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3D打印行业review of the year: September 2020

9月,大流行的影响继续主导着3D印刷行业的头条新闻。无论是取消行业事件,还是添加剂制造商在帮助抗击该疾病的努力,Covid-19都离新闻永远都不远。

Formnext Connect 2020的主要舞台。图片通过Mesago Messe Frankfurt。
由于COVID-19,FormNext于9月被转变为数字事件。通过Mesago Mese Frankfurt摄影。

covid-19部队formnext改组

Messe Frankfurt确认formnext仅在线上。贸易展览是以formnext连接为幌子,该行业错过了以习惯方式进行交流和追赶的机会。

同时,3D打印的测试拭子在对抗共同相关的设备短缺方面发挥了至关重要的作用,PrintPartsrevealed in September that后期处理正在协助其在纽约市的努力。利用后处理的Demi树脂去除解决方案,该公司能够fabricate five times as many tests,最终生产超过100万个套件。

PrintParts的创始人Robert Haleluk说:“将我们的生产业务从低到中数量的航空航天,国防和工业制造业到极度紧迫的期限下的大型医疗设备的核对零件是一个巨大的挑战。”“没有后进程Demi,我们就无法做到。”

Researchers from CMU developed a reusable COVID test that was the size of a U.S. quarter. Photo via College of Engineering/Carnegie Mellon University.

Elsewhere, scientists at卡内基·梅隆大学(CMU),开发了小说3D印刷传感器,事实证明,能够在短短10秒内鉴定Covid-19抗体。低成本可重复使用的设备,是使用Optomec’sAerosol Jet Printing (AJP) technology, could also be used to diagnose Ebola or HIV in the future.

The pandemic also had a significant impact on the financials of several 3D printing firms, andGE的figures revealed that it wrote-off$877 million in goodwill impairmentcharges during Q3. GE wouldn’t comment on its decision to devalue some of its portfolio, but the charges are thought to relate to itsARCAM和概念激光的收购在2016年。

9月看到了一系列的3D打印软件公告。通过Voxeldance的照片。
9月,从VoxelDance更新的Addive 2.0平台启动开始,看到了一系列的3D打印软件公告。通过Voxeldance的照片。

增添工作流软件中的进步

Several 3D printing software developers announced advances in their process management programs during the month, starting withVoxeldance, 哪个launched its Additive 2.0 data preparation platform。The new iteration of the app featured an upgraded model repair algorithm, which was capable of ‘plugging up’ holes within 3D models.

发行VoxelDance的更新后,金属添加剂制造商Sintavia宣布与西门子,这将看到它的发展Xcelerator投资组合的软件。作为交易的一部分,Sintavia将尽早获得西门子的新计划,并根据其绩效提供技术反馈。

Sintavia首席执行官Brian Neff说:“我们很高兴能与西门子合作,以帮助使工业化添加剂制造成为现实。”“西门子一直在开发的端到端解决方案对于使增材成为可行的制造过程绝对至关重要。”

同样,工作流软件公司真实revealed that it had started working with AMES system developerAddiguru。Working together, the firms intend to将原位监控功能集成到AMES, allowing for changes to be made during the process in real-time, alongside the digitized workflow management that’s currently offered.

Several researchers utilized 3D printing to make medical breakthroughs in September, not least those at Sheffield University who printed a neural implant (pictured). Photo via Sheffield University.
几位研究人员使用3D打印在9月取得了医疗突破,尤其是Sheffield University的那些制造神经植入物的人(如图)。通过谢菲尔德大学的照片。

Neural and renal research progresses

September proved to be an especially successful month for scientists in the field of psychological diseases, as 3D printing helped several of them to develop breakthrough treatments. Engineering firm雷尼沙, for instance, gave further details of joint research withHerantis Pharma产生了添加剂neuroinfuse drug delivery device

在人类试验中,该设备证明了对器官功能组织重复输注的能力,使其成为帕金森氏病的潜在治疗方法。来自谢菲尔德大学也取得了进步3D printed neural implant在9月,可以用作瘫痪患者的药物。

联合治疗剂和套筒已重新利用了一家旧的烟草工厂,用于3D印刷人类肾脏。通过胶结植物的照片。
联合治疗剂和套筒已重新利用了一家旧的烟草工厂,用于3D印刷人类肾脏。通过胶结植物的照片。

The team’s novel device acted as a link between the human brain and a computer in a way that could be leveraged to combat various neurological conditions. Finally, on a more commercial note, biotechnology firm联合治疗学agreed to broaden its partnership withCollPlant, so that the firms put their3D印刷肾脏成生产

尽管两家公司仍在准备使用其添加器官进行连续制造,但他们将以前的烟草综合体变成了现代的3D生物打印工厂。

Colleplant首席执行官Yehiel Tal说:“器官短缺是未满足的全球健康需求。”“在过去的几年中,通过与United Therapeutics合作,我们在这项关键器官制造计划中取得了重大进展。”

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特色图显示了由PrintParts与后进程合作制造的Covid-19鼻测试拭子。通过后进程照片。