How can 3D printing reduce a company’s carbon footprint? Can 3D printing materials combat skin infections within amputees? Would you wear 3D printed swimwear accessories?
在这个版本的切片,the 3D Printing Industry news digest, we cover the latest fromRenovis手术技术，铜3D，HP，坎特伯雷大学等。
Improving water quality with 3D printing
University of Canterbury工程专业的学生本杰明·霍尔顿（Benjamin Houlton）目前正在开发一个3D打印的滤水器，该滤水器可以成功地从水流和受污染的水道上删除微量金属。
Similar to theSonora Institute of Technology’s逆渗透3D印刷水过滤器, this device will improve the quality of water in developing countries.
霍尔顿正在使用过滤器的水流进行计算机模拟，以建立其过滤器的理想结构。然后，3D打印技术可以通过更复杂的结构来生产水过滤器，这很难通过传统的制造方法获得。
“Further down the track the filters could be used in developing countries like Cambodia where there are high levels of arsenic in river water,” said Holton.
3D printed swimwear accessories
Ciska Barnard, the swimwear designer for South-African based clothing brandBambshell，已使用3D打印来为其泳装收藏夹供入围Miss South Africa Pageant.
泳装系列，称为Bare Beauty，灵感来自天然肤色，以3D印刷花为特色Sinterit的基于TPU的材料Flexa Black, which gave the flowers a smooth and flexible finish.
“Fashion needs more flexible solutions. It is not so easy to find a dependable, flexible material that would be a perfect match for the fashion industry and available for 3D printers,” said Konrad Glowacki, co-founder of Sinterit.
这些花是由南非服务局印刷的3D印刷的Build Volume,using the desktop SLS 3D printer,烧结Lisa.
High-resolution 3D sensing
Vivoa China-based company specializing in communications technology revealed its Time of Flight (TOF) 3D Sensing Technology atMWC Shanghai 2018. This technology identifies the timeit takes for pulse light to come back to the sensor and can map objects up to three meters away.
由于其潜在的捕捉三维details with up to 300,000 sensor points, Alex Feng, Senior Vice President of Vivo expects this new technology to open doors in facial, gesture and motion recognition, 3D photography and AR.
Vivo高级副总裁Alex Feng说：“ [Vivo]继续前进，并通过为AI提供新的方式帮助消费者的新方法发展。”
“通过将TOF 3D传感技术与AI相结合，我们将继续探索新的可能性，以获得更美好的未来。”
Advancements in 3D materials
New York-based 3D printer manufacturerMakerBot, has released a new filament, MakerBot Tough designed for 3D printing functional prototypes. This new material boasts twice the impact strength of ABS filaments and offers unique properties that reduce warping.
Chilean biotechnology company,Copper 3Dhas developed antibacterial 3D printing materials from copper nanoparticles, called PLACTIVE, to combat the skin infections within amputees which are caused by their prostheses.
“We started prototyping a new polymer for 3D printing with an internationally patented additive containing copper nanoparticles among other elements, extremely effective in eliminating fungi, viruses and bacteria, but harmless to humans at the right concentrations,” said Daniel Martínez, Physical Therapist and Director of Innovation at Copper3D.
In related medical news,Renovis Surgical Technologies, a medical technology company based in Austin, has obtained 510(k) clearance from theU.S. Food and Drug Administration(FDA) for its 3D printedtesera SA多贴素Alif Alif跨体脊柱融合系统.
HP通过3D打印来减少碳足迹
HPhas released its137页可持续影响报告,which credited additive manufacturing implementation as a major factor for in the reduction of its IT supply chain carbon footprint.
Speaking at Hp’s annual Sustainability Summit in London yesterday, George Brasher, Managing Director of HP UK, acknowledged the potential environmental impact that industry 4.0 is having on the manufacturing sector.
“In the future what’s going to happen is you’ll design a product – instead of having a physical supply chain you’ll have a digital one, so you’ll ship ones and zeroes, and then that production will occur closer to the consumer, significantly reducing the impact on the environment.”
Exone的重组计划
In other news, global 3D printing technologies provider,ExOne，已宣布global cost realignment program which aims to reduce expenses in the day-to-day operations of its operations, including all sites. Additionally, this program will analyze ExOne’s employment rate in an effort to manage and maximize its overall capital.
“为了在2019年显着改善我们的现金流量的基本目标，我们对我们的成本结构和营运资金实践进行了审查。我们正在评估组织中的每个职位和费用，希望提高生产力。” Exone董事长兼首席执行官S. Kent Rockwell说。
“We made the difficult decision to eliminate certain positions within ExOne,all the while, we remain focused on our research and development goals and long-term revenue growth goals, which will not be impacted by these changes, as we continue to lead the market adoption of our binder jetting technology.”
SketchFab推出3D模型市场
SketchFab，一家为3D内容提供在线平台的全球公司，已正式启动SketchFab Store, following the release of今年早些时候的Beta版本.
“We’re extremely excited to launch the Sketchfab store after a successful open beta,” said Alban Denoyel, Co-founder and CEO of Sketchfab.
“The store allows our extraordinarily talented community to easily monetize their work on a single platform, while the model inspector takes the guesswork out of 3D model purchases. We cannot thank our early adopter buyers and sellers enough for sharing their thoughtful feedback and making the official store as strong as possible!”
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