United Engine Corporation (UEC) that is a part of Russian state corporation Rostec launched a regional technological projects accelerator named RybAcc. The list of relevant tasks include several things related to optimization of 3D modeling, 3D printing, as well as tooling processes of metal and polymer products, including composite 3D printing.
Andreas Muller, 3D printing enthusiast, developed an open-source project that makes color printing with regular FDM 3D printers possible with the custom system of replaceable printheads and permanent color marker pens.
3D scanning technology is widely used in a variety of fields, with the automotive industry being a typical example of such an application. Providing significant advantages in fierce competition among car manufacturers, 3D scanning can be applied throughout the entire vehicle production cycle:
In this article, we are talking not of desktop 3D printers like the Creatbot DE but about powders for the production of metal parts.
The Tula powder metallurgy plant Polema (part of the Industrial and Metallurgical Holding) has mastered the production of high-entropy alloys and NiCrAlY coatings for import substitution in aircraft construction and other industries. These alloys are suitable for the manufacture of products using 3D printing.
The Russian manufacturer of photopolymer 3D printing consumables HARZ Labs was granted a patent for “UV-curing dental material based on polymers".
German company AIM3D has announced the new generation of the extruders for 3D printing with granules of carbon-fiber and glass fiber polymer composites, as well as composite ceramic- and metal-filled materials.
Automotive manufacturer Škoda Auto received an award from the Czech Republic’s Confederation of Industry for its ‘More flexible with 3D print farms” project of integrating additive technologies into manufacturing. The company mainly uses domestic 3D printers by Prusa Research.
South Korean company Stellamove, Inc. offers an automatic filament changing system for the Ender-3 3D printers (We wonder if the solution could work with the Creality CR-5 Pro H 3D printers). It’s now available for pre-order and supports up to eight filaments during one working cycle.
Do you think the Creatbot F1000 has a large build volume? No wonder you think so. After all, it's been used to print entire car bodies. More on this here. But in this article we'll explore a project that allowed printing an entire bridge.
A bridge with a 20-meter (65 feet) long 3D printed section appeared in Chengdu, China. The section is printed with a polymer composite material. The practical purpose of the bridge is not clear: it doesn’t connect two shores, both ends are located on the same side.
Tumaker offers the Pro Dual line of FDM 3D printers with IDEX kinematics. The systems are offered in different sizes, being equipped with a wide choice of extruder combinations — direct and Bowden for 3D printing filaments and a pellet option for working with granular polymers.
American engineer Dan Fritsche has built a fully functional model of a roller coaster (scale 1:35). The project took around 600 hours to design and model (in Fusion 360) and around 800 more to 3D print, and this is without taking post-processing and assembling into account. And here are the results.
Stavropol-based Russian company Smart Build launched an open contest of small architectural forms. The winning project will be brought to life with an in-house developed constructional 3D printer.
Scientists from the Perm National Research Polytechnic University (PNRPU) and the Mexican Autonomous University of Coahuila are creating a technique for automating the 3D printing process by electron-beam melting of metal wire (EBM) to print parts for aircraft, rockets, and ships. (Changes to such large parts after use are normally examined with laser scanners such as the KSCAN Magic II. Scan examples can be viewed here).
Flashforge has released an upgraded version of the Creator 3 desktop FDM 3D printer — the Creator 3 Pro additive system with IDEX kinematics, featuring increased performance as well as a number of hardware and software improvements.
On the stand of the Samara National Research University named after academician Korolev, there are a number of interesting developments, including a mock-up of the AIST-3 satellite and parts of aircraft gas turbine engines obtained using 3D printing technologies.
Today, we'll talk not of classic FDM 3D-printers such as the Creatbot DX but about food 3D printing.
Israeli company Redefine Meat has launched five new "meat" products. No cow or lamb was harmed in the process, because all these steaks and sausages are 3D-printed using plant biomass.
Goodyear is going to test the utility of airless tires on urban roads. The recipients of the new wheels will be Local Motors' 3D printed autonomous shuttles Olli (can scarcely be printed on equipment like the Craftbot Plus Pro;) ) put into trial operation in Florida.
UEC NPO Saturn is introducing into mass production the technology of deep grinding with the use of wheels made of cubic boron nitride. The new technological process is designed for the processing of complex sections of gas turbine engine parts made of heat-resistant materials, including 3D printed components.
The Fusion3 3D printer manufacturer has released an advanced software solution under the name REACTOR powered by the REALvision slicing engine from the Denmark-based Create it REAL company.
Designed by Olaf Diegel, professor of additive manufacturing at the University of Auckland, this instrument was manufactured using Forust's unusual 3D printing process using wood waste and lignin-based bioresin.