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In mid-2019, GE Additive and GE Aviation approached the US Air Force to propose a metal additive collaboration program to address its specific sustainment, readiness and affordability needs. It’s the US Air Force’s Rapid Sustainment Office (RSO) that is in…

3D bioprinting has revolutionized the medical sector by providing advanced treatments that improve the quality of surgical interventions. In fact, we already analyzed the advantages of additive manufacturing for personalised medicine, and saw the various 3D printing technologies that could…

This week we found the top 5 videos about 3D printing and the way additive manufacturing is changing production. The technology has infiltrated many sectors, from medical to automotive – check our selection of the week to keep up with the innovations! If you enjoy these, you…

At the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), a team of researchers has developed a technique to reduce the defects that can occur during the metal 3D printing process, particularly during laser powder bed fusion. Using a computer model, they were…

Professional microscopes used in laboratories are usually very expensive, therefore many educational institutions cannot afford them. Along with the DIY trend, we find a new culture of collaboration and sharing that is growing every day. This is the case of…

What if we reuse wood waste to make small houses and other constructions? That’s the idea behind Ashen Cabin, a cabin imagined by the HANNAH design studio: using emerlad-ash-borer-infested wood (a species of beetle insect), the American company used 3D printing…

Personalized medicine tailors treatment to the individual characteristics of each patient. One of the technologies that enables tailor-made treatments is additive manufacturing. In the medical sector, 3D printing technologies have already been used to create custom-made prosthetics, implants and other…

STL files are a key part of the 3D printing process, and today Many websites exist today to download them for free. The Sketchfab platform is one of the best known, mainly because of its wide variety of content and…

It’s an accepted limitation that parts produced with additive manufacturing must be smaller than the machine that produced them. Once these parts have been manufactured, they can be post-processed and bonded together to form larger structures. Large scale 3D printing…

Vagabund Moto is a company based in Austria that builds upon existing motorcycle models to offer a singular aesthetic and improve performance. Building upon the NX 650 Dominator 1991 model from Honda, Vagabund has released its V13 custom-made motorbike. To…

The American nuclear power company, Westinghouse Electric Company, announced it has successfully 3D printed a thimble plugging device for the nuclear industry. A thimble plugging device is used to hold nuclear fuel as it is lowered into the reactor core,…

While additive manufacturing allows for faster production of end use parts, it is also very popular for the design of spare parts. These are sometimes very expensive to get due to their scarcity – the automotive sector and vintage cars…