Top 5 Videos of the Week: 3D printed eyewear…
This week we found the top 5 videos about 3D printing and the way additive manufacturing is shaping our society. The technology has infiltrated many sectors, from medical to automotive! Check out our selection of the week to keep up with the innovations! This week we touch on HP’s MJF technology, 3D printing in the fashion industry and much more! If you enjoy these, you can view even more 3D printing videos on our Youtube channel. Hope you’ll enjoy and have a great Sunday!
Top 1: Oakley invests in HP’s additive manufacturing technology
Oakley is a sports eyewear manufacturer, highly innovative in the design of its products. To take the design process one step further, Oakley has invested in HP Multi Jet Fusion technology, including colour 3D printers to create realistic models. This allows the company to print lightweight, full-colour prototypes very quickly. This speeds up its iterative process: it used to take two to three days to get a prototype, now it takes 24 hours. In addition, color 3D printing offers interesting contrasts that Oakley can play with and see the final result:
Top 2: Kimya’s 3D printing activities
The Armor group has relied on additive manufacturing for several years now by creating the Kimya brand. This brand is divided into several activities: the Kimya Lab makes it possible to design tailor-made material formulations, adapted to the demanding needs of industrialists throughout the world. The Kimya Materials activity is then added, corresponding to the brand’s range of technical and high-performance materials, from ABS Carbon to PEKK-A. Finally, the Kimya Factory is an office service that assists manufacturers in the design and printing of their parts from a suitable material:
Top 3: A 3D printed kayak!
What if you could paddle in a kayak designed by 3D printing? This is the project led by RISE (Research Institutes of Sweden) who worked with Chalmers University of Technology, Wood Region and kayak manufacturer Melker of Sweden to create customised outdoor products. The idea is that the customer can imagine his own kayak directly from a digital tool at his disposal; once ordered, the file is sent to a manufacturing network. The final product is printed in 3D from an ecological bio-composite or recycled plastic:
Top 4: 3D printing and fashion
The Spanish brand Zer Collection uses 3D printing to design original and more durable clothing. It will soon launch its first collection aimed at the general public; it is a collection that is futuristic, rather urban and rather sporty. The brand’s designers are using BCN3D’s FDM 3D printers to create some of the pieces of these clothes with a TPU filament. They explain that this allows them to waste less material – using traditional processes, they lose 20 to 30% of material, which is no longer the case with 3D printing. The garments are also more environmentally friendly because they can be recycled to recreate a printing filament:
Top 5: 3D printed orthotics
In the medical field, additive manufacturing is a revolutionary technology for numerous application, in particular thanks to its ability to personalise. Unlike prostheses that replace a non-existent part of the body, orthoses are medical devices that are made to stabilise, relieve, immobilise, guide or correct a part of the body. Since each patient is different, 3D printing is particularly well suited for these types of products and devices. Learn more below!
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