Research

When it comes to finding new applications for 3D printing, there truly seems to be no limit. Case in point, the Australian architectural firm BVN and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have developed Systems Reef 2, an air distribution…

It is possible to fly… no, really! We have always heard that in the future it would be possible to fly and the future has arrived, it is today. This has been made possible thanks to today’s featured company: Gravity…

 Metal additive manufacturing finds its place in aerospace and defense in the creation of spare parts and prototypes in a short time, which can be useful for the management of supply chains. Companies all over the world are recognizing the…

As NASA puts it, “no other planet has captured our collective imagination quite like Mars.” In recent years focus has turned from travel to the Moon to the space race to Mars. The more ambitious among us aims to colonize…

Over the years, the trade in counterfeit goods, mostly of luxury brands, has spread rapidly all over the world. Data from the OECD in 2019 already showed that the trade in fake goods amounted to about 3.3% of all world…

Every year post-processing solution manufacturer PostProcess Technologies unveils a study on the post-processing market including trends, challenges and opportunities for users. In this 4th edition for 2022, the results are constant from previous years: post-processing remains a time-consuming step that…

There are already a large number of projects that have used additive manufacturing to ensure a more sustainable and environmentally friendly existence. Now, a research group at the Technical University of Hamburg (TUHH) led by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Claus Emmelmann has…

Especially in these times of fast fashion, where a piece of clothing from one brand sometimes looks confusingly similar to a piece from another brand, one thing is increasingly gaining in importance: individual and personalized clothing. How this can look…

Additive manufacturing is in some ways less developed in the UK than in other countries. In the UK, only 17% of companies have any experience with additive manufacturing, in sharp contrast to Germany with 37% and China’s 24%. According to…

Medical applications in 3D printing are vast and growing larger by the day. One that is increasingly important, but perhaps less discussed, centers on microfluidics. Microfluidic devices (microfluidic chips) have emerged over the past 30 years and have been rapidly…

3D printing has been applied to reconstructive surgery to create a nose graft for a patient who underwent intense cancer treatment. This amazing feat happened occured at IUCT Oncopole (University Cancer Institute of Toulouse), a cancer care, research, and training…

3D printing and digital manufacturing specialist Sculpteo has released its 8th edition of its report, The State of 3D Printing: 2022. Like its seven predecessors, this document is an annual international study that provides an overview of the additive manufacturing…