TÜV SÜD to help thyssenkrupp additive manufacturing development in APAC

thyssenkrupp Innovations, the additive manufacturing arm of multinational conglomerate engineering group thyssenkrupp, has a new collaborator in the APAC region. Certification and qualification specialist TÜV SÜD, has signed an MoU with thyssenkrupp Innovations to help in the company’s development of a market for “additive-manufacturing-enabled solutions.” The agreement adds to a long list of partnerships thyssenkrupp Innovations […]

America Makes and ANSI launch online portal for tracking additive manufacturing standards

America Makes, the Ohio-based national accelerator for additive manufacturing, and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) have released an online portal for tracking standardization activity in additive manufacturing.  The interactive portal compiles the gaps in standards for additive manufacturing, identified through America Makes and ANSI’s Standardization Roadmap for Additive Manufacturing (Version 2.0) published in June […]

Savi’s Workshop Lightsaber Stand

Caleb Riggs shared on Thingiverse:

Savi’s Workshop Lightsaber Stand

Lightsaber Hilt Stand
This stand has been specifically designed for the lightsabers built in Savi’s Workshop at Galaxy’s Edge in Disney. It incorporates the workshop logo as the tall stand to hold the emiter end of your saber and there are many varients so you can display the logo of the type of saber that you built (Protection and Defense, Power and Control, etc…)

You can use this with other hilts it’s just designed specifically for their size and weight. In addition to being a hilt stand it is also a display case for your kyber crystals. The crystals can be placed in on the plastic stand they come with.

Kyber Crystal Holder
In addition to being a hilt stand for your custom saber you can also display your collection of Kyber crystals in this stand. The crystals can be placed inside the cut out holes and stood up using their small plastic pieces that they come with. The kyber crystal holders were specifically designed to allow you to install your own LEDs under the crystal creating a lighting effect. Once you wire up the LEDs you can print the Wire Cover and close it all up giving you a fitting display for your scrap metal.


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Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

The Adafruit Learning System has dozens of great tools to get you well on your way to creating incredible works of engineering, interactive art, and design with your 3D printer! If you’ve made a cool project that combines 3D printing and electronics, be sure to let us know, and we’ll feature it here!

Belt Sander Using Drill with Foot Pedal #3DThursday #3DPrinting

mckenzr shares this great design for a 3D Printed Belt Sander Using Drill with Foot Pedal!

download the files on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3861708


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Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

2019 NAMIC Global Additive Manufacturing Summit Day Two

Today we arrive for the second day of the NAMIC Global Additive Manufacturing Summit. First, an MOU was signed between TUV SUD and ThyssenKrupp the two German companies picking the show as the place to ink their cooperation in Additive. Mark Beard, Global Director for Process and Application Development at Additive Industries was the first speaker. Mark spoke of why there were so few metals for 3D printing available. He pointed to the MAPP project and other initiatives that were unlocking machine learning and other beneficial technologies for 3D printing. He took us through the path to qualify a material and showed us how model-based process optimization for 3D Printing is developing.

Next Benny Buller the CEO of Velo3D outlined the Velo advantage and approach to making parts. He showed us how the company is focusing on power and aerospace and is able to make direct part replacements. Rather than focus on design for additive manufacturing, Benny maintains that they can directly replace conventionally manufactured parts with 3D printed parts without redesign. If the firm can do this at scale they would have a real advantage over other players.

C. O. Tham of Austrian steel company Voestalpine looked at DED and showed us how hard facing parts could be made with 3D printing. DED is a less talked about technology than Powder Bed Fusion but as C.O let us know the technology has cost and speed advantages that should not be overlooked. With DED you can also repair parts by cladding them again or even repairing broken blades on a propellor. C.O. also took us through the many specialty 3D printing materials that Voestalpine offers.

Michael Agam President South Asia of Stratasys took us through the new Stratasys Digital Anatomy system for functional anatomical models. He spoke of a case that Stratasys did with Mini in China. Stratasys used Polyjet parts to let people mass customize their Mini cars. He said that they had to work through a lot of problems with for example UV degradation to make this happen.

Shrinivas Shetty the Chief Executive Officer PrinterPrezz then talked about how they want to be a “a foundry” for medical devices. The company wants to “be like a an Uber or a Grab for 3D printing medical devices.” By doing FDA approvals for several companies at a time they say that they can do the approval process in “ten months” and reduce the costs from $5 to $10 million to $1 million. Shrinivas was very optimistic about the prospects of 3D printed orthopedic implants specifically because of the surface quality of the implants means that “it can be applied to many implants.”

Benoit Valin General Manager, Asia Pacific at Essentium then took us through the history of plastics and acceptance criteria for parts. He talked about the limitations of 3D printers, amorphous and semi-crystalline plastics. He explained the difference between the two polymer chains in terms of noodles and explained the advantages of each. Benoit wants to open 11 centers to make and qualify materials across Asia over the next few years.

Johan Pauwels Executive Vice President, Materialise then went on to detail a bit of his experience in working in 3D printing from 1990. He talked of the Materialise mission statement to enable a better and healthier world. He talked about scans and Materialise preoperative planning software letting surgeons plan a child’s surgery before the child was born. He mentioned that there is a 99% chance that if you have a hearing aid that this in the ear hearing aid is printed. He put our industry in perspective by saying that we only represent 0.057% of all industry. If we grew to be 5% of manufacturing we’d already be a $640 billion industry. He showcased the Airbus overhead storage part and the Rapid Fit jigs and fixtures for production part testing.

David Tan General Manager, Asia Pacific and Japan for Formlabs told us how the company helped Gilette 3D print mass customized razors and shared their learnings on mass customization. The firm found that you have to look for value in customized parts for the business and end customers. Glen Hinshaw Chief Executive Officer, RESA talked about 3D printed footwear and insoles. He showed us how his company uses in store kiosks to 3D print customized TPU insoles using FDM printers. At a trial at Costco he produced 50,000 insoles for paying customers.  Sylvia Heisel Director, Fashion Futurist + Creative Technologist at HEISEL told us all about sustainable products and sustainable innovations in 3D printing and beyond towards fashion and wearables.

All in all the Namic Summit was a great event with a lot of exciting viewpoints and learnings for everyone committed to 3D printing.

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3D Factory Incubator: The High Technology Business Incubator for 3D Printing

A unique initiative in Europe to boost innovative projects based on additive manufacturing

Innovation, technological development, and human value are the three pillars of Europe’s first high-tech 3D printing incubator. The 3DFactory Incubator is an initiative led by the Barcelona Consorci de la Zona Franca and the Fundación Leitat, whose goal is to promote the best initiatives related to 3D printing through the creation of a unique space and the provision of 3D production services, business consulting, marketing activities and testing services.

The call is open to all types of innovative projects that include 3D printing as one of the basic types of technology for the development of the product or business concept. These initiatives will be pursued for either six months or a year, both of which may be extended.

“Thanks to the 3D Factory Incubator, we have the chance to make use of its 3D printing services with the most advanced technology and specialised technical support,” says Monica Debat from Mondenel, one of the first companies to develop their project at the 3D Factory Incubator.

The aim is to incubate around 100 initiatives throughout the life of the project, approximately 25 per year. To date, after only three months of operations, there are already some twenty incubated initiatives. This incubator, the only one in Europe, offers incubated projects a unique and modern space with a large coworking area, meeting rooms, private offices, a rest and dining area, a terrace and an open-plan training area.

Josep Mateo, CEO of Liq Eyewear, describes the experience of these first few months: “Coming to the 3D Factory has been a boost; an incredible opportunity to have access to technology, to machines that it would otherwise take much longer to access. We have it all in one building: machines, incredible technology, advice… The treatment we’ve received has been excellent! We believe that it will be a great opportunity and a great boost that we want to make the most of.”

The facilities, located at the headquarters of the ‘Consorci de la Zona Franca, with a total area of 600m², have laboratories equipped with state-of-the-art 3D printing machinery: 6 different types of technology (4 industrial 3D printers – MJ, FDM and MJF – and 3 mini printers – FDM, SLA and SLS); post processing and quality control equipment; design software; and the advice of technical staff, experienced not only in the field of printing, but also in internationalisation, marketing and innovation, among others.

All these resources have a clear objective: to grow an innovative project from its earliest stages.

Alan Alves, Director of 3D Digital Factory, explains that, “For me, the most attractive thing about the incubator is the human value and the ecosystem that has been created. To have within my reach the services provided by all the professionals and to be able to move my office to its facilities in the industrial heart of Barcelona with the latest 3D printing technology.” He stresses: “I can’t think of a more favourable environment for implementing my business project.”

The opening of the 3D Factory Incubator is the first step towards establishing Barcelona as a hub for innovation in southern Europe’s Industry 4.0. After more than 10 years of development, 3D printing technology has acquired a point of maturity that allows the technology to be scaled for introduction into different sectors of industry, such as prototyping and industrial engineering, as well as for the manufacture of the final product. Additive manufacturing offers multiple advantages that new generations of entrepreneurs and start-ups have recognised and, with this in mind, have incorporated it into their business concept.

Both the incubator, which has received ERDF funds through the INCYDE Foundation, and initiatives such as the IAM 3D HUB, encourage the adoption of additive manufacturing and are helping to broaden its use in Europe’s business sector.

The boost from this technology will bring about a genuine industrial revolution and will not only change the concept of production, but will also extend the limits of innovation and technological development in industry and society as we know it.

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Stratasys Releases More Production-Grade Materials

3D printing hardware and materials manufacturer Stratasys recently unveiled a selection of high-performance, production-grade materials intended for manufacturing, aerospace, and automotive applications. The new offerings are especially tough as well as temperature and chemical resistant, making them ideal for the demanding environment of the factory floor. Jigs and Fixtures Two of the materials are for […]

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KLM Goes Circular by 3D Printing Tools from PET Bottles

Dutch airline KLM has been using 3D printing to introduce a sustainable new model of printing tools and components. The company has become the first airline in the world to recycle plastic bottles in producing repair tools for its fleet. They provide plastic bottles from their flights to the Morssinkhof Rymoplast recycling company and in return, KLM […]

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TECLA: WASP and MCA develop 3D printed homes for sustainable living

Italian 3D printer manufacturer WASP is collaborating with Mario Cucinella Architects (MCA), an architectural firm based in Bologna. Together the partners are 3D printing a model for a sustainable global habitat.  Named TECLA, the housing model is based on a circular manufacturing process utilizing reusable, recyclable materials taken from the local terrain. It is built […]