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The launch of 3D printed end-use parts
Blue Origin, the aerospace company ofAmazon首席执行官杰夫·贝佐斯（Jeff Bezos）已推出了其3D印刷的测试飞行新的谢泼德火箭。新的Shepard的设计和制造是为了将付费客户带到太空。这是车辆的第11次测试飞行，在下一次旅行中，它将携带38个研究有效载荷，包括用于太空中的3D打印研究的有效载荷。
Highlighting the influence of personalities like Bezos, and his contemporariesElon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg,artistSebastian Errazuriz在一个名为“The Beginning of the End。在这项工作中，大亨与其他著名人物拉里·佩奇（Larry Page），谢尔盖·布林（Sergey Brin），爱德华·斯诺登（Edward Snowden），弗拉基米尔·普京（Vladimir Putin），中国总统习近平和唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）一起被重新想象作为神话人物。尽管似乎是由大理石制成的，但每个数字都是由树脂打印出来的3D。
The Beginning of the Endwill run May 1 through 24 atThe Elizabeth Collectivein New York.
菲茨框架在俄亥俄州的创业形式,设计定制eyeglasses for children aged three and up. Using a virtual app, children can try on different glasses and customize the size, color, and shape of the frame. Currently, the price of the frames is $95, with an annual subscription of $185, which allows customers to have as many free replacements as they need in a year. Each pair is 3D printed using SLS technology.
工程公司Swiss Scheurer已经为豪华双体船上的“ Moonwave”打印了两个大零件。零件由碳纤维复合材料制成，将安装在方向舵轴承系统中。
Veka Group, one of the largest manufacturers ofPVC-Uwindows and door systems in the UK, has 3D printed a window frame. The company claims that it is the first 3D printed window in the UK. The window was made on a黑带conveyor belt 3D printer。
Head of Technical at VEKA, Paul Kennington, said, “We invested in this top-of-the-range 3D printing technology because it offers significant benefits for our customers, particularly for prototyping. It means we can create and test the viability of potential new products immediately, for a fraction of the cost associated with traditional prototyping. We can anticipate where efficiencies can be made and solve any potential problems long before we get to the more involved tooling design stage.”
“It has already allowed us to produce numerous prototypes for internal needs and for our customers, including designing and testing a new bottom rail for a customer to add to their door range.”
Going beyond borders
Nanoe, a French 3D printing materials manufacturer, has set up a U.S operation inYoungstown Business Incubator(YBI) while it explores business opportunities in the country.The French company is known for Zetamix a line of metal and ceramic filament and Zetaprint, an FDM/FFF-based metal 3D printer.
纪尧姆•德•卡兰Nanoe首席执行官说:“当我们were looking for a footprint in the United States, we were looking for an area with competencies in additive manufacturing and also the ceramic industry […] We had a very good reception here at the YBI and hired our first employee.”
COBOD，一个模块化建筑3D打印机制造商，赢得了第二个欧洲招标，这次由Technical University of Denmark(DTU).Jakob Lemming Christensen Head of Department of Center for Diploma in Engineering at DTU said, “For DTU, it is key, that the software is easy to understand, such that we can expect that after basic training our students will be capable of running the printer by themselves. Also, the possibility to use any type of concrete and mortar on the printer was determining, as we want to experiment a lot with new recipes. We are therefore thrilled that this seems to be the case for the COBOD printer, where the software is open source, which gives both students and staff a lot of possibilities.”
COBOD was also nominated for2019 3D Printing Industry Awardin the category of thestart-up of the year。
evatronix波兰3 d扫描仪制造商,感动必威APP精装版to expand in the Asian market. The company has signed an agreement with the Japanese 3D scanning solutions provider,OPT Technologies, and Symphony Innovation, a Singapore-based reseller of metrology equipment, active in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, and the Philippines.
Terry Morita, President of OPT Technologies, said, “The 3D solutions offered by Evatronix SA meet the high expectations of companies operating on the Japanese market as regards measurement accuracy and precision […] The eviXscan 3D scanners, in comparison with competitive products, are also attractive in terms of their price.”
Shanghai Union Technology Corporationhas discontinued its North American subsidiary. The assets of the subsidiary have now been handed over to the Union Tech Creditors’ Trust.
The Australian government has allotted$50 million to the Manufacturing Modernisation Fund. This money will be used to advance manufacturing technologies such as 3D printing, and other auxiliary technologies like robotics, AI, and automation, as related to Industry 4.0.Karen Andrews, Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, said, “The Coalition Government understands how important manufacturing and manufactured goods are to Australia. About 7 percent of the Australian workforce is employed in manufacturing.”
“我们希望麦e sure that our Australian businesses are able to expand, to tap into global markets because when they do that, they will expand their business here in Australia and they will employ more people.”
CMK Corporation是日本最大的PCB和电子产品制造商之一，已获得DragonFly Pro3D printer from Israel’sNano Dimension。Dragonfly Pro能够在导电和dielectric materialsin one step.Gilad Reshef, APAC director at Nano Dimension, “We are thrilled to expand into the innovative Japanese electronics market and look forward to working directly with CMK, a global leader in electronics and PCB technologies.”
3D Hubs, has confirmed that its new North American headquarters will be in Chicago. The money for the new premises was contributed by the company’s recent Series C investment round in March, which successfully closed$18 million。Specifying the location last week,芝加哥市长拉姆·伊曼纽尔说,“ 3D枢纽加入了一长串的国际公司，为他们的未来选择了芝加哥。”
“随着我们不断发展的技术经济和强大的数字制造社区，芝加哥是这家创新公司的理想之地。我期待在未来几年中看到3D中心在芝加哥的成功。”
Guyson International, a UK-based manufacturer of finishing equipment, has installed four Euroblast blasting machines system in the factory ofMaterial Solutions, aSiemensbusiness specializing in 3D printing. The Euroblast is used in SLS post-processing to remove unsintered particles from a part.Phil Hatherley, General Manager at Materials Solutions, said, “Materials Solutions has been using Guyson blasters since our origin and when it came to upgrade and update it made perfect sense to us to go back to Guyson […] We have increased size capability plus capacity and working with our team Guyson have provided us with a quality solution for blasting the larger components that our customers are now looking for us to supply.”
In collaboration with theAmerican Society of Precision Engineering(ASPE),Euspen(the European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology) is planning to hold a meeting of a Specialist Interest Group (SIG) on 16-18 September 2019. The meeting will be held inEcole Centrale de Nantes, France and the topic of discussion will be advanced precision in additive manufacturing.
和Digital Alloys, a Massachusetts-based 3D printer manufacturer, has published abeginner’s guide to metal powder bed fusion3D printing. The guide introduces the readers to the fundamentals of powder bed fusion (PBF) such as materials and equipment used, the economic of PBF printing, and design for AM among other topics.
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Hakkasan Group, a global hospitality service based in China, will install the Hakkasan Grid at its hotelMGM Grand Hotel and Casinoin Las Vegas, Nevada. The Hakkasan Grid is a 3D printed structure made of kinetic lights.
Fashion designerJulia Daviy已经设计了一种可定制的3D可打印裙子，该裙子由可回收丝和零浪费方法制成。Daviy explained, “I started to experiment with 3D printing because I believe that in an age of radical change and global challenges, people need absolutely new clothing […] “Our goal was never to demonstrate the viability of 3D printed clothing and leave things at that […] We’ll have succeeded when beautiful, comfortable, ethically manufactured and environmentally friendly clothes are the standard.”
“Once we’ve brought this technology into the mainstream, we plan to use 3D printing to make smart clothing that integrates technology even further into the design and function of our collection.”
Concr3de, a Dutch construction 3D printing specialist, has proposed the rebuilding of recently fire-damaged Notre Dame Cathedral using 3D printing. To show what is possible the company has 3D printed replacement gargoyle.Eric Geboers co-founder ofConcr3de said,“我们看到了尖顶的崩溃，并认为我们可以提出一种将旧材料与新技术相结合的方法，以帮助加快重建并制作一个大教堂，而这不仅是原始的副本，而且是一个将显示其分层历史的大教堂自豪。”
At the Future Security Forum 2019,U.S. Marine Corps(USMC) Commandant General Robert Neller, said that to improve battle readiness of the U.S military, it is important to continue investing in 3D printing. Speaking to an audience at the Forum, Nellersaid, “Additive manufacturing is a big deal for us, as an expeditionary force, because if you can make it and you bring it with you, you completely untether yourself from the supply chain.”
3D bioprinting companyCellinkhas released two tissue model kits, CELLINK Skin and CELLINK Liver.
和finally, 3D printing enthusiast and maker Samson Leo March showed the communityhow to make a smartwatch using a 3D printer。The watch was made with the help of open source hardware and software and all the digital files needed to make the watch are available for free onGitHub。
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Featured image shows Sliced logo over a 3D printed gargoyle by Concr3de. Image via Dezeen.
