Medical students and doctors are being trained to use 3D printing, especially when it comes to treating major injuries affecting the head, mouth, jaw, face and neck. "In the past, they did not have this technology, so they had to [treat patients] manually. But nowadays, if I didn't have 3D printer technology, I wouldn't be able to do my work," Dr. Muhanad Hatamleh, a senior clinical maxillofacial prosthetist at King's College Hospital, told IBTimes UK at the 3D Printshow 2015 in London. The hospital is making use of a Stratasys Objet Eden260VS printer that features a print resolution of 16-micron layers. This is not only the same thickness as a human hair but also the thinnest layer accuracy in the industry today. (Read more...)
It’s not easy to summarize a 300+ page report in the span of a blog post, especially one as thorough and educationally deep as Wohlers Report 2015 on the state of the 3D printing industry. The past three years have been a head spinning period of growth for additive manufacturing (AM) in terms of technologies, materials, process controls, adoption and revenue. The research and study contained within Wohlers Report 2015 is at once thrilling and sobering, with commentary on how and where this industry could stimulate faster evolution, and what inhibits AM from even more widespread growth. We outlined some of the key takeaways from (Read more...)
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Invests in Multiple Stratasys 3D Printers to Stimulate Engineering Curriculum (Read more...)
Though outsourcing 3D printing accelerated product development, the process’ speed and efficiency was improved by bringing the same 3D printing technology in-house, in order to evaluate different versions of a design more quickly and effectively. Koenigsegg realised that having a 3D printer onsite would speed up the prototyping process and therefore the development of its cars. After evaluating all printers available on the market and judging each one on performance, available materials, price and size, Koenigsegg purchased a Dimension SST 1200es printer. When asked about the merits of utilizing 3D Printing, Christian von Koenigsegg, founder and CEO at Koenigsegg Automotive AB, had high praise for the Stratasys machine. (Read more...)
Space Station's Mobile Freezers: A Challenge Only Solved with 3D Printing’s Unique Thermal, Tensile and Geometric Properties (Read more...)
Disney Research Lab Creates 3D Printed Robots that Emulate Animated Characters (Read more...)
Durante la pasada feria Graphispag he tenido ocasión de comprobar el efecto sorpresa que producía en el público la contemplación en vivo y en directo de una impresora 3D basada en tecnología Polyjet. (Leer más...)
