Digital Engineering 24/7

Helping design and engineering professionals discover, evaluate and specify technologies and processes that shorten the design cycle and enable success.

Rapid Ready Tech News and Resources

Light, Strong Printed Schwarzites

February 19, 2018 · Existing primarily as a mathematical idea, schwarzites have now entered physical reality thanks to 3D printing and researchers at Rice University and the University of Campinas in Brazil.

Adidas Launches Printed Shoes

February 15, 2018 · The midsole is printed using Carbon’s Digital Light Synthesis technology and includes 20,000 struts that can be individually tuned to address different types of running needs.

Pushing the Limits of Nanoscale 3D Printing

February 14, 2018 · Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have developed techniques that promise to redefine the limits of nanoscale 3D printing.

Carnegie Mellon Deploys Aerosol Jet Printers

February 9, 2018 · The Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Laboratory (AMML) at the university is attempting to advance printed and flexible microelectronics manufacturing and lithium-ion battery production.

3D Printing Powder Market to Grow 20.3%

February 8, 2018 · According to a new report from Transparency Market Research, North America is largest part of the 3D printing powder material market, with 38% of global demand.

New Print Method Boosts Composites Strength

February 6, 2018 · The Harvard team has decoupled fiber orientation from the print path using a rotational printhead that also generates a shear field as the ink is deposited.

Kohler KALLISTA and 3D Systems’ Intriguing 3D-Printed Faucet

January 29, 2018 · What 3D printing is doing to the industry is it’s allowing that form doesn’t necessarily have to follow function any more. You don’t have to have a certain wall thickness because it’s required by a particular manufacturing process.

MINI Drivers Can Print Custom Parts

January 26, 2018 · BMW is leveraging 3D printing to allow vehicle owners to customize a BMW MINI using printed inlays to augment their side scuttles, interior trim, LED door sills and LED door projectors.

Carbon’s Cloud-Based 3D Printing Simulation Tools

January 24, 2018 · The FEA simulation uses a moving domain analysis to model Carbon’s Digital Light Synthesis (DLS) technology down to the micron level throughout the build process, then predicts potential warping and/or cracking.

FDA Releases Medical Device 3D Printing Guidelines

January 22, 2018 · 3D printing guidelines are useful for manufacturers planning product submissions for FDA approval, and will improve the position of the U.S. in the worldwide additive manufacturing medical-device marketplace.

Connect to Wi-Fi with Printed Plastics

January 18, 2018 · Researchers at the University of Washington have combined 3D printing, conductive materials, and backscatter techniques to connect plastic objects and sensors to a wireless Wi-Fi network without using embedded electronics.

Financing Available for Local Motors’ Olli 3D-Printed Shuttle

January 13, 2018 · By 3D printing the vehicles on demand, Local Motors claims it has reduced tooling costs by 50 percent and overall production times by up to 90 percent.

Holographic Printing in Seconds

January 11, 2018 · Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists have developed a way to use lasers and a fast-drying photosensitive resin to create several layers of each print simultaneously.

GE Additive Ups Stake in Arcam

January 10, 2018 · The completion of the Arcam transaction is just the latest expansion of the GE Additive division.

Aleph Objects is Printing Printers at CES 2018

January 9, 2018 · LulzBot 3D printers will be used to manufacture more 3D printers live on the floor.

WoeLab Build 3D Printer from E-Waste

January 3, 2018 · Staff at WoeLab, a community technology hub and network of local inventors and entrepreneurs, built a 3D printer using parts from old printers, computers and scanners.

Sculpteo Unveils Fabpilot Cloud-Based Printer Management

December 29, 2017 · The new Fabpilot solution is a software as a service (SaaS) product that allows third parties to control and manage 3D printers, including nesting orders, preparing parts, and shipping.

Loop 3D Offers Continuous Printing

December 27, 2017 · Users can send multiple batches of 3D models to the Loop 3D printer.

Kratzer Sees 90% Improvement with AM

December 22, 2017 · Using a Stratasys Fortus 450mc Production 3D Printer, the company cut fixture production time from days to hours, a reduction of 90%.

Digital Security for the 3D Printing Supply Chain

December 20, 2017 · In this age of hacking and cyber attacks, manufacturers must consider whether additive manufacturing data is vulnerable to being stolen, misused or purposely corrupted.


Latest News

Latest Resources