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Printing a New You: A Look at 3D Bioprinting

An overview of new achievements and persistent obstacles in bioprinting research.

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Stratasys Gets Tough with Nylon 12

New nylon material with specs to be toughest in additive manufacturing is a reason to take notice.

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Creaform’s Latest 3D Scanner is 4 Times Faster

MetraSCAN BLACK 3D also has 4 times better resolution.

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Relativity Space and 6K Set Up Recyclable 3D Printing System to Build New Rockets

Closed loop supply chain will reuse scrap as new powder bed material.

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Could 3D-Printed ‘Bone Bricks’ End Amputation?

Bomb injuries lead to bone-mending discovery.

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3D Printing a Floating House in 48 Hours

House reduces the carbon emissions of typical construction at lightning speed.

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Startup’s Bike Helmet is Custom Fit, 3D Printed Honeycomb

UK’s Hexr introduces £299 helmet made from castor bean oil.

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LEHVOSS Develops a New Flame-Retardant 3D Printing Filament

High temperature filament uses ceramic fillers to achieve high level of thermal stability.

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Recommended Resources

Live Webinar - Printing Investment Casting Patterns Using Polycast - Aug 27, 2PM ET

In this webinar, we will explore the findings of a very popular casting supplier, Wisconsin Precision. We will compare printer performance, operating cost, and casting performance of the Ultimaker S5 against the four leading machines in the industry.

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Live Webinar - 3D Printing Elastomers - Challenges & Solutions - Aug 18, 2PM ET

Material Performance. Part size. Cost. Throughput speed. The challenges to 3d printing elastomers have solutions and we have the case study to prove it. Each printing platform has challenges and benefits in printing elastomers. We present DLP printing as a leading solution to additive manufacturing of flexible parts and products.

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White Paper - Laser Scanning Over Manual Methods for the Oil and Gas Industry

Data collection has always been crucial for the oil and gas industry, but it once required a team of multiple technicians carrying clipboards and tape measures to perform data recording in the field by hand. This engineering.com whitepaper explores how 3D laser scanning can be used in the oil and gas sector.

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White Paper - The New World of Thermoplastic Manufacturing

Digital-direct thermoplastic manufacturing offers exceptional quality, opens the door to novel design parameters not possible with injection molding while also bypassing the long lead time and up-front investment in injection molding tooling, offering a better total value proposition.

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