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Researchers Propose Hybrid Multimaterial 3D Printing Method to Create Fast Response, Stiffness-Tunable Soft Actuators

Conventional robotic systems that have stiff parts are often known to pose a danger to human operators. In contrast, flourishing robots and soft actuators not only provide superior adaptivity to surroundings but also allow secure, coexisting interaction with humans.

16 Jan 2019

Royal Netherlands Air Force: Speeding Up Maintenance with 3D Printed Tools

By using Ultimaker’s 3D printers, the Royal Netherlands Air Force are able to affordably create tools that fit the specific custom-made parts of an aircraft. Additionally, this technology has provided new opportunities to improve speed and efficiency at the base.

From Ultimaker B.V. 16 Jan 2019

3D Printing Technique 100 Times Faster Using Light

University of Michigan scientists have demonstrated that instead of constructing plastic filaments layer by layer, a new method to 3D printing lifts complex shapes from a vat of liquid at up to 100 times faster than conventional 3D printing processes.

14 Jan 2019

New Technique Helps Customize 3D CAD Models for Manufacturing and 3D Printing Applications

An innovative method that “reverse engineers” intricate 3D computer-aided design (CAD) models has been developed by MIT researchers. Through this technique, users can more easily customize the CAD models for 3D printing and manufacturing applications.

4 Jan 2019

Researchers Produce Customized 3D-Printed Batteries for Small-Scale Wearable Electronic Devices

There has been a rapid growth of flexible, wireless electronic devices and they have reached the level of commercialization. However, a majority of the battery shapes are limited to rectangular and/or spherical structures, leading to inefficient use of space.

21 Dec 2018

3D Bio-Printing Platform Installed First at Peter Mac to Accelerate Cancer Research

The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre is today taking delivery of an innovative Australian 3D bio-printing platform capable of turbocharging cancer research, the first such model to be used anywhere in the world.

19 Dec 2018

Innovative 3D Printing Method for Producing Digital Wood

Columbia University researchers used a method with voxel printing to produce digital wood—an extremely complex material for 3D printing because of its combination of external color textures and internal grains.

18 Dec 2018

Researchers Develop the Stiffest Porous Lightweight Materials Ever

With 3D printing and other additive production methods, it is possible to create materials with internal structures of formerly inconceivable complexity.

13 Dec 2018

Researchers Use 3D Printing to Design Inexpensive Adaptive Aids for Arthritis Patients

Adaptive aids are too costly. Additive manufacturing, using inexpensive 3D printers, can save more than 94% for simple household items.

12 Dec 2018

New 3D-Printed Workflow Enhances Valve Sizing Accuracy for Aortic Valve Replacement Procedures

Over one in eight people aged 75 and older in the US develop moderate-to-severe blockage of the aortic valve in their hearts, commonly caused by calcified deposits that accumulate on the valve’s leaflets and hinder them from fully opening and closing.

11 Dec 2018

3D Printing News

Researchers Propose Hybrid Multimaterial 3D Printing Method to Create Fast Response, Stiffness-Tunable Soft Actuators

Royal Netherlands Air Force: Speeding Up Maintenance with 3D Printed Tools

3D Printing Technique 100 Times Faster Using Light

New Technique Helps Customize 3D CAD Models for Manufacturing and 3D Printing Applications

Researchers Produce Customized 3D-Printed Batteries for Small-Scale Wearable Electronic Devices

3D Bio-Printing Platform Installed First at Peter Mac to Accelerate Cancer Research

Innovative 3D Printing Method for Producing Digital Wood

Researchers Develop the Stiffest Porous Lightweight Materials Ever

Researchers Use 3D Printing to Design Inexpensive Adaptive Aids for Arthritis Patients

New 3D-Printed Workflow Enhances Valve Sizing Accuracy for Aortic Valve Replacement Procedures

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2 New Technique Helps Customize 3D CAD Models for Manufacturing and 3D Printing Applications

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