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3D printing news Sliced Reebok, Carbon, Stratasys, GE Additive, 3D Systems and Shakespeare

How much does it cost to 3D print a metal faucet? What is CFAM? Can you 3D print PEEK on a desktop?

在今天的“切成薄片,3D印刷行业的新闻文摘”中,我们报告了Stratasys,GE Addive,3D Systems,Royal Shakespeare Company,Arconic,Carbon等的最新故事。

High-end luxury and fighting crime

荷兰粘土3D打印机提供商Vormvrij 3Dcompleted a challenge to make 400 identical ceramic cups in just 2 weeks. Using the company’s LUTUM 3D printers, a total of 1,200 cups were made over a 6 week period, fulfilling an order for an Audi A8 Timeshift event.

Vormvrij制作的盒装杯子。通过Vormvrij/展开的照片
Vormvrij制作的盒装杯子。通过Vormvrij/展开的照片

在一个新颖的备件计划中,3D服务局Visual First正在使用Stratasys聚合物3D打印机代替鹿特丹巧克力工厂的机器金属零件。视觉第一企业主卡尔·范·德·雷岑(Carl Van de Rijzen)表示:“我们可以在一周不到一周的时间内向巧克力工厂运送生产零件,这对于确保制造线的连续性至关重要。”

应伦敦设计机构锐步的邀请Modla将新的Flexweave材料技术与3D打印结合在一起,制作了时尚的高度训练面罩。

The props department at Stratford-upon-Avon’s Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has been using 3D printers to help solve setting problems in the UK. “Making is having a huge renaissance. When CGI first came in, along with 3D printing, there was a sense that it was a death knell,” says Alan Fell acting head of RSC’s props department inan interview for The Guardian,

“但是CGI的预算成本是巨大的 - 有时制作事物更有意义。同样,3D打印可以做基本的,无聊的位 - 并使我们能够沉浸在脑解决问题的问题中。”

British Colombia’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police (BC RCMP) has issued a government tender for its own 3D printer to help recreate crime scenes for the courtroom.

And, the “first of its kind” faucet pictured below has been 3D printed on a ProX® DMP 320 metal additive machine from 3D Systems. Indianapolis direct metal printing specialist3rd Dimension为豪华厨房和浴室固定装置设计品牌制作了水龙头KALLISTA, whose products have a price tag typically within the thousands of dollars.

The 3D printed GRID faucet by Kallista. Photo via 3D Systems
The 3D printed GRID faucet by Kallista. Photo via 3D Systems

Hot hardware

A preview ofSpiderbot’s ABSolute3reveals that the desktop machine will be capable of 3D printing materials melted at up to 220°C, putting it in line for production using high-performance plastics such as PolyEtherImide, PEEK, PEKK and PEEKK.

Aftera smash hit on Kickstarter back in 2016, UNIZ has started一个新的运动to fund the SLASH OL and SLTV Series of 3D printers that reportedly set a new world record of 3D printing speed to over 700mm/hr z-axis speed.”

Previewed去年这段时间CES 2017, the Bellus3D camera and scanner for mobile devices are now available for pre-order, and in limited quantities to potential resellers.

Cead Group, founded by twoco-founders of Leapfrog, has started circulating images of its forthcoming, large-scale Continuous Fibre Additive Manufacturing (CFAM) machine. The system is tipped to have a max build volume of 4 x 2 x 1.5 m, and be capable of depositing up to 15 kg of material per hour.

Cead Group's CFAM machine. Image via CEAD
Cead Group的CFAM机器。图片通过Cead

软件故障排除

3D打印软件和解决方案提供商Trinckle已与Protiq Marketplace合作开发了基于Web的配置器,客户可以在其中订购金属3D打印铜电感器。从设计和a manufacturing point-of-view,该平台使得按需生产特定于应用的电感器变得易于使用。

3D打印铜电感器的滴流动力Protiq市场。图片通过Trinckle
Trinckle驱动的Protiq市场,用于3D印刷铜电感器。图片通过Trinckle

3dprintapps.dehas released two major updates its GCodePrintr and GCodeSimulator apps on Android. The new version 3.0 comes with dual extrusion support, a number of user interface improvements and many more features to make 3D printing from mobile easier than before.

除了对其颜色3D打印机的语音控件外,Xyzprinting还使用了一项新功能升级了硬件,该功能在停电时保护印刷品。

XYZ introduces Resuming Printing feature with the help of a Captain America owl. Image via XYZprinting
XYZ introduces Resuming Printing feature with the help of a Captain America owl. Image via XYZprinting

GE添加剂改组和Carbon的最新消息

Arconic is expanding its existing advanced manufacturing aerospace operations in Whitehall, MI with an investment of $10 million. The investment is bolstered by the listing of 38 new jobs at the Whitehall facility now listed on the company’s website.

Mohammad Ehteshami正在辞去他担任GE Auddivity的首席执行官,担任公司内新的咨询角色。杰森·奥利弗(Jason Oliver)站起来取代他的位置多佛公司.

3D Printing Industry EIC Michael Petch stands beside Mohammad Ehteshami, Vice President and General Manager of GE Additive, holding the winning 3D Printing Industry Awards trophy for Financier of the Year 2017. Photo by Beau Jackson
3D Printing Industry EIC Michael Petch stands beside Mohammad Ehteshami, Vice President and General Manager of GE Additive, holding the winning 3D Printing Industry Awards trophy for Financier of the Year 2017. Photo by Beau Jackson

Johnson&Johnson Innovation(JJDC,Inc。)已加入投资者团队$200 million to Carbon’s latest round of funding.In more recent news from the company, Carbon has also partnered withRamaco Carbonto make coal-based 3D printed products.

Roboze是机器人一号的提供商,Roboze One 400+和Argo 500 3D打印机,已正式在德国推出了销售,并扩大了其在斯堪的纳维亚半岛和土耳其的网络。

TheUniversity of Connecticut’s (UConn) Additive Manufacturing Center has installed a温柔3500系统可帮助测试新材料。

AndD2M解决方案, a 3D printing service bureau located in Dubai, will be bringing sales ofDesktop Metal systemsto the Middle East.

A face for 3D printing in medicine

TheRegenerative Medicine Manufacturing Society是在1月26日星期五举行的就职会议。维克森林再生医学研究所(WFIRM)主任安东尼·阿塔拉(Anthony Atala)博士cutting-edge work in the field of 3D bioprinting,是该协会的创始成员之一。

The WFIRM 3D bioprinted Body on a Chip system containing heart, lung and liver cells. Photo via WFIRM
WFIRM’s 3D bioprinted Body on a Chip system containing heart, lung and liver cells. Photo via WFIRM

Medical technology firmaxial3D总部位于北爱尔兰贝尔法斯特,已建立了医学3D印刷软件的科学咨询委员会。Axial3D的创始人兼首席执行官丹尼尔·克劳福德(Daniel Crawford)评论说:“我们期待与这些人合作,并利用他们的指导来进一步执行我们的愿景 - 在医院制作3D打印常规。”

Hyper-realistic, 3D printed masks fromNYU Langone医疗中心试图鼓励更多人捐赠自己的面孔进行移植。

CEDARVILLE Engineering GroupandRockland Immunochemicals合作在一个“3 d生物打印发现呢Project.”

Bonus .stls

A wave lamp, originally created by Thingiverse userMarkellovhas been turned into a weather-predicting instructable by British designerDushyant Ahuja.So, if you were looking for a new project to get stuck into, this might be it.

Dushyant Ahuja’s complete weather reporting lamp. Clip viaDushyant Ahujaon YouTube

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特色图片显示了Vormvrij制造的3D打印粘土锅的切片徽标。原始照片通过3D粘土打印