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Becca Thorne https://ift.tt/urD2lRh Based in Bristol, Becca Thorne is a printmaker and experienced illustrator specialising in Medieval history, natural history, and food. She has produced work for clients including BBC History Magazine, The Bumblebee Conservation Trust, The Folio Society, Thames & Hudson, Waitrose Food, and Yale University Press. Becca has recently returned to full-time freelancing – and Bristol – after ten years teaching illustration on the Graphic Design BA at De Montfort University in Leicester. She tells us; “I learnt so much from my colleagues (and the students!) who were from a whole range of different disciplines – typographers and brand specialists, letterpress artists and children’s illustrators – and it helped me explore my own practice much more.” She grew up in a tiny hamlet in the Forest of Dean, which inspired her fascinatation with nature. The printmaker’s recent series of prints focuses on marginal habitats; small, but super important semi-natural environments that play host to thousands of species of animals and plants, and that are constantly under threat. “I love learning about things like this as part of my research – I’ve done courses on bumblebees, wildflowers, reptiles and amphibians, and I take loads of photos of wildlife, wherever I go,” says Becca. All of Becca’s works start in her sketchbook with notes, quick initial sketches and composition thumbnails, before moving onto bigger, full-size layouts. She has recently started using an iPad to develop her layouts further, rather than creating tonnes of tracing paper waste. She photographs her sketches and uploads them to Procreate to plan layers, colours, and patterns, before the final designs are traced onto traditional, linseed-based lino, which is plastic-free and biodegradable. Becca learnt the art of linocutting from Marilyn Towndrow, who was her wonderful visual studies tutor on the Illustration BA at Falmouth College of Arts. Marilyn taught Becca to hand burnish with a spoon, away from the print studio, and that’s the way she has done it ever since. “Linocutting made me focus more on composition, shape and perspective. Before that, I’d always been good at representational drawing, but struggled to get more creative inspiration beyond just drawing lone subjects, and would always overwork things. Through linoprint I was able to develop a more immediate and dynamic visual language, and it really opened up new, more exciting routes for me!” The Hedgerow print from Becca’s Marginal Habitat series is currently on display at Salisbury Arts Centre as part of the Wiltshire Creative Summer Exhibition. www.beccathorne.co.uk Printing via People of Print https://ift.tt/YMICUm1 July 25, 2022 at 05:18AM
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3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: July 24, 2022 https://ift.tt/NImKd6g Nanoscribe is holding an online training week, and Markforged and Stratasys are both continuing their respective tours. Massivit is holding a webinar on automated mold production for composite materials, Nexa3D will discuss the importance of collaboration in the AM industry with some important guests, and America Makes welcomes the SIMBA Chain. Those are just some of the event and webinar offerings we’ll cover in this week’s roundup! July 25 – 28: Nanoscribe Online Training WeekNanoscribe is holding another one of its Online Training weeks, starting tomorrow, July 25th, and ending on Thursday the 28th. Each day will offer a different basic or advanced online training class focused on the company’s high-precision 3D printing, all taught by Dr. Aaron Kobler, Customer Success Expert at Nanoscribe. Basic Training will be held on the 25th from 1-2 pm CEST (7-8 am EST), while Advanced Training – 3D Small Feature Solution Set will be from 1-4 pm CEST (7-10 am EST) on the 26th. On the 27th, from 1-3 pm CEST (7-9 EST), Advanced Training – 3D Medium Feature Solution Set will be held. Finally, Advanced Training – 3D Large Feature Solution Set will be from 1-3 pm CEST (7-9 EST) on the 28th.
Log in to NanoGuide to sign up. July 26 – 29: Forged Tour Part DeuxMarkforged continues its global Forged Tour Part Deux across the US, and the APAC region, from July 26-29. First, on the 26th, the tour will stop at The Chair Factory in Gainesville, Georgia with 3DOLOGiE at 9 am EST, then at Breaker Brewing Company in Wilkes-Barre Township, Pennsylvania at 3:30 pm EST with Phillips, and finally at 3 Nations Brewing in Dallas, Texas with MLC CAD at 5 pm EST. The tour heads to the FireWorks Restaurant in Lincoln, Nebraska on the 27th with EXBuild at 2 pm EST, but also to the Concrete Digital HQ in Melbourne, Australia with SFDesign at 4 pm AEST. The tour will stop at Thaddeus Stephens Technical School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania with Phillips at 10 am EST on the 28th, and also at the American Solera Brewery in Tulsa, Oklahoma with MLC CAD at 5 pm EST. Finally, on the 29th, the tour heads to the Chemtron Showroom in Henderson Industrial Park, Singapore at 10 am SST on the 29th.
Stay tuned for more dates and locations in the future! July 26: Automated Mold Production for Composites with MassivitAt 12 pm EST on Tuesday the 26th, Massivit is holding a webinar on “Automated Mold Production for Composite Materials” about its new Cast In Motion (CIM) technology. Attendees will learn how the technology combines high-performance thermoset materials with ultra-fast 3D printing and a shortened workflow in one digital tooling giant system—the Massivit 10000—to manufacture custom, complex molds, along with prototypes and mandrels, in just days, and with a lot less waste.
You can register for the webinar here. July 26: Stratasys Continues AM in Automotive SeriesStratasys continues its four-part webinar series on “The Future of Automotive: Shifting from Traditional to Additive Manufacturing” this week. The first session was on July 14th and focused on transportation 3D printing applications, and at 1 pm EST on the 26th, the webinar will take a comprehensive look at how the company’s FDM 3D printers can accomplish large, cost-efficient, and customizable automotive parts and prototypes. Future sessions will cover SAF and P3 technologies, and welcome special guests. Additionally, attendees can chat directly with expert Application Engineers after each presentation about how to boost their own automotive applications.
If you haven’t already registered for the series, you can do so here. July 26: SOLIDWORKS to DELMIAWorksAlso at 1 pm on the 26th, Dassault Systèmes will be discussing the integration between DriveWorks, which is the most popular CPQ add-in to SOLIDWORKS and can help easily create 3D product visuals, and DELMIAWorks. The webinar, “Configure to Order – SOLIDWORKS to DELMIAWorks ERP Utilizing DriveWorks,” will cover topics like pulling information such as pricing from ERP into your CPQ, pushing sales orders right into ERP, creating the bill of manufacturing in DELMIAWorks to start manufacturing scheduling and production, and more. DriveWorks speakers will be CEO and Co-Founder Glen Smith and IT & Implementation Specialist Adam Baker.
You can register for the webinar here. July 27-28: The Experience Stratasys Tour ContinuesThe Experience Stratasys tour continues this week in Massachusetts! First, on Wednesday, July 27th, Stratasys will take its mobile showroom to the TriMech office in Marlborough, MA. Then, on Thursday the 28th, CATI is hosting the tour at the Boston Harbor Distillery in Dorchester, MA.
You can register for the Stratasys Experience Tour here. Stay tuned for more dates and locations in the future! July 27: Nexa3D Hosts Conversation about CollaborationAt 12 pm EST on the 27th, Nexa3D is holding “A Conversation in Collaboration” with several other AM industry leaders. The online event will be hosted by Nexa3D’s Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO Avi Reichental, and Sarah Goehrke, Senior Director, Strategic Communications and Ecosystems. They’ll welcome three speakers: Kristin Mulherin, Nexa3D’s General Manager, Powder Bed Solutions, and the President of Women in 3D Printing; Sherri Monroe, the Executive Director of the Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA); and Lisa Arafune, Director of Outreach, Additive Manufacturing Coalition.
You can register for the conversation here. July 27: Electronic Design Analysis with CST Studio SuiteDassault is holding another webinar this week, on “Electronic Design Analysis for PCBs, Packages and Devices,” at 4 pm EST on the 27th. Nivedita Parthasarathy, SIMULIA Industry Process Consultant, will discuss how the CST Studio Suite can help mitigate challenges, like complex layouts and high data rates, in designing modern electronic devices. Using a mobile phone model, some key workflows will be reviewed, including sensors and wireless charging design.
You can register for the webinar here. July 28: Nexa3D & PepsiCo’s 3D Printing ChallengeAt 1 pm EST on Thursday, July 28th, Nexa3D is hosting a second webinar, “The Pepsi (3D Printing) Challenge.” Attendees will learn how PepsiCo used 3D printing to streamline its blow mold development process from a month to just five days, how the NXE 400 and Henkel xPEEK 147 materials compare with its previous solution, and more. The speakers are PepsiCo’s Sr. Manager Global Packaging R&D Max Rodriguez and R&D Packaging Engineer Thangtip Tekanil; Nexa3D’s Goehrke; Hratch Gasparyan, the Director of Enterprise Solutions for Dynamism; and Sam Bail, Director of 3D Printing and Partnerships, Loctite.
You can register for the webinar here. July 28: America Makes & SIMBA Chain AdditiveFinally, America Makes will hold a webinar at 2 pm EST on the 28th, “SIMBA Chain Additive with Knowledge.” There are still major barriers to 3D printing repair parts and components, and SIMBA Chain, a cloud-based, blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) platform, is working with Notre Dame University to help lower these, as well as using machine learning, blockchain, and knowledge graphs to create verification and part production that’s directly tied to supply chain data.
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3D Printing News Briefs, July 23, 2022: Metal 3D Printer, 3D Printed Electric Violin, & More https://ift.tt/RhSG2wA In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, Kurtz Ersa is offering a new metal 3D printer, and SLM Solutions reported that a major European automotive OEM purchased two more of its SLM 3D printers. Visitech has acquired Keynote Photonics to form a new division. Additivology is a new web portal to help connect education, training, and workforce development for additive manufacturing. Finally, we’ll take a look at an ultralight, 3D printed electric violin. Kurtz Ersa Offering Multi-Axis, Multi-Laser Metal 3D PrinterGermany-based Kurtz Ersa, which offers push-button metal 3D printers and electronics manufacturing equipment, has now added the multi-laser, multi-axis Flying Ray AM system to its portfolio. The printer uses laser beam powder bed fusion (PBF-LB) technology, and the standard Flying Ray makes it possible for 3D printing to happen in overlapping work areas, thanks to its eight arms—each with eight lasers and a swivel range of 45°. The company says the new metal printer has applications in the aerospace, automotive, research and education, and medical sectors, and is a good choice for small-batch 3D printing, building components, and tool and mold making as well. Kurtz Ersa’s Flying Ray is said to offer a path speed up to 1 m/s, a build rate of up to 500 cm³/h, and position accuracy of +/- 25 μm. The system has a modular design, which means customers can specify the number of lasers they want, how strong the lasers should be (between 50-400 W), the desired overlap areas of the swivel arms, and the distance between, as well as number and length of, axes. Right now, the Flying Ray is able to process aluminum, stainless steel, and tool steel. Major Automotive OEM Buys Two More SLM Solutions SystemsMetal additive manufacturing solutions provider SLM Solutions Group AG announced that a major European automotive OEM has purchased two more of its selective laser melting 3D printers. This brings the brand’s install base to more than ten SLM Solutions systems, including several SLM 280s and quad-laser SLM 500s. Over the next ten years, the global automotive market is expected to reach a volume of around 123 millions units, and much of this growth is driven by the move to EVs, which are a good application for additive manufacturing. SLM Solutions’ 3D printers have been used for automotive applications many times, including by this OEM, which uses its fleet of SLM systems to print a variety of metal parts for serial vehicle production.
Visitech Americas Formed with Acquisition of Keynote PhotonicsVisitech AS is a provider of high-end UV exposure subsystems that enable imaging solutions for AM, bioprinting, and direct imaging maskless lithography. The Norwegian company has acquired Texas-based Keynote Photonics, which manufactures industrial projectors and has also developed DLP industrial solutions for customers in 3D scanning metrology and medical solutions, as well as advanced display systems used in DNA analysis and Olympic ceremonies. With the acquisition, the company has announced the formation of Visitech Americas, which will act as a new subsidiary for sales, marketing, product services, and engineering to support the growing AM market in the United States and the Americas. Keynote’s staff and assets will be transitioning to new roles at Visitech Americas over the next several months.
Additivology Connects AM Education, Training, Workforce DevelopmentA new web portal called Additivology is a digital network that connects opportunities in education, training, and workforce development in the AM industry. A team of entrepreneurs designed the network, which works to connect students of 3D printing with industry professionals to grow the industry’s knowledge base. It also offers education, training, and workforce opportunities to students, and participating academic institutions can use Additivology to showcase their programs, courses, facilities, and degrees, while experienced professionals can join to continue refining their AM skills for career advancement. You can subscribe to the Additivology web portal for AM students and professionals here.
3D Printed Karen Ultralight Electric ViolinFinally, while we often hear about 3D printed bespoke instruments, like guitars and trumpets, it’s not often that we see high-end, i.e. expensive, 3D printed instruments available in larger production runs. That’s changed with the commercial availability of the new Karen Ultralight 3D printed electric violin from Katahashi Instruments. The Japanese company designed all the traditional parts of the violin, while Barcelona design company ANIMA Design took care of the rest, using computational design systems to make the ergonomic instrument as lightweight as possible. The elegant violin’s body was 3D printed using HP’s MJF technology and recyclable nylon material, while the neck is made of maple wood with birch fingerboard, covered with a black carbon fiber finish, and jujube for the tuning pegs and chin rest. There’s also a 1/4″ jack to connect the instrument to an amp, a preamp powered by a 9v battery, an active/passive switch, a headphone output, and a few tone control knobs. The 3D printed Karen Ultralight electric violin retails for about €1,850, comes with a case, shoulder rest, composite bow, rosin and 9V battery, and comes in four colors: Black Piano, Pearl White, Dark Platinum, and Red Copper, seen above. The post 3D Printing News Briefs, July 23, 2022: Metal 3D Printer, 3D Printed Electric Violin, & More appeared first on 3DPrint.com | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing. Printing via 3DPrint.com | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing https://ift.tt/m1Sc4eJ July 23, 2022 at 08:34AM
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Velo3D to Distribute Metal 3D Printers to US Government Customers via Hartech Group https://ift.tt/vyzB6Co Velo3D announced that it has entered into a partnership with Hartech Group, whereby the latter will distribute Velo3D machines to US federal government agencies. The partnership will be particularly focused on providing solutions to the Department of Defense (DoD). Hartech Group, based in Denver, provides advanced technology equipment solely to the U.S. government. Lockheed Martin Space received Velo3D’s latest machine, the Sapphire XC, this past April, and Raytheon subsidiary Pratt & Whitney is currently evaluating the Sapphire X’s potential for jet engine production. Since Velo3D specializes in additive manufacturing (AM) platforms for two industries most directly reliant on federal contracts — aerospace and space — Hartech’s experience makes it an ideal sales partner for the original equipment manufacturer (OEM). As Braedel notes, in addition to providing the equipment, Hartech Group handles installation, training, and customer support services on behalf of its partners. Securing this sort of alliance would seem indispensable, for any company hoping to attract increasing amounts of business from the federal government, and especially the DoD, in the near future. Additionally, it is currently both a more opportune — as well as a more urgent — moment than it ever has been for a company like Velo3D to solidify its long-term integration into the federal procurement process. That is, a brief window currently seems to have opened in which a select number of standalone AM firms will be able to ensure and enhance their future growth paths by forging ties with the forces controlling the US federal budget. This window is being signaled by broader developments such as the Biden administration’s AM Forward program, as well as individual use-case projects, like the US Navy’s recent successful deployment of Xerox’s ElemX aboard the USS Essex. It is uncertain, of course, exactly how brief the window will be. But the point is that there is an enormous, yet still limited, amount of government funding that will pour into the industry over the next decade: thus, the companies that establish themselves as government suppliers now will likely be the greatest beneficiaries of that funding when all is said and done. Stock markets have obviously performed quite poorly in general over the last six months or so, and AM has been as bad as just about any other sector. In turn, until markets are less volatile, it will be difficult to utilize stock performance as a truly reliable metric to gauge the outlook for any company. On the other hand, the possibility that markets may finally be starting to hit a nadir does provide an opportunity to pay attention to which stocks are now considered “discounts” by large investors. Along these lines, it’s perhaps worth mentioning that Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest purchased an as-yet-undisclosed additional quantity Velo3D two weeks ago. This comes two months after the fund bought 419,575 shares of Velo3D: which made for a total of 10.6 million shares owned by ARK, or a little over five percent, as of May, 2022. Whether or not Cathie Wood’s endorsement is still a plus is up for debate. Nevertheless, if anyone could be expected to outpace any upcoming rebound of the general market (should that eventually happen), it’s probably Wood. With that in mind, the momentary ups-and-downs of the market are generally more related to sector performance than they are to the performance of individual companies. Thus, we can view this (along with other recent developments) as a potential sign that the elusive rebound of the market and that of the AM sector will happen within similar timeframes. Among other things, this means it’s not unreasonable to think that AM will outperform the next sustained market rally. Images courtesy of Velo3D The post Velo3D to Distribute Metal 3D Printers to US Government Customers via Hartech Group appeared first on 3DPrint.com | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing. Printing via 3DPrint.com | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing https://ift.tt/qDcJezA July 22, 2022 at 09:06AM
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Airbus Taps Liebherr for Complex 3D Printed Part for A350 Fleet https://ift.tt/9suYlaX Progress in additive manufacturing (AM) for aerospace continues apace, as an increasing number of 3D printed parts are incorporated into increasingly functional roles in aircraft. The latest is a complex component for the Airbus A350 passenger aircraft, which will be 3D printed by its partner Liebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH. A German division of the Swiss Leibherr Group, Liebherr Aerospace will be supplying Airbus with a metal 3D printed actuator and valve for the lower cargo door of the A350. The part is an advancement on the company’s previous AM work with the aviation giant. AM collaboration between the two began as far back as 2017, when Leibherr 3D printed a spoiler actuator valve block for the A380. It 2019, the partnership evolved to serial production of 3D printed proximity sensor brackets for the nose landing gear of the Airbus A350 XWB. Those components were clearly important for the functioning of these systems, but Liebherr is saying that the latest is even more complex. Interestingly, Liebherr is also supporting what is said to be a competitor to Airbus, China’s state-owned COMAC, for whom it is building the landing gear subsystem. 3D printing has yet to be incorporated into the partnership publicly, but it’s worth noting that Liebherr has access and is developing landing gear parts for both companies. When Airbus envisioned a fully 3D printed aircraft about a decade ago, it was hard to imagine the idea coming to fruition. However, that concept is being realized more and more every day. Just this June, Lufthansa announced that it had certified a load-bearing metal 3D printed part for Airbus’s A320 airplane. Executive editor Joris Peels has expressed his concern with the implementation of these types of components on flying aircraft. He suggested that, because every printed part is built up layer by layer, variation exists across builds and the parts themselves. This is an issue well-known in the AM industry, yet we’re seeing a greater number of 3D printed components in end use applications, including passenger cars and aircraft. While we can caution their use, we may also begin to wonder if these companies have proprietary methods for validating every item 3D printed. Perhaps, due to their size, corporations like Airbus and GM can CT scan and qualify every 3D printed part for use. Or perhaps they’re willing to take the risk of installing critical elements onto passenger vehicles. The post Airbus Taps Liebherr for Complex 3D Printed Part for A350 Fleet appeared first on 3DPrint.com | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing. Printing via 3DPrint.com | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing https://ift.tt/qDcJezA July 22, 2022 at 09:06AM
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3D Printed Reefs Aim to Restore Cod in Scandinavian Waters https://ift.tt/mcq54PD Ørsted, Denmark’s largest energy company, has now partnered with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Denmark to restore the marine biodiversity of the Kattegat Strait, the body of water between Denmark and Sweden. How? By experimenting with 3D printed reefs. Humans Disrupt the Food ChainOver the last three decades, the waters between Denmark and Sweden have seen a dramatic drop in the native cod population with numbers plummeting nearly 90% compared to their population in 1990. While overfishing is mainly to blame for the cod’s initial decline, other underlying factors have prevented the fish from returning to healthier levels. In the cod’s absence, their main prey, the green crab, overran the ecosystem and inadvertently destroyed the seagrasses vital to protecting juvenile cod from larger predators. Without the grasses, juvenile cod were easy prey and were not able to grow to maturity. The loss of the cod threatens to disrupt the ecosystem permanently, and the lives of the thousands of people who depend on the strait daily. WWF Denmark and Ørsted knew they needed a solution. To bring back the cod and restore balance to Kattegat, the partners turned to 3D printed reefs. 3D Printed ReefsArtificial reefs aren’t new and sea creatures are known to latch onto anything that offers them shelter in the ocean. Just look at a pier or a boat next time you’re on the cost. It will surely be covered with organisms. However, the team didn’t plan to throw just anything in the ocean and call it a day. No, they wanted to engineer a habitat that would mimic the species’ natural shelters, while demonstrating biocompatibility with the local area when the reef began to regenerate. Together, the two partners designed the tiered structures seen above, and commissioned Italian company D-Shape to print the “reefs.” Using a special concrete that incorporates sand from the Kattegat seabed, the structures give the fish an ideal place to hide and nest, improving their chances of surviving against predators. These artificial reefs will complement the existing boulder reefs Ørsted built when designing the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm in 2012-2013, and they hope these twelve new shelters will be the sanctuary the fish need to regenerate the Kattegat cod population, as well as to improve the surrounding ecosystem. It may take several years to see how effective these 3D printed reefs are at helping to restore the cod population; however, similar past initiatives have proved successful in other parts of the world. So, that could be a good omen for this project, too. While this technology won’t combat rising water temperatures or the acidification of oceans, it is helpful for restoration. We are excited to watch the progress of this technology and this project moving forward, and we have our fingers crossed that 3D printing can help make a lasting impact on the Kattegat Strait. The post 3D Printed Reefs Aim to Restore Cod in Scandinavian Waters appeared first on 3DPrint.com | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing. Printing via 3DPrint.com | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing https://ift.tt/qDcJezA July 22, 2022 at 09:06AM
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Optisys Joins UK’s Satellite Applications Catapult to 3D Print Satellite Parts https://ift.tt/RdPwpNf U.S. firm Optisys has joined the Satellite Applications Catapult Co-space facility in Harwell, U.K., part of the U.K.’s 40-site Catapult network meant to accelerate the deployment of new technologies through collaboration between research institutes, governments and businesses. There are Catapults for gene therapy, drug discovery, offshore renewable energy, and other potentially impactful technologies. 3D Printed Satellite Parts3D printing satellite components represents a potential billion-dollar opportunity, that has been underexposed considerably. In this segment in particular, Optisys and Swissto12 have a great deal of potential. Both firms have found a very particular focus area—3D printing RF components—and it’s shocking that they don’t have more competition. These are the parts that allow satellites to communicate with the ground and everywhere else—a very key area in terms of secrecy and performance. Antennas, phased arrays, synthetic aperture radars, filters, and wave guides are key components, all of which Optisys produces. Those in RF and military aviation seem somewhat obsessed with size, weight, and power (SWaP). That is: if we install this component or system on a rocket or a plane, how much space will it take up, how much of the total allowable weight will it use, how much will it slow down the plane, how much will it actually do for the plane in relationship to how much it will cost for that vehicle? A radar may be awesome, but how much will it reduce the range of an aircraft? Antennas, phased arrays, synthetic aperture radars, filters, and wave guides can also benefit from having reduced mass. If we assume that it costs $10,000 per kilo to launch a satellite, one could see how any weight reduction via 3D printing would immediately pay for itself. Moreover, this weight savings can be used to make other parts that last longer or put more payload on the satellite. Antennas could also be made more conformal or feature fewer parts, which would save money and make them easier to build and integrate. This, in turn, could reduce assembly cost, which is very expensive for satellite components. All parts could be integrated together, further cutting assembly costs and mass. The Satellite Applications CatapultThe Satellite Applications Catapult is meant to establish a complete ecosystem for building satellites. This includes sourcing parts, construction, launching, in-orbit services, and mission support. The group suggests that the site is being developed to meet the needs of the market, with demonstration support, so that organizations can showcase their new technologies and services within the U.K. itself.
The U.K. lacks the high-tech innovation stimulus structures and research commercialization prowess of Germany, China, and the U.S. It is meant to be a knowledge economy, but doesn’t have the same venture capital (VC) heft, or deep funding for new technologies via national labs, as the U.S. Nor does it have the laser-like focus and national priorities of China. The U.K. has also marooned itself vis a vis European technology funding. A lot of that is up in the air or unlikely to pan out for Britain. The Catapults are a more sensible idea, given the UK´s self-inflicted isolation. The endeavor is one part “Make Britain Great Again,” another part collaboration, and another part bringing new technologies to market. So, Catapults aren’t really fanciful government projects. Really, they could be pivotal in propelling companies towards commercialization and securing a better place in the technology world for the U.K. The private space industry looks like an American race, with the only speculation currently focused on which U.S. company will dominate the commercial space sphere. In terms of billions of VC cash, panache, and government investment, the U.S. had the biggest lead and poured in the most cash. It also seems to be building the most infrastructure, giving away the most contracts, providing key regulatory work, and, by far, doing the most marketing. The country also has NASA and a whole bunch of other acronyms with technological needs and edges that are incomparable. I would assume that the James Webb and Hubble telescopes were designed for reading license plates at this point. So, the U.K. and everyone else is playing catch up. And the British method, so far, is to get some of the Americans to set up shop in the U.K. It is quite a coup for the Catapult to get Optisys to come to Harwell, which has 200 space companies in the region already. This is because the firm is one of the few that has used 3D printing to make reduced mass, highly efficient components that will be needed on everything that flies.
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3D Printed Pelvic Implants from Onkos Surgical Earn FDA Clearance https://ift.tt/v5VTrdJ The medical field is, rightly so, a highly regulated one, and you can’t really get momentum for a product until it’s received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Last summer, specialized medtech company Onkos Surgical was cleared by the FDA to market its 3D printed collar implants for musculoskeletal oncology and complex orthopedic limb salvage surgery, and now the company has announced that it has earned the coveted FDA 510(k) clearance for its My3D personalized pelvic reconstruction system, which includes 3D printed implants, models, instruments, and an advanced surgical planning tool.
Onkos says that because of the FDA clearance, the pelvic reconstruction platform can meet surgical requirements in just six weeks. The company also claims that the My3D system is “the first of its kind” to include not only 3D printed patient-specific implants, models, and instruments, but also access to an advanced tool to use for planning purposes in the face of disease, deformity, trauma, and revisions that couldn’t be fixed by other treatments. The platform is used by surgeons to develop these personalized medical devices for surgeries.
The My3D solution includes 3D printed patient-specific implants, with “unique” features, for acetabular reconstruction, as well as advanced reconstruction of several pelvic regions. The company says these features help with anatomic restoration accuracy, as well as encouraging soft tissue and bone attachment and growth, the latter of which is known as ossification. My3D also offers access to the Onkos uDesign digital ecosystem, which “enables a personalized planning approach for each patient,” according to the website. Patient images, like CT scans, can be sent through a cloud-based, secure, HIPAA-compliant portal, and segmented by high-quality image processors in order to create 3D models of both hard and soft tissue. Then the surgeon, together with ONKOS technical experts, reviews the models in a virtual planning session to come up with the best pre- and intra-operative surgical solutions and ensure better patient outcomes. In February of 2023, 3DPrint.com and SmarTech Analysis will once again be holding our Additive Manufacturing Strategies summit in New York City. This event will include keynote presentations and panels focused on nine vertical topics that are critical in the continually-growing world of additive manufacturing, including 3D printing for healthcare. Register now to join us in these important discussions! (Image via Onkos Surgical) The post 3D Printed Pelvic Implants from Onkos Surgical Earn FDA Clearance appeared first on 3DPrint.com | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing. Printing via 3DPrint.com | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing https://ift.tt/qDcJezA July 22, 2022 at 07:12AM
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Jake Blanchard | The Encounter https://ift.tt/29ygfIb The latest release from West-Yorkshire based illustrator and printmaker Jake Blanchard is a new linocut print loosely based on the classic Todmorden story of Police officer Alan Godfrey’s encounter with a UFO. One of the most famous UFO sightings to have happened in the UK; the story has many twists and turns, a murder, the body dumped atop a mound of coal, cows escaped from a farmers field, inexplicable missing time, and a Police officer disgraced by what he says he saw. The Encounter is linocut printed on Japanese Hosho printmaking paper, using Caligo safewash oil based printing ink, and hand finished with gold Posca paint pen. Jake used Pfiel linocutting tools for the carving, and printed with a Polymetaal etching press in an edition of 15. Jake’s work is inspired by the natural world as well as mythology and ancient cultures, and often embraces the aesthetics of psychedelia. As well as working as an Illustrator, Jake also runs record label and zine publishers, Tor Press. His work has appeared in Creative Review, Computer Arts & Design week amongst other publications. The Encounter is available here. Printing via People of Print https://ift.tt/eLo8HA5 July 22, 2022 at 05:05AM
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Ben Brady https://ift.tt/8W6pEU5 Ben Brady graduated with distinction from the Masters in Authorial Illustration at Falmouth University. During this time he necessitated a broad search for a distinctive ‘authorial voice’ through a range of media which has led to his current research and development in woodcut printmaking. Having produced a soft-back poetic graphic novel as a postgrad, entitled Ever Northwards, both evocative and atmospheric in its imagery and text, his current aim is to further the complementary relationship of visual and written language by adopting woodcut printing alongside a written element. Now based in Bristol, Ben has adopted a practice deeply involved in the process of drawing and image making that presents a kind of contemporary mythology. The poetic and the ambiguous, metaphor and analogy, are combined with graphic observations of society and culture with its multitude of entanglements. The grounded, hands-on, and steady pace of printmaking has offered Ben the chance to explore further narratives whilst producing original imagery along the way, which can be enjoyed as is. @benjamin_brady_ Printing via People of Print https://ift.tt/eLo8HA5 July 22, 2022 at 05:05AM |
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