3D Printing News

3D Printed Models of Dog Skulls to Help Save Animals

University of Queensland (UQ) vets can now use 3D printed models of dog skulls to help save animals and educate veterinary students in the future. Machine learning methods have been used by researchers to precisely predict the mechanical characteristics of metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs, which can be used for storing toxic gases, or extracting water from the air in the desert, or powering hydrogen-based cars.

Researchers Develop Magnetic Liquid Metals Droplets that can be Stretched at Large Scales

Arnold Schwarzenegger, in the Hollywood film Terminator 2: Judgement Day, became a humanoid liquid metal robot with superpower. Scientists have created a similar quasi-“Terminator” robot in the lab. The study was reported in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

UPM Develops Large Scale Robot-based 3D Printing Applications Using PLA Biocomposite

In collaboration with ABB and Prenta, UPM has demonstrated large scale robot-based granulate 3D printing applications with UPM Formi 3D biocomposite opening new possibilities for designers and manufacturers.

3D-Printed Biocompatible Tissue Scaffolds can Help Replace Irreparably Damaged Tissue

It is said that the future of medicine will be biological, and researchers are hoping that 3D-printed biologically functional tissue would soon be used to substitute the body’s permanently damaged tissue.

Scientists Develop Flexible Capacitor for 3D Printing

Scientists at the University of Hamburg and DESY collaborated to perform a research work to develop an appropriate process for 3D printing. It could possibly be used for the production of transparent, mechanically flexible electronic circuits.

Researchers 3D Print an All-Liquid Device that can be Repeatedly Reconfigured on Demand

At DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), scientists have successfully 3D-printed an all-liquid device that can be recurrently reconfigured on demand by simply clicking a button.

Aluminum Association Releases Purple Sheets Registration Report for Aluminum Powder Used in 3D Printing

On April 15th, 2019, the Aluminum Association introduced its first new material registration report in around two decades.

NatureWorks Introduces Ingeo 3D450, PLA Formulation for Dual Extrusion 3D Printing

NatureWorks has introduced Ingeo 3D450, a new break-away formulation for use in dual extrusion 3D printers.

DSM, Stratasys SLA 3D Printing Partnership to Facilitate Durable Parts Production

Royal DSM has entered into a partnership Stratasys. Stratasys, which aims to disrupt traditional 3D printing, enters the stereolithography segment with a new printer, the V650™ Flex. DSM backs this launch with its Somos® materials, relentlessly aiming to expand the offering available to its customer base and to accelerate the adoption of 3D printing.

Newly Developed Material Expands and Contracts When Exposed to Light

Similar to how controlled-release medications gradually dispense their carrier once they experience a pH variation in the body, implanted “artificial muscles” could one day contract and relax in response to light irradiating the skin.