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USPS will issue new Sun Science Forever stamps June 18 https://ift.tt/3bxIa3X May 26, 2021 The Science of the Sun Shines BrightU.S. Postal Service Issues New Forever stamps
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Launcher 3D Prints First LOX Turbopump for Rocket Engine Using VELO3D’s Sapphire https://ift.tt/3flaWGg As one of the fastest rising 3D printing solution providers for the space industry, VELO3D has helped many startups adopt additive manufacturing (AM) technology to strengthen their design and manufacturing operations. One of those companies is Launcher, a developer of high-performance rockets designed to deliver small, remote-controlled satellites to orbit. The key to Launcher’s strategy is its E-2 engine – currently in active development – which is expected to be optimized for mass production and low cost. Considered by the company as the “world’s highest-performing engine for small launchers,” it has two key components: a combustion chamber and a turbopump. Launcher has already 3D printed the combustion chamber in one single part. Now, its Founder and CEO, Max Haot, has announced the development of a 3D printed liquid oxygen (LOX) turbopump created with specialized turbomachinery engineering software from Ansys and Velo3D’s metal AM solutions. On May 19, 2021, Haot teamed up with Launcher Lead Engineer Andre Ivanovic, Ansys Turbomachinery Lead Sunil Patil, and VELO3D Senior Applications Engineer Gene Miller to discuss the creation of efficient spacecraft parts by combining optimized design and modern manufacturing. During the hour-long panel discussion, the experts revealed how they designed, and 3D printed Launcher’s LOX pump for its E-2 engine and some of the latest successful testing results. For small launch vehicles, boosting performance often lays with the turbomachinery pumps that inject propellants into the combustion chamber. At the heart of those turbopumps there is an impeller that delivers the required propellant flow and pressure to the thrust chamber, and its design is critical for the performance of the pumps. This was considered a big challenge to the team. For the task, Launcher originally licensed an orbit-proven pump design from the Ukrainian liquid-propellant rocket engine RD-8, which was used as a second stage thruster of the Zenit launch vehicle, performing 72 successful orbital flights. The heritage pump was then re-designed, manufactured, and tested with the help of Ansys and VELO3D, leading to greater part complexity, lower costs, and faster lead times.
After a full flow path design analysis with Ansys’s specialized CFX software for turbomachinery applications, the group worked on simulating the performance of the flow path in the LOX pump to ensure that the predicted performance was in line with the desired parameters for the entire rocket engine system. Once the part was optimized and the simulations verified, the team worked with VELO3D to produce some of the components of the LOX pump, such as the pump inlet and outlet housing. Using Sapphire, a metal AM system designed for mission-critical applications, they could deliver turnkey parts without supports, enabling Launcher to demonstrate successful testing with the first parts it produced. VELO3D’s patented SupportFree technology made the E-2 LOX pump possible. For parts like the turbopump’s inlet housing, which brings in the flow laterally and turns it 90 degrees to direct it into the pump inducer, there are highly complex internal geometries with low overhanging angles that are difficult to print using traditional powder bed fusion machines. With the Sapphire printer, engineers could make this part with minimal stick supports, which were easily removable. Ivanovic then described the printing process for another turbopump part, the inducer/impeller, which was 3D printed flat. The engineer suggested that typically, shrouded impellers are difficult to print because the top shroud has a very low overhang, making it difficult to access any support structures. Usually, the impeller needs to be angled on the build plate as it is printed, which is not desirable because it leads to a non-uniform mass distribution away from the rotational axis. Quote request Are you looking to buy a 3D printer or 3D scanner? We're here to help. Get free expert advice and quotes from trusted suppliers in your area. Powered by Aniwaa
For Haot, the biggest challenge when Launcher received the licensed heritage design was 3D printing it. However, while the pump features a heritage design, the flow path was customized with Ansys’s simulation power. Also, the group soon realized that VELO3D’s support-less technology was enough for even a successful prototype. The CEO claims this is the first 3D printed LOX pump for a rocket engine and that their full test campaign was successful. Metal AM eliminates tooling investment and creates a workflow that allows rapid iterations and development, he said. Once the team had the parts produced for the LOX pump, they built the actual test article and tested it at the NASA Stennis Space Center facility in Mississippi, where Launcher signed a Space Act Agreement to use the E-1 test stand at the center for engine tests.
Some of the key tests performed successfully with the first 3D printed LOX turbopump include a two-minute duration test at nominal RPMs with liquid nitrogen. This 30-second cavitation performance test involved lowering the pump input pressure over time and seeing how that affected the output pressure. They also performed a 33,000 RPM test for 30 seconds with liquid oxygen. With test results performing according to plan, the company is now focused on the workflow and the cost of leveraging 3D printing without tooling. The full success of the test campaign shows a significant breakthrough for its roadmap, as well as what more can be done with Ansys and VELO3D. The latest Launcher LOX pump was created for the E-2 rocket engine, which will also power a newly designed rocket, the Launcher Light. Currently, in mid-development and expected to test fly in 2024, the Launcher Light could move into commercial service by 2026. The new rocket model will deliver less payload capacity than the startup’s originally planned small launch vehicle, the Rocket-1, which was expected to place up to 1,704 pounds (773kg) into LEO. Instead, Launcher Light is looking at a payload capacity of 330 pounds (150kg) to low Earth orbit (LEO) and 220 pounds (100kg) to sun-synchronous orbit (SSO). One major difference is that while Rocket-1 was set to use four E-2 engines in its first stage, Launcher Light will require only one. The new design will stand at 50 feet tall, with three stages, versus the two-stage Rocket-1. Moreover, the success of the California-based company’s 3D printed LOX pump will play a critical role in this launch vehicle’s performance. Printing via 3DPrint.com | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing https://3dprint.com May 26, 2021 at 09:06AM
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B9Creations & Black Hills Works Partner to 3D Print Customized Assistive Devices https://ift.tt/2Srdwla Headquartered in Rapid City, South Dakota, with additional offices in Dallas, Texas, and Denver, Colorado, professional 3D printing solutions provider B9 Creations has supported such big-name companies as Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, and more in industries like aerospace, healthcare, jewelry, and medical. Now, it’s partnering up with Black Hills Works—specifically its Assistive Technology team—to develop and 3D print customized assistive devices for the more than 600 people with disabilities that Black Hills Works supports.
Black Hills Works, which is also located in Rapid City, has spent over six decades creating a specialized community for hundreds of people with a range of different disabilities, giving them a place where they can lead a life of potential. The organization purchased a building back in the early 1960s called “The Learning Institute” in an effort to centralize the area’s expanding special education program, and not long after began work on its first supported home in which disabled people could live independently within their own community. The work continued, and Black Hills Works now offers employment, recreation, social outlets, and homes to adults with disabilities.
The professionals on the heartwarming organization’s Assistive Technology team work together to create, problem solve, and invent customized adaptive and assistive solutions that can offer the individuals they support a high level of independence. Last year, the team developed over 700 creative solutions, which was a 54% increase from 2019. Now, thanks to its partnership with B9 Creations, hopefully that number will go up. With the new 3D printing capabilities it will have access to, Black Hills Works will be able to, according to the website, “build prototypes, test theories, and even deploy full-scale AT items.”
Assistive devices can be used by disabled people to help them do all sorts of things, such as eating, moving their wheelchairs, and even working in specialized jobs. Adding 3D printing to the mix just makes it easier to customize these devices, and often speeds up their production time as well. Thanks to this new partnership, the Assistive Technology team of Black Hills Works will use B9Creations’ training, design services, and precise, medical-grade 3D printing to create individualized solutions that can meet the needs of the diverse group of people it supports. (Images: B9 Creations unless otherwise noted) Printing via 3DPrint.com | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing https://3dprint.com May 26, 2021 at 08:36AM
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Fortify Teams with Rogers Corporation for 3D Printed Dielectric Materials and RF Devices https://ift.tt/3fmQFjR As Joris Peels, 3DPrint.com Executive Editor and Vice President of Consulting for SmarTech Analysis, pointed out, antennas and related components are ripe for 3D printed disruption. One firm that seems to know this is Fortify, which has just announced a partnership with Rogers Corporation (NYSE: ROG), an established engineered materials company. Together, the two businesses will work to 3D print low-loss dielectric materials for radio frequency (RF) devices and electronics. For Fortify, it would be difficult to find a better partner than Rogers Corporation, a publicly traded company that has been in business since 1832. With revenues of about $802.6 million, as of 2020, Rogers has three business divisions: Advanced Connectivity Solutions, Elastomeric Material Solutions, and Power Electronics Solutions. Some of its dielectric materials are used for such applications as antenna systems and communications equipment. The partners plan to combine Roger Corporation’s prominence in low-loss, high frequency materials with Fortify’s digital light processing (DLP) technology with continuous kinetic mixing (CKM) to allow customers to design and 3D print “precision substrates, Luneberg-like Gradient Refractive Index lenses, and end-use components.”
In particular, the businesses highlight how 3D printing may be used to address difficulties with active antenna systems (AAS) that are being increasingly used in consumer products. AAS technologies are generally expensive and complex, forcing manufacturers to make compromises between performance and cost. By 3D printing dielectric materials, it may be possible to overcome these issues.
Fortify’s CKM technology makes it possible to process highly viscous resins, such as the low loss materials produced by Rogers, something that other DLP systems cannot. In turn, the companies believe it will be possible to 3D print passive lens devices for augmenting gain and directivity for RF sensing and SATCOM On-The-Move commlinks, as well as 5G AAS systems. The companies note the advantages of Fortify’s technology for 3D printing RF dialectrics as including: “lower weight, wide bandwidth, scalable manufacturing, structure design freedom, quick turnaround parts, and more.”
Though not necessarily used in this partnership with Rogers, Fortify’s Fluxprint platform is unique in that it relies on a magnetic system to orient composite fibers as they are being 3D printed within a photopolymer resin. So far, one of the startup’s main focuses has been in the 3D printing of tooling with composite reinforcement, a subsegment that Joris couldn’t fully get behind when it came to Fluxprint. However, as Fortify has continued to raise millions in investments and expand its product portfolio, it seems to be growing beyond tooling as well. The news also reveals some of the applications of Fortify’s portfolio beyond Fluxprint. Fortify’s FLUX CORE 3D printer offers CKM, but not Fluxprint, meaning that there’s no hardware for the magnetic aligning of composite fibers. This deal with Rogers demonstrates that CKM alone is a powerful technology as it opens up new applications not possible with traditional DLP or even newer continuous DLP systems. Due to 3D printing’s ability to create complex geometries for highly specialized applications, RF parts are prime candidates for improvement with additive manufacturing (AM). I won’t pretend to fully understand the relationship between component shape and broadcast ability, but a small number of firms are already experimenting with how AM can be used to create unique antennas. In the case of the U.S. Navy, cylindrical arrays are currently being developed to provide full radar visibility around a ship. 3D printing may be useful in repairing broken antennas or in integrating antennas directly into another component. Rogers and Fortify go into some specifics about what the technology offers for producing RF components for those who have a greater understanding of RF. For those attending the upcoming International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Fortify will be at Booth #1451 to meet with Fortify, where you can also learn more. Printing via 3DPrint.com | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing https://3dprint.com May 26, 2021 at 08:06AM
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Foilco Scans and Render Project https://ift.tt/3yEVf4m Leading suppliers of stamping foils, Foilco, have recently launched a project that hopes to bring the analogue and digital mediums closer together through game-changing innovation. Working alongside collaborators Chaos and Where Giants Roam, Foilco have successfully digitised their foil catalogue in true likeness, to the betterment of both the creative and print industries respectively. The material scans give creatives and printers instant access to their range, allowing digital artists to literally play with their foils. At a time where remote working is prevalent, studios and brands will be able to share true likeness imagery at multiple sites across the globe instantly, hugely reducing the delays and costs for making physical mock-ups. “For the first time ever, the Chaos Scans technology has allowed Foilco to digitise its foil catalogue as usable material files that will allow digital artists to drag and drop decorative foils straight into projects for rendering including mock-ups, CGI, animations and AR/VR applications, creating an instant foil surface or layer with realistic light reactive appearances. With the support of Where Giants Roam, we have been able to fully realise the potential of bringing these two mediums together and ensure that what you’re looking at on your screen, is a true representation of the foil you would see in person.” – Jaime Evans, Marketing Manager. This technology provides creatives and designers the freedom to be more experimental and expressive in their foil considerations, resulting in more unique and standout packaging designs. The digital catalogue will offer more power and encouragement to the collective buy-in and improve a project’s efficiency, from early concept development to the final print production. The addition of stamping foil to any print or packaging is a strong way of raising the profile of and bringing attention to a product or brand, thus this new medium aims to give marketeers and advertisers a new opportunity to maximise exposure for their clients ensuring the end results have the greatest impact. Rhiannon Porter, Managing Director at Where Giants Roam, had this to say about the collaboration; “Where Giants Roam were delighted to work in collaboration with Foilco and Chaos on this project. The creation of these amazing digital assets provides a fantastic future resource for all visualisation firms around the world to ensure photorealism in computer generated imagery. As a studio that prides itself on photorealism, at all times, we are beyond thrilled with the results of the collaboration and how the results will take our work to the next level.” The accompanying visuals have been named “shader balls” and are Chaos’ signature, designed to showcase how a material reacts to light. The shader ball gives the user the impression of how light affects the appearance of the foil with highlights and shadow demonstrated both beautifully and effectively. Courtesy of Where Giants Roam they have also created Foligon rendors as a visual impression of how the digital foils will look once stamped onto a material substrate, providing an idea of how the foil will apply on a flatter surface. Foilco have some big plans for the renders and the raw material scans, including integration of the technology within the next iteration of the company’s sample swatches and other AR possibilities. Both the shader balls and Foligon rendors are available to view on Foilco’s website under each foil range listsing. 270 of Foilco’s foil scans can be accessed via the Chaos Scans Material Library at www.chaosgroup.com (subscription required, 90-day free trial available). Printing via People of Print https://ift.tt/2DhgcW7 May 26, 2021 at 07:48AM
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3D Printing News Briefs, May 26, 2021: ASTM, Teton Simulation, QuesTek, KBM Advanced Materials, GE Aviation & GE Additive https://ift.tt/2SwifBX We’re covering some business in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as Teton Simulation appointed a new CEO, and ASTM International awarded its William T. Cavanaugh Memorial Award. QuesTek has received $1 million in funding from the Department of Energy, and KBM Advanced Materials recently launched its formal operations. Moving on, GE Aviation and GE Additive have switched from using casting to metal 3D printing for four parts. Read on for the details! Teton Simulation Appoints Former VP as CEO Teton Simulation, which develops simulation software to help enhance the productivity of 3D printed parts, announced that it has appointed its former Vice President of Product, Doug Kenik, to the role of CEO, effective immediately. Kenik is replacing Mike Kmetz, who co-founded the company in 2016, will now be the Chairman of the company’s Board of Directors. Kmetz led the company through its early funding rounds and the launch of its SmartSlice for Cura product. Kenik, who has plenty of experience growing complex businesses, should be able to keep Teton on track for growth. Previously working in Product Management for advanced materials at Autodesk, he used his experience in software as a service for advanced materials and manufacturing processes to help Autodesk commercialize its Generative Design solution.
ASTM International Announces 2021 Cavanaugh Award ASTM International‘s Cavanaugh Memorial Award honors William T. Cavanaugh, who was CEO from 1970-1985 and set the organization up as a leader in developing and dispersing voluntary standards. ASTM announced that for this year’s Cavanaugh Award, it was honoring Anthony W. Thornton, director of technical information and senior technology and applications consultant for Micromeritics Instrument Corporation, and Ralph M. Paroli, acting director general for the Metrology Research Center, National Research Council of Canada (NRC). Thornton, who served on ASTM’s committee of standards from 2008-2011 and its Board of Directors from 2011-2013, was recognized for his excellent leadership in international standards development organizations, along with his “outstanding promulgation of standard test methods for powder characterization.” Paroli chaired ASTM’s roofing and waterproofing committee from 2008-2013 and has served as the chair of its cannabis committee since 2017, as well as chairing ASTM International’s board in 2016 during his 2011-2018 tenure. His “outstanding service” in the cannabis and roofing committees, which helped lead to global use of standards and improvement of product quality and consumer safety, is what led to Paroli’s recognition. ASTM International’s President Katharine Morgan had the following to say about the honorees:
DOE Awards QuesTek $1.1 Million High-performance materials developer QuesTek Innovations, which received a $1.2 million grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) in January for designing and developing novel materials for turbine blade alloys and compatible coating systems, just announced that it’s received another $1.1 million from the DOE in Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II funding. QuesTek will use the funding to design, develop, and qualify a novel materials solution and process for next-generation molten salt reactors, focusing on cold spray processing of bimetallic structures with refractory-based alloys, such as molybdenum, as a surface layer to offer high temperature stability and corrosion resistance. The company is partnering with cold spray, AM powder development, and machine learning process control leader Soluvs Global, and molten salt materials behavior expert Professor Vilupanur Ravi with Cal Poly Pomona, on the research.
KBM Advanced Materials Officially Launches Operations Last week, Ohio-based KBM Advanced Materials, LLC, which finances, sells, and distributes metal powders to the AM, metal injection molding (MIM), and metal spray coating markets, formally launched its operations with an online event to introduce its capabilities to the world. The company wants to revolutionize the distribution of metal powders, and its unique network should help it act as an “inventory bridge” between large metal powder producers and a dispersed advanced manufacturing customer base. With KBM’s business model, producers can schedule production equipment to larger, regular blanket orders from the company, and book jobs, plan R&D, and operate business as usual, safe in the knowledge that KBM has the proper raw material in stock. The company will also offer customers an e-commerce platform that you can’t find at scale from other suppliers or producers, with powder being sold under the producer’s brand name; KBM currently has inventory agreements with Carpenter Additive, Höganäs AB, and Tekna Holdings AS.
GE Aviation, GE Additive Switch Parts to Metal AM For the first time, GE Aviation has shifted production from investment casting to additive manufacturing, based only on cost and time to market, for four turbine parts, thanks to a collaboration with GE Additive. In early 2020, GE Aviation began the selection process during its annual audit of castings, weighing factors like part size and shape, ease of post-processing, and the capabilities of its 3D printers. The audit looked at low-volume replacement parts, as well as production-volume parts for new programs, like the LM9000 land/marine turbine derived from the GE90 turbojet, and quickly came up with a list of 180 cast parts for which they thought 3D printing could save money. A team of GE Aviation and GE Additive engineers, each using their own production and financial models, split up to calculate the ROI on 3D printing each part. When COVID-19 hit, GE Aviation’s additive production facility in Auburn, AL suddenly had available time and machines to start working through the list, which was quickly whittled down to just nine. They looked only at parts that could fit inside a Concept Laser M2 printer, made of either a cobalt and chrome alloy or Ti-64. After prioritizing parts-based engineering resources and the importance of cost savings to the engine program, the final four parts were chosen: adapter caps for the LM9000’s bleed air system, each about 3.5 inches in diameter and six inches tall, made of CoCr to handle hot compressed air from the compressor section, and sharing a base geometry and similar features. The parts were one-to-one replacements, without any redesign or parts consolidation, and the engineering team believes that these four 3D printed parts will cut up to 35% of their cost.
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PostProcess Releases New DEMI 910 Resin Removal System for Carbon L1 and M2 3D Printers https://ift.tt/3hTNJg9 Coinciding with AMUG 2021, Carbon announced it had partnered with PostProcess Technologies for a resin removal system called the DEMI 910. Now, PostProcess has officially released the DEMI 910, as well as further details about the technology and how it is specifically tailored to Carbon’s L1 and M2 3D printers. We had a chance to speak to representatives from the two companies to learn more. The DEMI 910 is described as a “full-stack resin removal solution specifically for the Carbon ecosystem,” using PostProcess’s Submersed Vortex Cavitation (SVC) technology and a Carbon-specific detergent to clean parts made with the company’s Digital Light Synthesis 3D printing process. The DEMI 910 then uses PostProcess’s AUTOMAT3D software and detergent to remove excess resin. Due to the size and design of the machine, the entire build platform of the large-format L1 or two build platforms from M2 3D printers can be placed inside the DEMI 910 for automated resin removal. Because the parts never leave the build platform, productivity is increased, as are post-print cycle times and ergonomics for machine operators. PostProcess noted that several early access Carbon customers have already placed orders. The ability of the DEMI 910 to handle an entire build platform from the L1 or two from the M2 represents a major advantage of the machine. In my previous article on the topic, I wondered if Carbon had some strategy to replace its existing Smart Part Washer with PostProcess technologies. However, in my conversation with Tim Avila, Carbon’s Vice President of Marketing, I learned that that was not the case. Though the DEMI 910 does rely on intelligence features for optimum part rinsing, the Smart Part Washer includes elements that are more tailored to the M series than the PostProcess machine. In addition to being smaller than the DEMI 910, the Smart Part Washer automatically recognizes the resin that was printed and then relies on scripts to optimize and automate the wash cycle for that specific resin, as well as some of the part geometry. The time of the wash cycle and the rotational forces are then tailored to clean that print. The DEMI 910 is meant for larger builds and does not include some of that same automation technology featured in the Smart Part Washer, such as geometry-optimized rinsing or the ability to automatically register the resin with which a component was made. Though the cycle for the PostProcess machine is automated in terms of the cleaning process, an operator still has to remove the parts from the washing solvent. “We have customers for the M series that just love the Smart Part Washer. It’s part of something we call our SpeedCell for customers that use M series platforms for more production-grade work. And that’s really what it’s great at. Our partnership with PostProcess has really been about expanding our ecosystem and building out Carbon’s partnerships, particularly around washing,” Avila said. “These just are two different systems that give our customers the choice around what they want based on their needs. If you’re doing higher volumes or bigger parts, the DEMI 910 is a great solution. If you want an automated solution that is designed really around the M series, the Smart Part Washer is a good choice, although you could also use the DEMI for that, too.” The Head of Strategic Partnerships at PostProcess, Dean VonBank, highlighted that the DEMI 910 might also work for customers with a fleet of systems. “[The DEMI 910] was designed specifically for the L Series. The initial conversation with Carbon was to determine how we could align with one another. We determined we could provide more just because of the size of the tank. For high-volume customers that have a mix of multiple printers, this could also be a solution that matches really well with their needs,” VonBank said. This is just the beginning of the partnership between PostProcess and Carbon. As noted in the previous article and elsewhere on 3DPrint.com, the industry is now recognizing just how important post-processing is to industrializing additive manufacturing. In many ways, the fabrication technology itself is meeting the standards of end part production, but the overall workflow is now being addressed with greater attention. This is where companies like PostProcess come in. Avila and VonBank were not able to comment on the specific roadmap the two firms had in mind. What Avila was able to say is, “I think you’re going to see more from Carbon and PostProcess particularly around the L series work that we’ve been doing.” The partners will be discussing the product launch and their collaboration in a webinar to be hosted on June 22, so it may be possible to get a better sense of where they are heading. In particular, I’m excited to see how greater automation will factor into future product releases, as that will further reduce the labor associated with 3D printing. As detailed in the “Automation, Additive Manufacturing and the Factory of the Future” report from SmarTech Analysis, automation will be key in the next stage of evolution for 3D printing. Printing via 3DPrint.com | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing https://3dprint.com May 26, 2021 at 07:06AM
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ROKIT Healthcare’s bioprinting-based diabetic foot treatment kit registered as a U.S. FDA medical device https://ift.tt/3uhvvYw ROKIT Healthcare has completed registration of its Dr. INVIVO-based diabetic foot treatment with the U.S. FDA and has successfully completed clinical studies in the U.S. Since 2019, the company has conducted clinical studies in India, Korea and Turkey, and based on the most recent study results in the U.S., the treatment has shown promising results in all of the study patients with no side effects. The company reported that the study subjects were patients of chronic diabetic foot ulcer with an average of 64.4 years of age, 15 years of diabetes duration, and obesity in 90% of the patients. The principal investigator behind the study is Dr. David G. Armstrong, PhD, DPM, who is Professor of Clinical Surgery at University of Southern California and has produced more than 510 peer-reviewed research papers in scholarly medical journals and 90 book chapters with expertise in the treatment and clinical care of the diabetic foot. Dr. Armstrong is past Chair of Scientific Sessions for the American Diabetes Association’s Foot Care Council and the founder and co-chair of the International Diabetic Foot Conference, the largest annual international symposium on the diabetic foot in the world.
ROKIT Healthcare’s diabetic foot ulcer treatment, which consists of the printer Dr. INVIVO DFU and patient-specific autologous solution extraction kits, uses 3D scanning and AI-based interpretation of patient wounds to create customized skin regeneration patches.
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Tools that talk to each otherAnd the best part of all this – everything is fully integrated. Your contacts will land on your list automatically so you can send emails and web pushes to them, and you can integrate everything with your marketing automation. You’ll be able to collect information and data on your website visitors, on what they visit, what they buy, where they click, and more, and use that information to further your efficiency and continue to earn more. You even have 1000s of photos available for free in your account. thanks to the seamless integration with Unsplash. Beginners and advanced marketers alike can jump right in and build their website, integrating it with whatever they need to create successful marketing.
What the future holdsWhile we can’t predict the future, the past year-plus has taught all of us that adapting and being ready for rapid change is very important to keeping a business prospering these days. To properly nurture customers, to have the ability to upsell products in the moment, and to gather vital information about your valuable customers, you need a website. The most optimal customer experience comes from having a strong website and online presence. By adding Website Builder to our platform, we’re creating our optimal experience as well, to be able to support and empower business owners in an everchanging online landscape. Now businesses can use AI to generate anything from a simple site (acting as your online business card) to a full-fledged website with forms, videos, and more. With this, you can comprehensively leverage your online marketing to its fullest capability. First feedback? Very promising ?The new and yes, revolutionary, GetResponse AI-driven Website Creator is only in its beginnings and already the results are extremely positive.
Website builder in actionNo matter who you are, what you do, or how big (or small) your business is, you absolutely can create a website of your own. Just take a look at this quick video below showing you just how easy to use the GetResponse Website Builder is. Equipped with these and the AI-driven creator, you can launch your dream website in minutes. Now, what are you waiting for? Printing via GetResponse Blog https://ift.tt/2Xap2TD May 26, 2021 at 05:49AM
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Clément Le Tulle-Neyret https://ift.tt/3vnouGR Paris-based graphic designer and typographer Clément Le Tulle-Neyret describes his work as “content driven”, detail-oriented and “characterised by an exceptionally high typographic culture.” While there’s clearly a small element of lost in translation in the final phrase, if you’ve seen his work, you’ll see what he’s getting at. Le Tulle-Neyret is clearly both a perfectionist and a total type-nerd. Since setting up shop in 2011, he’s worked mainly with “cultural, industrial, and institutional” clients, as he terms them. These include architecture firms; art schools; photography and music festivals; photographers; the Saint-Étienne Museum of Modern Art, among other museums; galleries and more. I first saw Le Tulle-Neyret’s work back in 2015, when he’s created the catalogue for Grenoble’s Avatars de Rousseau exhibition, bringing together imagery and essays in a layout that deliberately recalled 19th Century pamphlet design. Around the same time, the designer had also worked on the book Strange Designs, a compilation of essays by designers including Elio Caccavale, Didier Faustino and Pieke Bergmans. He chose to focus the design around the colour green, describing it as “the colour of Satan…strange beings, sorcerers…genies in bottles,” among other odd entities. Alongside his publication design work, Le Tulle-Neyret has always demonstrated an intense fascination with typography, both in terms of aesthetics and more conceptual, historical and sociological contexts. Back in 2017, he created poster and publication designs for Notions of the Future, an essay publication by Gauthier Roussilhe of French design agency Flair. The designs deliberately offered a counterpoint to the usual visual associations we might have with the “futuristic” (those cliches around Geocities era web design, or sci-fi-esque silvery palettes, for instance). Leaning more towards Soviet era Futurism, Le Tulle-Neyret opted for reddish orange and black tones and a range of eye-catching, unusual typefaces including Infini, Merkury and Traulha. According to Le Tulle-Neyret, the book’s format was designed to create “a dialogue between classicism and anticipation” through the use of a grid that divides the page into nine sections both vertically and horizontally. In a strange twist, the book “begins” on page 201, meaning that the “cover” is found on the inside. While most of Le Tulle-Neyret’s work is within the culture sector, the being a designer working for a design client—i.e. someone who does pretty much the same thing as you do on a day to day basis—must be pretty daunting. In 2018, Le Tulle-Neyret did just the when he departed from his usual print-based work to create the visual identity and digital designs for the documentary Ethics for Design, created and produced by Gauthier Roussilhe. Le Tulle-Neyret often to use a bold, typographically driven approach for the project. It’s very much a design system designed for designers: based on grids, it prioritises simplicity and clarity. One of Le Tulle-Neyret’s most recent projects is the launch of his first retail typeface, the Immortel type family. Published by French type foundry 205TF, Immortel has been in development since 2016, and began life as part of a research project developed at l’Atelier National de Recherche Typographique (ANRT) in Nancy, France. He says he started working on the type family for a few reasons: one of the key ones was that he was unable to land on just the right typeface when he’d found himself searching for a French Renaissance style font in previous projects. “One of the reasons behind the design of Immortel Infra came from a longstanding interest for the Galliard, Plantin and Lyon typefaces,” he explains. “Having worked with these typefaces on different projects, I realised that none of the three truly incarnated what I was looking for when using typefaces descended from those of the French Renaissance, forms that were present enough to be visible but sufficiently discreet to go unnoticed. The need for this type design arose from the desire to develop a personal version of Robert Granjon’s Gros Cicéro, engraved in 1569, which influenced the three typefaces previously mentioned.” In the early days, the development of Immortel was based around a number of questions the designer was asking as part of his research: “ starting from the principle that a text is seen before it is read, how can the form of the letters serve the words? How can one visually re-transcribe a content, not only in terms of page layout? How can a typeface embody a text?” When the font was launched fully last month, it was revealed that the four variants that make up the Immortel family have characteristics that are each inspired by a different “humour”. Here, humour refers to the physiological “humours” as laid out in the Hippocratic theory. In simple terms, these are bodily fluids that were once believed to cause certain character traits: as Le Tulle-Neyret explains it, “phlegm represents a lymphatic, sluggish, slow character (Immortel Infra); yellow bile, an angry and prideful character (Immortel Colera); blood, a jovial and warm character (Immortel Vena); and black bile provokes hopelessness and melancholy (Immortel Acedia).” They’re also each inspired by a different engraver or type designer from throughout history. Immortel Infra is “associated with a phlegmatic temperament” and draws on the work of 16th century typeface engraver Robert Granjon; Immortel Colera has “a choleric temperament” and is inspired by the work of Jean Jannon, an engraver from the 17th century; Immortel Vena has “a sanguine temperament” and draws influence from 18th century engraver Jacques-François Rosart. Finally, Immortel Acedia is associated with “melancholy”and is inspired by the aforementioned Melencolia I by Albrecht Dürer, while also attempting to synthesise the look and feel created by 16th century tools and modern, narrow point type design instruments, giving it a more modern aesthetic. One of the key ideas behind Immortel is that the whole family can be used for a single magazine layout, since the variants provide options for everything from body copy to abstracts, titles, mastheads and more. “This family is designed for serious typesetting,” as Le Tulle-Neyret puts it. Printing via People of Print https://ift.tt/2DhgcW7 May 26, 2021 at 05:40AM |
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