Interview with Alvin Lim of Creatz3D on 3D Printing in Singapore and Vietnam http://bit.ly/2sPBUNj We’re doing a series of interviews with 3D printing resellers worldwide. Resellers thrive when an industry is doing well, in charge of distributing and supporting products overseas they are a key health indicator of any industry. In 3D printing, many people have the idea that we’re seeing a sea change from simple desktop systems to a wider adoption of manufacturing in 3D printing. But, is this true? Also, what technologies and types of printers are selling in the real world? What is happening on the front lines of 3D printing? And what is happening in different countries and regions? To find out we’re interviewing Alvin Lim of Creatz3D. Creatz3D has been working to support and distribute 3D printers for over 16 years, which is a very long time indeed to be active in 3D printing. The company focusses on Singapore and Vietnam and the surrounding regions. In the manufacturing heartland, Creatz3D is the leading reseller and they’ve supported the industrial side of the 3D printing equation the entire time focusing on the education and manufacturing markets. The company sells metal printers, ceramics 3D printers and polymer systems. The company sells Sisma metal 3D printers, Arcam EBM systems, the complete Stratasys line-up as well as 3D Ceram and Xjet units. What is the 3D printing market like in Singapore?
What kinds of companies are using 3D printing there?
Is there manufacturing with 3D printing being done?
What is the market like in Vietnam?
Are you noticing that people choose desktop 3D printers over industrial systems?
What kinds of companies are interested in Desktop Metal?
How about Xjet?
For what applications are you seeing the Arcam systems being used?
Is metal much more complex than polymer?
What is holding 3D printing back?
If I were a 3D printing OEM wanting to do business in Vietnam do you have any advice for me? Singapore?
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Interview with Matthias Schmidt-Lehr of Metal 3D Printing Consultancy Ampower http://bit.ly/2B94BJH Matthias Schmidt-Lehr of Ampower is a 3D printing consultant with deep experience in manufacturing for 3D printing. He’s worked for technology development institute Laser Zentrum Nord (Fraunhofer IAPT), its manufacturing spinoff Bionic Production and has been involved with a number of notable projects in industrializing manufacturing for 3D printing. Together with his colleagues, he does strategy, training, part qualification and research on 3D printing for Ampower. Ampower a Hamburg based metal 3D printing focused consultancy firm with deep experience with some of the leading companies using metal 3D printing to manufacture. Ampower has been positioning itself as the team that gives you analysis based on real metal 3D printing experience in manufacturing. We interviewed Matthias to find out his vision on what is happening in 3D printing and what is holding the market back. What is Ampower?
Why should I work with you?
What kind of customers do you have?
What are some of the major things holding back 3D printing?
If I am a company wanting to use 3D printing, what advice do you have for me?
What about if I wanted to industrialize 3D printing for manufacturing?
What are some of the most exciting developments in 3D printing right now?
What is the Additive Manufacturing market like in Germany?
Do you think that desktop 3D printers will be used to manufacture?
What are some emerging applications in 3D printing that you are the most excited about?
A lot of people are excited about binder jetting metals and MIM FDM but I see a lot of issues with shrinkage and deformation, you?
Do you think that DMLS will continue to dominate orthopedics and aviation? Or will other technologies replace it?
What about EB PBF?
What do you think of the prospects of the DED technologies?
How close are we to seeing 3D printing used at scale in automotive?
What polymer materials are you most excited about?
Are there any emerging metals that you are excited about?
How do I start making qualified 3D printed parts?
How does your cost calculation tool work?
Why is it that when you ask a client to select a part for 3D printing that they always pick the wrong one?
Printing via 3DPrint.com | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing https://3dprint.com January 28, 2019 at 12:18PM Portuguese Researchers Review Potential of 4D Bioprinting in Regenerative Medicine http://bit.ly/2RjKi1f 3D printing has been progressing rapid-speed over the past few years, with numerous forays to the next level into 4D printing, whether in serious world-changing endeavors or those that are creative and sometimes even whimsical, such as fashion. Now, researchers see that 4D advancements in bioprinting may trickle down to doctor’s offices too. Authors Pedro Morouço and João Gil of Biofabrication RDi Group, Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development at Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (Portugal) expand on their findings in Four-Dimensional Bioprinting for Regenerative Medicine: Mechanisms to Induce Shape Variation and Potential Applications. Regenerative medicine is a central focus in bioprinting as researchers around the world try to overcome the challenges of sustaining living tissue in the lab. The end goal, the holy grail of bioprinting, will be to eventually fabricate human organs in the lab—or perhaps even in clinical practice—meaning the elimination of donor lists, organ rejection, and failing quality of life for a multitude of patients globally.
The team leans toward using 3D printing and venturing into the 4D however, pointing out the potential for greater strides in medicine and tissue regeneration, with so much more control over pore size, shape, and interconnectivity. With 4D printing, researchers can move beyond the restrictions of implants unable to transform according to their biological environment.
Bioinks are commonly used in fabricating viable cells, but they must meet certain criteria for success and researchers must navigate fragility to temperature as well as peripheral chemicals, stress, and issues like UV light exposure. Significant progress has been made with ‘smart materials’ also, namely with bioprinting and some level of shape-morphing. And while creating patient-specific organs may seem to be right around the corner, the research team points out that there is still much progress to be made in creating human tissue structures in the lab.
What do you think of this news? Let us know your thoughts! Join the discussion of this and other 3D printing topics at 3DPrintBoard.com. [Source / Images: Four-Dimensional Bioprinting for Regenerative Medicine: Mechanisms to Induce Shape Variation and Potential Applications]
Printing via 3DPrint.com | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing https://3dprint.com January 28, 2019 at 11:27AM Aspect Biosystems and Maastricht University Begin Joint 3D Bioprinting Research Collaboration1/28/2019 Aspect Biosystems and Maastricht University Begin Joint 3D Bioprinting Research Collaboration http://bit.ly/2CKQp9y The Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine (MERLN) at Maastricht University in the Netherlands works to be a leader in the biomedical engineering field by training an interdisciplinary generation of scientists and conducting innovative research. The institute is on a mission to maximize public outreach in the field through the development and commercialization of important research, and its vision is focused on ambition, infrastructure, and knowledge sharing. That is why MERLN is happy to announce that it will be starting a collaboration with Canada-based Aspect Biosystems, one of the major biotechnology companies in terms of tissue engineering and 3D bioprinting. Aspect is also well known for its microfluidic 3D printing technology, which is helping to pave the way for new advancements in understanding regenerative medicine, fundamental biology, disease research, and developing novel therapeutics. Privately held company Aspect works to strategically partner up with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, in addition to academic researchers like the ones at MERLN, in order to develop commercially and physiologically relevant tissues. Aspect then uses these tissues to help speed up the discovery and development of new therapies and drugs. As part of this collaboration, an RX1 Bioprinting Platform by Aspect will be placed inside Professor Lorenzo Moroni’s Lab at the university. There, Dr. Carlos Mota, the head of bioprinting research, will put it to good use developing 3D bioprinted kidney tissue.
The Moroni Lab, a research group that’s part of the MERLN institute, was originally founded at the University of Twente in 2009 for the purposes of using biofabrication to control the fate of cells. Now, it has multiple local and international collaborations. As part of the terms of the collaborative research agreement with the university, Aspect will now have the option to continue developing and commercializing its products based on the results of its joint research with Maastricht University.
Discuss this news and other 3D printing topics at 3DPrintBoard.com or share your thoughts in the Facebook comments below. Printing via 3DPrint.com | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing https://3dprint.com January 28, 2019 at 09:51AM New Forever stamp features dancer, actor Gregory Hines http://bit.ly/2Umb8Yv NEW YORK — The U.S. Postal Service today celebrated the life and legacy of award winning entertainer Gregory Hines when it inducted him as the 42nd honoree in the Black Heritage Stamp series during a first-day-of-issue ceremony at Peter Norton Symphony Space, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Printing via USPS News http://bit.ly/2hH9aDC January 28, 2019 at 09:33AM
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House of Vans London | College Art Exhibition http://bit.ly/2Se4SVw Launched last Friday, House of Vans London present College, a group art exhibition from students of The Royal College of Art. This exciting exhibition brings together 16 emerging artists consisting of current students and alumni with an overall theme of the medium of paint and its place within the world. Featuring an amazing series of large scale (and some smaller) canvases, the display showcases a range of interesting imagery and artist interpretations. The Tunnel 1 art gallery space which boasts a brickwork cavern hosting a series an 8 week-cycle showcase of infamous and unique artists from London and beyond, will serve as a backdrop to present the exhibition. The contributors present their discipline of painting giving a rare insight into the process behind each of their works. Having Hones their practice in their artist studios over the past year, each artist explores multifaceted ideas and a unique style of painting all brought together under the arches of Waterloo. Participating artists include: Brian Mountford | Tristan Pigott | Jhonatan Pulido | Osaretin Ugiagbe | Susan Rocklin | Konstantinos Sklavenitis | Luke Tomlinson | Max Gimson | Sara Sigurdar | John Greenwood | Henny Acloque | Louis Appleby | Harry Bland | Xiuching Tsay | Andrew Hart | Jingze Du. houseofvanslondon.com Printing via People of Print http://bit.ly/2DhgcW7 January 28, 2019 at 08:50AM
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Saki Matsumoto http://bit.ly/2HCdD7w New People of Print Member illustrator and art director Saki Matsumoto’s body of work features a multi-national elegance having worked with Japanese, Chinese, Czech and Swedish brands for publications, advertising, branding and music projects. Based in Tokyo and Prague, Matsumoto studied graphic design at Kuwasawa design school in Tokyo and then Architecture & Design(MA illustration) in Prague. Her works are inspired by Shintoism, a Japanese religion dating from the early 8th century incorporating the worship of ancestors, nature spirits and a belief in sacred power (kami) in both animate and inanimate things. Her recent topics are tradition and cultural events which are connected with nature and are usually from the pagan period. Most recently, Matsumoto completed a screenprinting workshop at one of the largest printing studios in Tokyo who’s printed for the likes of Yayoi Kusama and Tadanori Yokoo. Characterised by a delicate yet playful aesthetic, her limited edition print takes the form of an abstract illustrated playground of floral imagery and little characters. We’ll be keeping an eye out for more lovely work Saki produces. Want to be a People of Print Member? APPLY HERE.
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3D Printing Hierarchical Porous Materials http://bit.ly/2RR1W1E Hierarchical porous materials are commonly found in nature and have numerous applications as well, such as catalytic supports, biological scaffolds and lightweight structures. 3D printing has allowed for the fabrication of porous materials in the forms of lattices, cellular structures and foams across multiple length scales. However, according to a group of researchers in a paper entitled “3D printing of sacrificial templates into hierarchical porous materials,” current approaches “do not allow for the fast manufacturing of bulk porous materials featuring pore sizes that span broadly from macroscopic dimensions down to the nanoscale.” In the research paper, the authors describe how they developed ink formulations to enable 3D printing of hierarchical materials displaying porosity at the nano-, micro- and macro-scales.
The researchers formed stable nanodroplets through a two-step emulsification process. These nanodroplets are stable enough to be concentrated by ultracentrifugation and form a dense jammed template that can be directly converted into a nanoporous structure upon drying or sintering depending on the oil volatility.
Since the nano- and micro-porosity are generated from the self-assembly of templating droplets and particles within the ink, as opposed to the slow sequential depositing of material, the 3D printing process is simple and fast. Because they are susceptible to coalescence during ink preparation, the templating droplets need to be stabilized by particles that will later form the walls of the pores created upon drying and consolidation.
Authors of the paper include Lauriane Alison, Stefano Menasce, Florian Bouville, Elena Tervoort, Iacopo Mattich, Allesandro Ofner and André R. Studart. Discuss this and other 3D printing topics at 3DPrintBoard.com or share your thoughts below.
Printing via 3DPrint.com | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing https://3dprint.com January 28, 2019 at 12:33AM Life Beyond 3DPrint.com http://bit.ly/2DAoOcP In 2015, I started writing as a freelancer for 3DPrint.com, which was at that time still a new publication. My first article everwas a profile of a startup called You3Dit, a service bureau that offers what it calls “Hardware as a Service.” You3Dit is still going strong today, but I’m sad to say that my career at 3DPrint.com is coming to an end. I’ve accepted a new position elsewhere, so today is officially my last day writing for the site. It’s a bittersweet day. I’m excited to be starting a new career, and I will be staying in the industry, as I’ve taken a position as Content Marketing Manager with Dassault Systèmes. I’ll be working specifically with the company’s SIMULIA brand of simulation software, so I will get to experience a whole new facet of the 3D industry. Although I have written about simulation before, and we’ve covered SIMULIA at 3DPrint.com before, the world of simulation is a big and complex one, and I can’t wait to learn more about it – and help the rest of the world learn about it in turn. Speaking of learning, the amount I’ve learned through working at 3DPrint.com is truly incredible. I’ve become well-acquainted with much more than just 3D printing – although saying “just” 3D printing is kind of like saying “just the world,” if you really think about it. Because 3D printing is all over the world, and has made its way into every aspect of life. I have learned about aerospace, science, medicine, industry, architecture, art, virtual reality, robotics, and more. One of the things I will miss the most about working for 3DPrint.com is working with the incredible maker community. My most popular article ever was not about cancer treatment, or 3D printed rocket engines – it was about cat armor. That also happened to be one of my first acquaintances with what makers were doing with 3D printing, and I thought it was absolutely fantastic – as did thousands of readers. I have since written about and interviewed extremely talented makers, cosplayers, hackers and 3D printing enthusiasts whose creativity amazes me. As a writer with 3DPrint.com, I have also been able to witness and write about history being made, from first-of-their-kind surgeries to first-ever 3D printed organs. I’ve been able to see the beginnings of 3D printing in space, and to follow its expansion. 3D printing in medicine and aerospace is among the most exciting things happening in the world today, in my opinion. Next week I’ll move on to working with another exciting aspect of technology, but I’ll always appreciate 3DPrint.com for what it has taught me – and what it has enabled me to teach others. Soon another writer will step up to my old position, and will have the pleasure of meeting, interviewing, and writing about the brilliant community of people that makes up the 3D printing world. I keep coming back to the people as what I will miss the most, and I thank you for making my time here such a good one. Printing via 3DPrint.com | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing https://3dprint.com January 27, 2019 at 08:06AM 3D Printing News Briefs: January 26, 2019 http://bit.ly/2FZwFT8 We’re starting with business first in this edition of 3D Printing News Briefs, and then moving on to design software and 3D printing materials. Mimaki USA is getting ready for the grand opening of its LA Technology Center next month, and a Sartomer executive has been elected to the RadTech board of directors. A startup will soon be offering a new cryptotoken for additive manufacturing, and the 3D Printing Association will cease operations. A simplified Blender user interface will make 3D printing easier, and Protolabs is introducing some new materials for its DMLS 3D printing. Mimaki USA Opening Los Angeles Technology Center Not long after Japanese company Mimaki Engineering launched its first full-color inkjet printer in 1996, it established Mimaki USA, an operating entity that manufactures digital printing and cutting products around the world. Mimaki USA began preparing to enter the 3D printing market in 2015, and installed its first 3DUJ-553 3D printer in the Americas last winter. Now, it’s preparing for the grand opening of its Los Angeles Technology Center next month. The event will take place on Friday, February 22nd from 10 am to 4 pm at the new technology center, located at 150 West Walnut Street, Suite 100, in Gardena, California. Attendees will have the chance to meet the company’s industry experts, along with Mimaki Engineering Chairman Akira Ikeda, Mimaki USA President Naoya Kawagoshi, and the regional sales managers from all seven technology centers. Live demonstrations of the company’s printers and cutters will commence after lunch, and attendees will also enjoy tours of the center and a traditional Japanese Kagami Biraki ceremony. Sartomer’s Jeffrey Klang Elected to RadTech Board Sartomer, an Arkema Inc. business unit and developer of UV/EB curing technology products, has announced that Jeffrey Klang, its global R&D Directer – 3D Printing for Sartomer, has been elected to the board of directors for RadTech, a nonprofit trade association that promotes the use and development of UV and EB processing technologies. Sartomer is part of Arkema’s commercial platform dedicated to additive manufacturing, and Klang, an inventor with over 20 US patents who was previously the manager for Sartomer’s Coatings Platform R&D, has played an important role in helping the company develop and commercialize many of its oligomers and monomers.
erecoin Startup to Offer New Cryptocurrency for Additive Manufacturing A startup called erecoin, which is a product of CAE lab GmbH, is on a mission to change the world of 3D printing by combining the benefits of blockchain with future demands of the ever expanding AM community. After a year of preparation, erecoin has completed the registration of its ICO (Initial Coin Offering), and people can begin purchasing its new cryptotoken on the Ethereum public trading infrastructure starting February 18, 2019.
Steinmüller told fellow co-founder Jürgen Kleinfelder about a concrete 3D prototype optimization project that CAE-lab was working on, which is how the idea to combine blockchain and 3D printing came about. The startup’s goal is to get rid of many of the uncertainties in the AM process chain, and blockchain can be used to conclude smart contracts to solve legal and technical questions in the industry. Because data exchange is integrated into the blockchain, a secure and efficient relationship of trust is created between the parties in the chain. Time will only tell if erecoin can achieve its goal and help accelerate additive manufacturing or if it is just hopeful hype or an inefficient way to do something no one needs. 3D Printing Association Closes The 3D Printing Association (3DPA) is the member-funded, global trade association for the 3D printing industry in Europe. In 2015, the 3DPA moved its base of operations to The Hague in order to develop an independent professional B2B platform for European AM industries. As the 3D printing landscape continues to grow and mature, the association has decided to permanently terminate its operations beginning February 1st, 2019. But this isn’t necessarily bad news – in fact, 3DPA is glad that CECIMO, the European Association of the Machine Tool Industries and related Manufacturing Technologies, has been able to set itself up as a leading 3D printing advocate in Europe.
Simplified Blender User Interface While the free 3D design and modeling software application Blender is very handy, it’s only helpful if you’re able to learn how to use it, and by some accounts, that is not an easy feat. But, now there’s a new version of Blender that includes a simplified user interface (UI) that’s so easy, even kids as young as 10 years old can figure out how to work it. FluidDesigner has used a new Blender 2.79 feature called Application Templates, which makes it possible to add a library of parametric smart objects and reduce the menu structure and interface.
VIDEO Protolabs Adds New DMLS Materials Protolabs, a digital manufacturing source for custom prototypes and low-volume production parts, has announced that it is enhancing its direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) offering with two new materials. Nickel-based Inconel 718 is a heat- and corrosion-resistant alloy with high creep, fatigue, rupture, and tensile strength, is able to create a thick, stable, passivating oxide layer at high temperatures, which protects it from attack – making it an ideal material for aerospace and other heavy industries for manufacturing gas turbine parts, jet engines, and rocket engine components. Maraging Steel 1.2709 is a pre-alloyed, ultra-high strength steel in the form of fine powder. It’s easy to heat treat with a simple thermal age-hardening process, and offers high hardness and high-temperature resistance, which makes it perfect for high performance industrial and engineering parts and tooling applications. These two new Protolabs materials additions help reinforce the company’s enduring reputation as one that can offer an impressive range of metals. Discuss these stories and other 3D printing topics at 3DPrintBoard.com or share your thoughts in the Facebook comments below. Printing via 3DPrint.com | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing https://3dprint.com January 26, 2019 at 02:21AM |
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