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AutoFarm: A Single Tool for Managing an Entire 3D Printing Farm https://ift.tt/Gqk9XWT For a number of years 3DQue has been making tools to automate, manage, and improve 3D printing with desktop printers and print farms. Now, the Canadian firm has released AutoFarm, which allows one person to manage up to a 100 3D printers. Developed over the course of three years, the software makes it possible to check system vitals and statistics on a handy dashboard, so you can easily monitor your farm. Through a single file management tool, jobs can be distributed, while magical artificial intelligence (AI) is used for failure detection. The system also features auto part ejection capability and traceability to improve and log results, all with live alerts to your mobile.
I really like the fact that 3DQue has considered scalability here. The software is accessible, with the ability to grow along with it without having to switch to another tool. The company also offers bulk file management tools that can take a lot of the drudgery away from getting print jobs to the machines themselves. One dashboard also means that one can easily oversee an entire operation, with one place to see many printer feeds and one repository for build files. The company claims that output increases 200% to 300% with its software when compared to managing a print farm manually. 3DQue also offers SmartTags, which enables users to indicate their own tags for details such as nozzle size, nozzle types, and 3D printing materials. You could have a printer set up for highly detailed prints in PETG, used only with the right orders, while you have another printer set up for high flow for larger, more utilitarian parts. The company also has SpaghettiVision for checking for failures. Print farms could be local, but 3DQue tools could also be used to monitor several of printf arms all over a campus or all over the world. Files are also locally stored, but accessible remotely. I think that the next leap of the industry is coming from space and orthopedics firms using our technology to make mission critical parts on very expensive machines with high-end materials. But, I’m also seeing the emergence of low-cost 3D printing at scale. Print farms are operating as services using only Prusa or Creality machines. With such low-cost systems and cheap filament, these services are very accessible. There are companies 3D printing thousands of machine tool parts using low-cost, desktop systems, as well. I expect more to happen in orthopedics, orthotics, and consumer goods, as well. Entry level 3D printers are good enough for B-side parts. Coupled with finishing systems, they may also be used for some visible parts . They’re not suited for everything and other parts may be smoother or more detailed. However, for a great many of the things in this world, a desktop material extrusion 3D printer is good enough and just about the cheapest way to make that thing. The post AutoFarm: A Single Tool for Managing an Entire 3D Printing Farm 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/F8Phdaw November 28, 2022 at 08:16AM
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POP Member Showcase | 9 Illustration Projects https://ift.tt/kNWADRe We’re stoked to present a selection of illustration projects from the talented members of our Official POP community. From illustrated calendars, to screen printed tote bags and Risograph posters, our members have created unique illustrations that have been brought to life through various print methods. Steffi Möbius Ehrlich: I Am Already Golden Ths illustrative lino print by Steffi Möbius Ehrlich is representative of a metaphor. Steffi tells us; “The wolf is depicted growling. He does not want to be portrayed as a victim, he does nothing wrong when he is the way he is. He belongs to the ecosystem and is already golden.” The print aims to make a statement about pleasing everyone – as long as you don’t harm anyone, everyone should be respected for who they are. Letterpress de Paris: Illustrated Letterpress Posters As a letterpress studio and a stationery publisher, Letterpress de Paris has been working for years with “la crème de la crème” of french illustration artists. The stationery collection, including greeting cards, postcards and notebooks, features over 20 collaborations. For the first time an exhibition of letterpress posters will be held in the studio, opening 1st. of December. For this occasion, the duo of illustrators Groduk&Boucar invited 3 of their illustrator friends, Anna Wanda Gogusey, Roca Balboa and Camille Bertagna to join them. They imagined posters of fictitious musicians and bands of various styles (emo punk, erotic samba, kraut rock, among others). The posters were all printed with letterpress on a Korrex proof press in A3 size, in limited edition… And finally, real musicians composed and recorded a song corresponding to each group. The show, mixing illustration, letterpress and music, will stay 3 months from December 1st. 2022 to February 28 2023 at Letterpress de Paris studio in Paris. Isabelle Lin: Cat Library This piece was Isabelle Lin’s second foray with Risograph printing – the first time, she used a fluo pink-yellow-medium blue triad to test out the waters, and this time she chose to go with an alternative combo of burgundy-flat gold-teal! She comments; “I was very curious to see what colours mixes I could achieve with this combination! I wanted to draw a dream library, with lots of plants and cats on top of full shelves!” www.echoprintmaker.company.site Michael van Kekem: Risograph Birthday Calendar For his latest webshop update and upcoming designer markets, printmaker Michal van Kekem wanted to make a new birthday calendar using his Risograph printer. In an edition of 25, he created a series of twelve new illustrations for each month. After having roughly sketched out a few ideas, Michael grabbed a pair of scissors, tape, and charcoal and had massive fun creating these illustrations! Joanna Calderwood: Autumn Getaway The beginning of autumn inspired Joanna Calderwood to create an illustration representing the elements we use to form our cocoon to keep us warm and comfortable. “Something to read, a comfortable chair, and a hot cup of tea are for me some great components to fight against the cold and rainy weather,” says the illustrator. The image represents the power of books and how they can transport us and make our imagination flourish. Joanna used watercolour ink mixed with white ink to make a mat texture, which she then produced as Inkjet prints. www.joannacalderwood.myportfolio.com Petra Verkade: Crying River Landscapes In this illustrated series of Risograph prints, Petra Verkade explores landscaped compositions and colour combinations. The pastel-coloured landscapes are inspired by the calming and endless desert landscapes in Namibia, which she has given her own twist. Dungarees + Squeegees: Leafy Bois The Leafy Bois series was designed and printed by Dungarees and Squeeeges in a multitude of medium and colour ways. They are hand printed on cotton tees and totes using water based inks to ensure they are eco-conscious. “We love the simplicity of the design which allows us to experiment with colourways,” state the team. Becca Thorne: Nutritious Earth Nutritious Earth is a short book of whimsical prose by author Andrea Mento, with beautiful, textural, linocut illustrations by printmaker Becca Thorne. Andrea wanted to create a book that inspired a love and curiosity of fruits and vegetables in children, and asked Becca to create illustrations based on her initial ideas for the text. Becca supplied rough illustrations which Andrea used to help further develop the prose, before the finals were carved and printed. Nutritious Earth is available to buy worldwide as an ebook, with printed copies coming to the US in time for Christmas. Dom Marshall: My Stuff My Stuff is the loose title Dom Marshall has given to a series of small edition screen prints he has created inspired by things in his home. Included in the collection is a rocket lamp, which he bought off eBay about 15 years ago, a Philippe Starcke Lemon Squeezer which was a wedding present 25 years ago, a toy globe which he has had forever, and more! All created on Dom’s kitchen table and very much about geometric shape and his new found love for fluorescent and neon colour. Browse more work by our community, and learn more about becoming a POP Member at www.members.peopleofprint.com.
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3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: November 27, 2022 https://ift.tt/zhENdvQ Coming off of Thanksgiving in the U.S., we’re still at low mass when it comes to 3D printing webinars and events, but there are still a few offerings this week, starting with RSNA 2022. In addition to two other shows, the AM Coalition is holding a members-only roundtable, and webinars on several topics will be held by TriMech, 3DHEALS, and more. Read on for the details! November 27 – December 1: RSNA 2022First up, the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) is holding its 108th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting in Chicago starting today, November 27th, through Thursday, December 1st. Held as a hybrid event with both in-person and virtual attendance options, RSNA 2022: Empowering Patients and Partners in Care is a global radiology forum. The event will feature several top-level speakers in its plenary sessions, as well as an AI Showcase, corporate symposiums, technical exhibits, the RSNA After Dark party, and more.
You can register for RSNA 2022 here. November 28 – December 2: 3D Printing News UnpeeledOur Executive Editor Joris Peels, who’s also the Vice President of Consulting at SmarTech Analysis, launched a daily news livestream called 3D Printing News Unpeeled. Each weekday at 9:30 am EST, Peels gets on LinkedIn Live and tells us, in 20 minutes or less, what he considers to be the top news stories from the 3D printing industry that day, and why they’re important. Some of the stories in his roundup are ones we’ve covered at 3DPrint.com, and some are not, but they are all equally interesting and impactful. The next 3D Printing News Unpeeled livestream will be this Monday, November 21st, at 9:30 am EST, and will continue the rest of the week at the same time. You don’t want to miss it! November 29 – 30: JEC Forum DACHOn Tuesday and Wednesday, November 29th and 30th, JEC Forum DACH 2022 is coming to Augsburg, Germany. First introduced in Frankfurt last year, the annual event is organized by JEC Group and the AVK and focuses on composite materials. It rotates each year to a different city in the DACH region to enable closer connections with local companies and R&D centers, and to promote the regional ecosystem of composites in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. There are three pillars of the event: business meetings, conferences, and innovation; the last comes to life through the JEC Composites Startup Booster competition and the AVK Awards.
You can register for the Forum here. November 30: SOLIDWORKS Manage 2023 with TriMechAt 2 pm EST on the 30th, TriMech is holding a webinar on how to “Get to Know SOLIDWORKS Manage 2023,” which is the “key element” in offering Distributed Data Management. TriMech Solutions Consultant Tony Bucchino will discuss the key features of SOLIDWORKS Manage 2023, such as process, Bill of Material, and project management, and also take a look at what’s new.
You can register for the webinar here. November 30: Additive Manufacturing Coalition Members-Only RoundtableAlso on Wednesday the 30th, the Additive Manufacturing Coalition will present a Members-Only Roundtable on Post-Election Results Advocacy Planning at 3 pm EST. Speakers will be Ms. Stewart Barber, Director of Government Affairs, Semiconductor Industry Association; Mr. Toby Smith, VP for Science Policy and Global Affairs, Association of American Universities; and Mr. Matt Herrmann, Senior Advisor, The Roosevelt Group.” The live Zoom forum will operate under Chatham House Rule.
If you previously signed up for a Members-Only activity, you can simply RSVP here. If not, you must first sign up for a Members-Only Account on the website using your organizational email address, and then you can RSVP for the roundtable forum. December 1: 3D Printed Regenerative Hip Implants with MaterialiseAt 10 am EST on Thursday, December 1st, Materialise will hold a webinar on “Meaningful Innovations in Personalized Care: 3D-Printed Regenerative Hip Implants.” Attendees will learn about research on 3D printed regenerative hip implants from Dr. Nasim Golafshan, winner of the Mimics Innovation Awards 2022, as well as Materialise CEO and Founder Fried Vancraen and Professor Jos Malda with the University of Utrecht. There will also be a chance to learn further details during a Q&A.
You can register for the webinar here. December 1: 3DHEALS on Startup Fundraising in HealthcareAlso on the 1st, but at 11 am EST, 3DHEALS will focus on “Fundraising, Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors in Healthcare 3D Printing” in a panel discussion. 3DHEALS offers the Pitch3D Program, in which it discovers early-stage startups, meets the founders, and helps the companies with fundraising. In this discussion, moderated by neuroradiologist Dr. Jenny Chen, the founder and CEO of 3DHEALS, the speakers will be Arno Held, Managing Partner of AM Ventures; Jimmy Lu, Co-Founder & Managing Director of EOS BioInnovation; Natalie Levy, Founder of women-first investment group She’s Independent; Tom Vogelsong, an angel investor in MedTech and a Life Science Advisor to, and Director of Deal Flow for, KYTO Technology and Life Science; Tom Gwinn, an Investment Manager at Evonik Venture Capital; and Tak Cheung, Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA).
You can register for the discussion here. December 1: Metal AM for Naval Shipbuilding3D Systems is holding a webinar at 1 pm EST on Thursday the 1st about the “Development of Metal Additive Manufacturing for Naval Shipbuilding.” Dr. Mike Shepard, Vice President of Aerospace & Defense Segment at 3D Systems, and Dr. John Ralls, Manager Principal Engineer3/Deputy Chief Engineer at Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), will discuss metal AM opportunities in the naval shipbuilding industry, and how it impacts the timely delivery of quality hardware. Attendees will learn about the need for suitable AM marine alloys, the qualification path for 3D printed parts in naval shipbuilding, and more.
You can register for the webinar here. December 2: Wearable Sensors & Printed ElectronicsFinally, TechBlick is holding a free virtual conference and exhibition on electronic textiles, wearable sensors, and printed electronics on Friday, December 2nd. From 1-7 pm CET (7 am-1 pm EST), a global audience can enjoy 25 speakers and over 35 live exhibitors in a unique, interactive virtual environment. Track 1 will focus on wearable sensors and therapeutics, e-textiles, and continuous vital signs monitoring, while Track 2 is about printed, flexible, hybrid, 3D electronics. Topics will include smart apparel, soft wearable bioelectronics, printed sensors, intelligent skin patches, wearable sensors for sports and athletics, soft wearable bioelectronics, and more.
You can register for the virtual conference here. Do you have news to share about any future webinars or virtual and live events? Please let us know! The post 3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: November 27, 2022 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/3jAmxRX November 27, 2022 at 08:15AM
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3D Printing News Briefs, November 26, 2022: 3D Printed Coral Reefs & Moon Habitat & More https://ift.tt/yEMYLW1 In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, Carbon’s bioabsorbable elastomer platform is biocompatible in vivo, while researchers in Germany and Australia developed a 3D printing resin and dedicated printer that enable ultrafast 3D microprinting with crossed laser beams. Branch Technology 3D printed a moon habitat, and a tiny 3D printer that runs on a power bank was funded on Kickstarter. Nearly 50 3D printed coral reef units have been installed in Australia, and a Rotterdam research and design studio 3D printed playground equipment using plastic waste. Carbon’s Bioabsorbable Elastomer Platform Biocompatible in VivoCarbon has announced that its developmental bioabsorbable elastomer platform demonstrates biocompatibility in vivo, which is a good sign for the platform’s future use in biomedical lattice applications like nerve conduits, soft tissue repair, temporary mechanical supports, wound dressings, and more. The company’s bioabsorbable elastomer already has impressive mechanical performance, including an absorption rate that can be tuned to fit several potential applications, and now all of its samples have been designated as non-toxic and exhibiting tunable times for full absorption. This makes the platform great for multiple medical and biomedical uses. In addition, current in vivo studies have shown desirable healing responses, and necessary tissue tolerance, for an implantable device through 26 weeks.
Special Resin & 3D Printer Quickly Build MicrostructuresResearchers from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Australia and Germany’s Heidelberg University and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) developed a special 3D printing resin, which is irradiated simultaneously by crossed red and blue laser beams and, when paired with a dedicated 3D printer, can enable ultrafast printing of an entire microstructure. Their technique, called light sheet 3D printing, differs from most methods, which only require one color of light to solidify the resin; this method of polymerization uses red and blue laser lights for simultaneous irradiation of microscale objects. The team also created a printer that can exploit the resin’s fast relaxation time, using blue laser diodes to project images via a high-resolution display with a high frame rate. The red laser forms into a thin light sheet beam that crosses the blue beam vertically within the resin. According to Vincent Hahn of KIT’s Institute of Applied Physics, the 3D printing process is “almost too fast to observe.”
Branch Technology’s 3D Printed Moon HabitatTennessee-based Branch Technology combines additive manufacturing, prefabrication, and digital technology to construct complex design structures, such as building façades, outdoor band shells, and lunar habitats. Recently, the company partnered with NASA, Foster + Partners, Stanford University, and Sky Factory to create a Lunar Habitat Demonstration Structure, which was recently unveiled at Branch’s manufacturing facility in Chattanooga. This extremely detailed habitat is what Branch called an “in-kind representation,” which means it’s just an example of what such a structure could look like if NASA actually 3D printed it on the surface of a moon.
Tiny Kickstarter 3D Printer Needs Just 5W of PowerThree mechanical engineers from Hong Kong launched a successful Kickstarter campaign for the TinyMaker, a palm-sized, MSLA resin 3D printer that weighs only 600 grams and supposedly runs on just 5W of power; a power bank could actually run the itty bitty machine. Measuring just 100 x 115 x 155 mm, it’s a truly mobile printer, and you can even buy a carrying case as an add-on, along with a tiny wash and cure station. The TinyMaker features a build volume of 30 x 40 x 60 mm, with 320 x 240 pixels, so it certainly won’t be making great-looking prints, but the idea of a portable printer that you can take to parties is definitely interesting. The team behind the TinyMaker said they spent more than two years designing, prototyping, testing, and optimizing the resin printer, which is said to be open source, with an estimated delivery date of February 2023.
3D Printed Modular Coral Reef Units Installed in AustraliaThe Reef Design Lab (RDL), an Australian organization dedicated to the creation of artificial reefs, recently installed its latest creation. The Dell Eco Reef, consisting of 46 modular units and designed by Alex Goad, was installed in Clifton Springs, Greater Geelong, Victoria. The city of Greater Geelong is actively pursuing environmental sustainability work, and the 3D printed reef modules, which took several years to develop, will create a vital marine habitat, as well as help reduce erosion and wave energy. The formworks were 3D printed in RDL’s Melbourne facility, and cast by partner SVC Products using a low-carbon concrete mixture, which includes a “locally sourced shell aggregate that was exposed on the surface to aid with mussel and oyster colonisation.”
The New Raw 3D Prints Play Furniture from Plastic WasteThe New Raw, a research and design studio in Rotterdam, also uses digital manufacturing for sustainability purposes, using discarded materials to create new products in a 100% circular process. Its “Print Your City” project began in 2016 as part of the Circular City Program, and the studio’s new GLYPH collection of 3D printed sustainable play furniture is part of it. The collection, which involved over 700 regional children from the ages of 5 to 14, looks at applying robotic 3D printing to plastic waste as a way to redesign vacant lots and other urban spaces in the industrial city of Elefsina. The basic principles of a circular economy were the focus of an 8-week study on the GLPYH play furniture system. After an educational tour about recycling plastic waste, the children were asked to make drawings, which were then scanned, digitally processed, and etched into the monolithic play furniture. Plastic waste collected for the project was separated, washed, and shredded, before being melted and compacted with color pigments to print the eight self-standing, swinging benches. It took between 5 and 7 hours to print each piece, and a total of 240 kg of plastic was recycled during the project and made into the lightweight benches, which are portable enough to be arranged in different ways to create a colorful outdoor playground. The shape of the benches allows them to sway, but is also symbolic, as it honors the archetypal shapes of the building blocks in the city’s ancient ruins. The post 3D Printing News Briefs, November 26, 2022: 3D Printed Coral Reefs & Moon Habitat & 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/3jAmxRX November 26, 2022 at 09:21AM USPS Enters Peak Holiday Season with Strong Delivery Performance Across All Categories https://ift.tt/8LweNjo WASHINGTON — The United States Postal Service reported new delivery performance metrics for the seventh week of the FY2023 first quarter as the agency enters the busiest shipping season of the year. During the reporting period, the average time to deliver a mailpiece or package across the postal network was 2.5 days for the fourth consecutive week. Printing via USPS News https://ift.tt/ZxOCEHu November 25, 2022 at 11:23AM 3D Printing News Unpeeled: Wipro Launches a 3D Printer Liux Wants to Make more Sustainable Cars11/25/2022
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3D Printing News Unpeeled: Wipro Launches a 3D Printer, Liux Wants to Make more Sustainable Cars https://ift.tt/aT54Ekm Indian technology and outsourcing giant Wipro has launched its very own FDM 3D printer. Liux is a Spanish startup that wishes to make a much more sustainable car while Meld is being used to train the Navy. The post 3D Printing News Unpeeled: Wipro Launches a 3D Printer, Liux Wants to Make more Sustainable Cars 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/laTtdxD November 25, 2022 at 09:42AM
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Hypersonic Engine with 3D Printed Parts Achieves Key Milestone in Hypersonic Flight https://ift.tt/1FuZOAJ Hypersonic aircraft startup Hermeus has set a new milestone as Chimera, its flagship turbine-based cycle engine, demonstrated it can successfully transition from turbojet to ramjet. Such a transition allows reusable hypersonic planes to take off from regular runways before accelerating up to high-Mach speeds, one of the essential technological feats to making operational hypersonic flight a reality. This milestone reflects the brand’s promise of building the world’s fastest aircraft to connect people faster and bring much-needed innovation to commercial flight. According to Hermeus, once its planes reach Mach 5 – more than twice the speed of the supersonic Concorde – passengers will be able to cross the Atlantic in 90 minutes or go from Los Angeles to Honolulu in one hour. To power the startup’s first plane, a remotely piloted hypersonic aircraft called Quarterhorse, Hermeus will use the Chimera engine, which uses 15% of additively manufactured parts. For the task, engineers acquired Velo3D’s original Sapphire and large-format Sapphire XC machines. The printers, both of which are calibrated for Inconel 718, are not just being used to build parts for Hermeus’ Chimera engine but also for the Quarterhorse aircraft. Last September, Hermeus Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Glenn Case said metal 3D printing is a core component of the brand’s plan to vertically integrate production. Manufacturing in-house allows the startup to keep up a tight feedback loop between engineers and technicians which is key to the company’s ability to iterate quickly. Additionally, vertical integration eases reliance on outside vendors and allows for better control of the supply chain, which has become one of the key after-effects of the pandemic in the aviation industry, negatively impacting aircraft operations worldwide. Given this whirlwind scenario, 3D printing has become a more feasible option to counter intermittent supply chain disruptions. Hermeus’ use of Velo3D’s AM technology is a great example of this, especially since Sapphire will help increase performance, consolidate components, reduce aircraft weight and minimize external dependencies. Expressing his enthusiasm for the latest application of Velo3D’s machines, Founder and CEO Benny Buller said, “Hypersonics is an extremely challenging subset of the aviation industry and at the speeds that Hermeus will achieve, temperature, vibration, and aerodynamics play major factors in the flight of the aircraft.” Building ChimeraIn just 21 months and using $18 million, the Hermeus team designed, built, and tested Chimera. More than a technical milestone for Hermeus, this achievement is a “proof of point” that demonstrates how a small group of people can rapidly take hardware from prototype to testing with significantly smaller budgets than other industry peers, explains Hermeus Founder and CEO AJ Piplica. While most hypersonic platforms use rockets, Hermeus’ approach will allow the company to use existing infrastructure at traditional airports. In addition, by making a full-range air-breathing hypersonic engine that does not require a rocket to accelerate, Hermeus sets the stage for operational hypersonic flight – meaning aircraft that can be rapidly re-used. This makes the flagship turbine-based combined cycle engine (TBCC) Chimera engine unique in the field of hypersonics. An additional benefit of this engine design is that it accommodates existing transportation infrastructure. This is important not just for hypersonic testing but critical given Hermeus’ goal of radically accelerating passenger travel through hypersonic flight. Furthermore, the engine is built on legacy technology. On the path to hypersonic passenger aircraft, Hermeus teamed up with NASA to commercialize high-speed flight technology that the agency has been exploring for decades. Under the Space Act Agreement (SAA), the technical solutions developed by NASA and Hermeus via this partnership are the core of the TBCC for the first series of aircraft. Powering hypersonic flightOnce operational, the company says Chimera will use low speeds in turbojet mode, just like any jet aircraft. But as the temperature and the speed of the incoming air increase, turbojets will hit their performance limit at around Mach 2. Then Chimera’s pre-cooler is expected to reduce the temperature of the air coming into the turbojet, allowing Hermeus to “squeeze out” a bit more performance from the turbojet before transitioning to ramjet. Finally, at around Mach 3, Chimera will begin to bypass the incoming air around the turbojet, and the ramjet will take over completely. Following Chimera’s successful full-throttle ground testing in June 2022, the team moved to the Notre Dame Turbomachinery Laboratory’s hypersonic research facility for its latest testing campaign. Hermeus used the lab’s recently inaugurated high-Mach combustion testing cell, which releases heated air to simulate high-Mach temperatures and pressures.
With the transition from turbojet to ramjet demonstrated repeatedly, the Hermeus team is now racing to manufacture the first Quarterhorse aircraft that will begin flight testing in late 2023. Hermeus estimates that the first passenger aircraft could start flying in 2029. The post Hypersonic Engine with 3D Printed Parts Achieves Key Milestone in Hypersonic Flight 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/laTtdxD November 25, 2022 at 08:58AM
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Concrete Dreams: Let’s 3D Print Money, not Houses https://ift.tt/8jKoc2n I’m rather unsure about the potential of 3D printing houses. I know that it is the right thing for the press: additively manufacturing (AM) homes and solving the housing crisis make for a perfect story that is sure to resonate with many people. A PR strategy may build a business, without it being the best business. In the long run, it may make sense to 3D print houses, but I think that there is significantly more money to be made in other applications first. With houses, there are a number of costs related to exterior and interior finishing, land, and labor and that make up the total expense of construction. 3D printing can help to offset these by reducing labor and formwork costs. However, this will only make significant impacts once architects start designing for 3D printed buildings. Building regulations and construction firms are also often very local. So, conquering the market will be a piecemeal affair. Every design or project will have to undergo a lot of regulatory hoopla, as will meeting with developers and clients. It may be worthwhile in the end, but slow going. There are other additive construction (AC) applications out there that do not suffer from these problems. Concrete DoohickeysThere is a whole class of cement-based objects that doesn’t really have a name yet. Let’s call them concrete doohickeys. And they could potentially be lucrative to 3D print. Below is a list of concrete doohickeys to consider:
All of these examples, and this list is far from exhaustive, could be good candidates for AC. What’s more these objects represent a lot of value per liter or cubic centimeter. Per minute of 3D print time, you can create a lot of value with these parts. They can all also be printed indoors, in a protected and controlled environment. That way you can manage variables, such as temperature and humidity, to achieve better results. Though they are labor-intensive if made traditionally, these elements can all be made near-automatically with 3D printing. Normally, these products take several weeks to make, but, with 3D printing, they can be made faster. This means we don’t have to tie up capital in maintaining extensive stock. AC can also deliver faster according to market demand. Designs can be updated more quickly according to trends. A lot of these things would also benefit from customization. We could make concrete doohickeys with less material and less waste, more sustainably and faster than with traditional means. Whereas most of the concrete doohickeys are made with traditional precast concrete, some are made through other means. However, the key here is that there are millions upon millions of traffic barriers, silos, planters, drainage ditches, sea walls, and the like. The potential here is many billions in revenue. As far as I know, only a handful of firms, including Australia’s BOSS Products and the Dutch 3D printing arm of St. Gobain, Weber Beamix, are looking into this extensive opportunity in any meaningful way. Indeed, St. Gobain has a customization tool that allows customers to quickly price down-sloping stairs. The custom design uses less material and is lighter than a steel or concrete staircase made in place, or even a precast stairs. It is less expensive, as well. Taken together, the fact that we can make these elements without stock, faster, less expensively, and with less material is a significant competitive advantage. Houses may very well be an exciting future area for 3D printing. However, away from the hype, if you’d wish to generate billions in revenue with AC, then a focus on the above items would, in my mind, be a much more immediately successful one. The post Concrete Dreams: Let’s 3D Print Money, not Houses 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/qHse3UI November 25, 2022 at 08:10AM
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Richard Peacock https://ift.tt/H4T1D9A Richard Peacock is a printmaker based in North London making limited edition original prints on paper. He works from his studio in Wood Green which is home to a press and exposure unit which he shares with one other artist. Richard’s imagery combines elements of geometrical abstraction and pop art, and his screen print designs are constructed using the building blocks of colour, shape, rhythm and pattern. The negative space made between the elements in his compositions also contributes to their impact. The stencils for Richard’s screen prints come from a variety of sources; “Sometimes I use basic geometric shapes that I cut myself. I also use pieces of packaging folded flat to form the basis of the images I work with. I like this element of recycling: using discarded cardboard to form the basis of an image seems appropriate in a throw-away world.” A key element of “handmade” work is that images are never perfect – there are imperfections and random elements in his work, and unexpected colours are sometimes discovered as the result of two or more layers of ink. Recently, Richard has worked on commissions including the cover for Philip Larkin’s Collected Poems for the Folio Society, and a set of 14 large screen prints for Clockwise, Wood Green. Richard is slowly hatching plans to create a bigger workshop space in North London, with at least one additional press which he hopes to open up to other artists. Keep your eyes peeled! www.richardpeacockprints.com Printing via People of Print https://ift.tt/jbKZmFq November 25, 2022 at 04:59AM
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3D Printing News Unpeeled: NASA Recycles Packaging and Wants 3D Printed Shuttle Tiles https://ift.tt/W1Qm7K3 NASA has given an SBIR award to Gigabot to develop an in space packaging reycling and printing system. Meanwhile Canopy gets another award to make a binder jet production technology for shuttle tiles. These are hard to make and 3D printing them could make them much more widely available. Osaka University finds out how to 3D Print QR codes on cookies and the Obayashi Corporation uses a Yaskawa arm to make building code compliant 3D printed buildings. The post 3D Printing News Unpeeled: NASA Recycles Packaging and Wants 3D Printed Shuttle Tiles 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/qHse3UI November 24, 2022 at 10:05AM |
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