制成的“ Branfill3D”材料从面食生产，PLA和其他生物降解物中留下的废物却柔软但有弹性。
该月初，科学家在Johannes Kepler University Linzalso investigated theeco-friendly 3D printing of soft robotics。Capable of stretching to six times their original length, the team’s test parts were designed to address the sustainability concerns around developing soft robots made from non-biodegradable materials.
Backing electronics 3D printing R&D
Another emerging field that continues to be the focus of extensive R&D is electronics 3D printing. In February,NextFlex的1150万美元项目电话saw funding offered to projects across several categories, with each designed to advance US flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) and the interests of the美国国防部。
In one of several other US government-backed electronics initiatives, CIA investment armIn-Q-Tel provided backing to Electroninks。Using the capital, it was said the firm would be able to scale the production of its particle-free silver aerosol jet printing (AJP) inks so that it’d be better able to meet demand from both commercial and industrial clientele.
From private investors,苏黎世旋转Scrona AG also raised $9.6 million小说的发展l high-resolution approach to 3D printing electronics. Unlike ordinary inkjetting, the firm’s Electrostatic Multi-Nozzle Printing process utilizes a piezoelectric field generated just outside the tip of a nozzle, to jet multiple materials onto substrates at a sub-micron level of accuracy. The firm’s backers included stalwarts likeAM Ventures,TRUMPF Venture， 和Verve Ventures。
生物打印在几个方面的进步
Though implantable 3D bioprinted organs and tissues remain some way from end-usage at scale, the technology behind them did make small steps forward in February 2022. That month, scientists at乌得勒支大学宣布开发体积3D生物打印肝, capable of performing key toxin elimination processes akin to those that natural livers perform in our bodies.
AtHarvard Medical School和Sichuan University, researchers also developed a means of3D生物打印活体肌肉肌腱。Known as ‘cryo-bioprinting,’ the team’s process sees cells frozen and stacked vertically, in a way that allows for the creation of more robust and versatile freestanding, mixed-cell tissues with regenerative medicine, drug discovery and custom therapeutic potential.
二月里，CollPlant partnered with BICOfirmCellink同样，为了增加其3D生物打印乳房植入物的生产。据说当时正在进行临床前试验，这些移植物的设计旨在随着时间的流逝而降解并被本地组织取代，该治疗方法比传统的增强程序更安全。
另一个大球员参加了AM派对
During the month,SLM Solutions beat its FY 2021 guidancein a result that reflected the strong performance of its offering in the aerospace and automotive industries. As the year went on, it was revealed that the company’s offering had been adopted byDivergent Technologies, maker of theCzinger 21C 3D printer hypercar， 和it was later contracted to build the‘world’s largest metal 3D printer.’
Undoubtedly, this demand attracted the attention of investors, and Nikon bid $622 million for SLM Solutions later in the year. Though Nikon has previously held minor stakes in 3D printing firms, the size of the investment suggests that it now intends to play a bigger role in the industry once the deal is wrapped up in the new year.
2021: 3D Printing Industry review of trends and news
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特色图片显示了俄罗斯空军Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig-31战斗机。通过Wikipedia Commons的照片。
