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到2022年只有一个月的时间，已经有可能看到一年中大部分时间的行业趋势的早期隆隆声。随着施工3D打印的实验和最终用途应用的进步，很明显，随着2022年的发展，增材制造业将继续成为主流媒体的头条新闻。
Open-source initiatives continued to thrive during January against a backdrop of macroeconomic turbulence. While some firms went to the wall, others with greater liquidity and flush with funding started to ramp up expansion, using their war chests to continue market consolidation activity from prior years.
Read on for the standout developments in January, including those of COBOD, Apis Cor, IIT Guwahati, Boom Supersonic, Nano Dimension, Fathom, the US Air Force, and more.
Continuing to build in construction AM
January was filled with advances in the design, application, and commercialization of construction 3D printers. At IIT Guwahati, researchers revealed that they’d developed a means of 3D printing industrial waste-based concrete into furniture. Building such structures usually comes with huge material costs, but using design optimization, the team was able to cut their concrete consumption by 75%.
橡树岭国家实验室or“ ORNL”还为其Skybaam技术申请了专利，为开源3D打印社区的烦恼而言。后来出现的是，该概念与较早的挂钩设计有着相似之处，五个月的概念是“保持挂钩免费”广告系列was launched to challenge the ORNL patent’s viability.
In more advanced applications,GUtechworked with construction specialistsCOBODandCEMEXto create the有史以来最大的3D建筑物由“真正的混凝土”印刷。同时，在业务方面SEC green-lit Apis Cor’s Regulation A+ offering这一举动使该公司能够首次开始在美国公开提供其股份。
Open-source 3D printing innovation
The 3D printing industry has a storied history of game-changing open-source innovation that has proliferated technology to a broader user group, which continued into January. Engineers at California State University, Los Angeles, andEskisehir Osmangazi University揭开$ 1,000 WAAM 3D打印机, in which gas tungsten arc welding was integrated into an FDM-style gantry layout.
Similarly, a team at theNorwegian University of Science and Technologyrevealed an open-source高速桌面3D打印升级for theCreality CR-10 Plusthat allows users to print parts from materials like PEEK and carbon fiber.
当谈到开源小工具时，一月份首次亮相的更具创新性的项目之一是YouTuber-3D printed PS5 controller adapter。The part was developed byAkaki Kuumeri旁边Prusa Printers作为控制器项目的一部分，该计划致力于设置由可访问性主导的附加组件的库。同样，业余爱好者玩具制造者Riskablealso released anopen-source levitating keyboard switchthat month, which could be 3D printed on most FFF systems.
2022年业务趋势开始出现
In the business world, several trends continued from 2021 well into 2022.纳米尺寸acquired GISin January, via a move that saw it spend some of the $1.5 billion in funding it had raised from investors to date. The deal came just before Nano Dimension’s Stratasys investment, and followed its decisions to buy DeepCube, Nanofabrica, andAdmatec。
After a year of business combinations between 3D printing and Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs),Fathom包裹了自己的SPAC合并and went public on the NYSE. Though the move raised the combined firm $80 million in funding, it proved to be one of the last SPAC mergers completed in the industry, with some new businesses starting to struggle for profitability as the year wore on.
Elsewhere,automotive OEM Local Motors went bust。该公司使用3D打印建造了其自动驾驶Olli班车的各种结构元素，以此允许将其定制用于不同的城市城市中心环境。
3D印刷的航班飙升
超过2022年以上的几个超音速飞行项目之一是Boom Supersonic’s序曲，哪个gained $60 million in US Air Force funding。当时，该公司的首席执行官布雷克·斯科尔（Blake Scholl）赞扬了飞机的“时间宝贵优势”，这使国防用户“在国内和国际上无与伦比”。
在今年晚些时候，宣布飞机将由Boom Supersonic’s new Symphony engine。推进系统正在建立以配备3D打印零件，并在借助GE Additive。
2022: 3D Printing Industry review of trends and news
2021: 3D Printing Industry review of trends and news
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