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For manufacturing companies looking to improve their responsiveness to customer spare parts demand, 3D printing opens up compelling opportunities. Today, …
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Newly-developed material could lead to lighter, safer car designs
A new form of 3D-printed material made by combining commonly-used plastics with carbon nanotubes is tougher and lighter than similar …
Read More »3D printing: to unite helping biological and digital techniques
Guillaume Feliksdal and Alberto T Estévez report on a novel and exciting project embedded in the field of biodigital architecture …
Read More »3D printing and the supply chain
The current global pandemic has highlighted the advantages of local manufacturing and the rationalisation of global supply chains. Peter Nyffenegger …
Read More »Why 3D printing? Benchmarking against traditional manufacturing
Georges Benz looks at 3D printing in an industrial and examines the current possibilities that exist when exploiting this disruptive …
Read More »Mass customisation – a solution to medical device coding
The promotion of true mass customisation through the use of 3D printing has long been seen as a game changer …
Read More »Additive manufacturing: orthotropy, or not to be?
So you’ve printed a part and it’s failed. FAILED! Why? How could this be? Alexander Pluke reports You’ve meticulously gone through …
Read More »3D Printing: Podcasts empower adoption
Ultimaker, a leader in desktop 3D printing, announces the launch of its new podcast series, Talking Additive. The first season …
Read More »University of Sussex engineers create face shields for NHS
At 3.39am this morning, engineers at the University of Sussex completed their first 100 face shields, ready for testing within …
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