#TOP5 Videos: Artec 3D’s scanner, 3D printing changing innovation…
We found the TOP 5 videos of the week about 3D printing and the way additive manufacturing is shaping and changing our society. This week we touch on Artec’s scanner to digitalise museum pieces, iGo3D’s co-founder vision of the industry, 3D printing in space 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: How 3D Printing is Changing How People Innovate
The Co-founder and Chairman of iGo3D describes his company history as a rollercoaster, but now is seeing the hype of 3D printing put to more practical uses and finally settling. He describes the 3D printing process as primarily a disruptive process, but why? Find out more in the video below!
TOP 2: The Artec Space Spider
The Artec Space Spider scanner was used to digitalise in 3D two pieces from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection. After scanning the entire part, a 3D model is created and sent to the 3D printer. In 8 hours, the project teams were able to print a very realistic replica of the original part. After a post-processing work to give it all its colour, the part is ready! Thanks to 3D technologies, the original work can be copied without being touched or altered.
TOP 3: NASA & 3D Printing
The team of NASA researchers has just received funding to use 3D printing technology to print sensors and a partial circuit for wireless communication on a single card measuring only 5 cm by 7 cm. This will allow them to recover more data on board of smaller satellites. A news to follow closely that could well confirm the potential of 3D printing in space:
TOP 4: Aerospace Additive Manufacturing
Collins Aerospace uses 3D metal printing to produce more efficient finished parts. He explains all the advantages of the technology using the example of a fuel injector. By turning to additive manufacturing, he was able to produce this part with only 4 components compared to 18 using traditional methods. He reduced the weight by 10%, the quantity of material by 80% and reduced his production times by 75%:
TOP 5: ZEISS helps Oerlikon to drive the industrialisation of additive manufacturing
ZEISS microscopy and metrology instruments for material analysis and quality control along the entire process chain of metal additive manufacturing have been selected by the Munich-based innovation and technology centre in Oerlikon:
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