3DPOD Episode 130: Automation with Tim Bell, Siemens Digital Industries USA https://ift.tt/rKWAISJ Tim Bell started off as a machinist, working a lot of jobs in engineering, program management, and more before going to Siemens Digital Industries, where he is now Additive Manufacturing Business Manager. On the 3DPOD, he speaks to us about digital twins, digital thread, and contextualizes these broader manufacturing trends. Tim also discusses the opportunities in additive and manufacturing going forward. How does Siemens work with companies to help them adopt 3D printing? What are some of the pitfalls and things holding back the industry? The post 3DPOD Episode 130: Automation with Tim Bell, Siemens Digital Industries USA 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 08:21AM
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Top Christmas Cards 2022 https://ift.tt/MWDjlHQ We’re here to help you spread festive cheer with our low-down of the best Christmas cards by independent artists, printmakers, and studios. From cards for millenials to humbugs, we’ve got you covered! Check out our favourites below: Rosy Nicholas100% of the money raised from sales of these cards by Wrap X Rosy Nicholas will be donated to Mummy’s Star – the only UK charity to support women diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy. Who doesn’t need a naked guy carrying a tray of Ferrero Rocher in their lives? Lorna RobeyA6 Christmas card featuring a novelty baubles design. Risograph printed in Leeds with vegan soy based inks onto recycled 250gsm cardstock. Perfect for spreading the Crimbo love! Rosanna ReadeNothing says Christmas more than a striding Christmas pudding. Love or hate this festive staple, this giclee printed card based on an original lino print is ideal for sharing seasons wishes. Takako CopelandOne for the cat-lovers in your life! What could be more cute than a cat in a stocking? These cards by Takako Copeland are hand-printed using a traditional letterpress machine. Luiza HolubThe best way to spread Christmas cheer, is singing loud for all to hear! Colourful digital print based on an original linocut by Luiza Holub. Abby Sumner4 festive designs bursting with Christmas spirit and Risograph colour goodness from Abby Sumner. Not only full of Christmas spirit, but also eco-friendly! People I’ve LovedWhere’d 2022 go? Another year has flown by, so fuck it, let’s celebrate another one. Letterpress printed on archival-quality card stock with a kraft envelope. Tiger and FoxA craft and a card in one! Send a festive pop-out Christmas decoration or keep one to pop on the top of a tree. A fun decoration that can be kept for future Christmases! Hand printed on a vintage press, lovingly restored from c.1900. Kvist StudioWish your pals a happy crimbo with these 3 colour vibrant screen printed cards by Kvist Studio, featuring all of our favourite festive shapes! Martha DuncanThe card that every millenial has been waiting for. Part of Martha Duncan’s Shite Christmas Card range. What more could Gen-Z want? HoferA modern take on tradional Christmas imagery from Hofer. Letterpress printed in two solid Christmassy colours. Simple yet very stylish. Becca ThorneThe anti-Christmas card for the Scrooge in your life. Based on the eponymous Scrooge from Charles Dickens’ classic and beautifully printed in Cornwall as a faithful reproduction of an original linocut. Patrick BarberThe perfect card for sending to printmakers or pun-lovers, featuring a classic old printer joke! Letterpress printed using two passes of hand set metal and wood type on the Chandler & Price platen press. Known As StudioTis the season of icicles and Jack Frost nipping at your nose. The ideal card for design-lovers from Known As Studio Riso printed in blue/grey. Emmanuelle OrrOne of the best things about Christmas? The markets and all the mulled wine! This magical card is based on a photo of a Christmas market in the Alps. LJB StudioSuper luxurious foiled card by LJB Studio. Simple, sophisticated, and minimalist, with a stunning marbled envelope.
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Nadia Resta | Best Friends https://ift.tt/UDicSPQ The latest linocut from Italy-based printmaker Nadia Resta focuses on the concept of friendship. On the story behind the work, Nadia tells us it’s about; “A pact that during adolescence remains firm and eternal until people change and betray it. Often, however, in the middle of the most difficult road, life makes us encounter something unexpected and wonderful.” When she first started thinking about this print, Nadia knew that snakes and peonies would be the elements she would use to convey this message: snakes often represent disloyalty and betrayal in her culture, and peonies are the most lucky symbol of all Japanese aesthetics. Nadia states; “I wanted there to be a reference to personal experiences – these are often the inspirations I start from for my designs – so there had to be two snakes and two peonies, but I didn’t know how to design a composition that wouldn’t be too boring and repetitive.” She continues; “Someone in my family was playing briscola (it’s a very frequent solemn moment), and in front of a card that scored a point, I solved the problem: the mirrored composition seemed perfect to me because it turns things upside down without changing them. The snake is always there, and at its opposite there is a peony. Each is on the same path as the other.” Printing via People of Print https://ift.tt/ifEwejA November 24, 2022 at 04:26AM ¿Está listo para el Cyber Monday? https://ift.tt/ZSdl5Xg WASHINGTON — ¿Es usted uno de los millones de compradores que prefieren comprar por internet en lugar de esperar en fila para comprar regalos navideños? El Servicio Postal le presta apoyo el Cyber Monday y durante las fiestas. Cuente con nosotros para que sus paquetes lleguen a destino a tiempo en todas las celebraciones de la temporada. Printing via USPS News https://ift.tt/W3cuIO9 November 23, 2022 at 09:08AM Are You Ready for Cyber Monday? https://ift.tt/arAztPu WASHINGTON — Are you one of the millions of shoppers who prefer going online rather than standing in line to buy holiday gifts? The Postal Service has you covered on Cyber Monday and throughout the holidays. Count on us to get your packages to their destination in time for all the seasonal celebrations. Printing via USPS News https://ift.tt/W3cuIO9 November 23, 2022 at 09:08AM
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3D Printing News Unpeeled: Robotics, Molyworks and Fraunhofer https://ift.tt/b4RyEcO Molyworks´ metal powder sales unit Continuum raised $36 million from an PE fund to power recycled powder sales. ARA was interested because Continuum could perhaps decarbonize the supply chain through powder recycling. Several Fraunhofer institutes work together on 3D printing automatically using powder bed fusion. This could greatly reduce the costs of 3D printed parts. Rosotics, a startup, just raised $750,000 to launch an induction heating approach for metal printing that aims to make parts larger and cheaper. This is a supremely ambitious vision and also gets Draper, Sequoia and more on board the new firm. The post 3D Printing News Unpeeled: Robotics, Molyworks and Fraunhofer 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/9rjedsV November 23, 2022 at 08:46AM
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3D Printing News Briefs, November 23, 2022: ESD-Safe Resin, Edible QR Codes, & More https://ift.tt/sy3X2dS In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, AM Solutions has joined the ColdMetalFusion Alliance, AMFG is partnering with French 3D printing service bureau Erpro Group, and AddUp and the WBA are partnering to create a 3D printing platform dedicated to tooling. Nexa3D selected Mechnano’s MechT for 3D printing static-dissipative parts, and nScrypt has integrated Rhino 3D CAD. Finally, Osaka University researchers are 3D printing embedded codes inside cookies. AM Solutions Joins ColdMetalFusion AllianceRösler Group 3D post-processing brand AM Solutions has joined the ColdMetalFusion Alliance to unite the AM and sintering industries around more robust manufacturing standards. The consortium’s vision is to industrialize sintering and AM by introducing common standards, and members offer equipment, services, software, material, and their own expertise to customers in the metal manufacturing industry, as well as sharing a common culture and way of thinking. AM Solutions is working to make 3D printing post-processing stronger and more reliable, and its membership in the Alliance will help accelerate the consortium’s vision. It’s already starting to develop its offering with consortium partners to help them achieve optimal powder removal and cleaning of 3D printed green parts.
Erpro Group & AMFG Begin Strategic PartnershipFrench service bureau Erpro Group, which uses AM, injection molding, and CNC machining to provide plastic components, has entered into a strategic partnership with software company AMFG, which offers a customizable end-to-end workflow automation solution. The two will combine Erpro’s AM operations and expertise with AMFG’s MES and workflow software into a top AM offering for the service bureau. As Erpro Group’s AM operations continued to grow, the company needed to find a combined digital solution to facilitate an AM workflow, and needed a technology organizer as a partner. After a face-to-face meeting, AMFG launched a proof of concept centered around simulating Erpro’s entire workflow, which offered the service bureau a full understanding of AMFG’s capabilities, and how they were compatible with Erpro’s existing processes.
AddUp & WBA Creating AM Platform for Tooling IndustryMetal AM manufacturing company AddUp is working with the WBA Tooling Academy in Aachen, Germany to create a 3D printing platform that’s dedicated to the tooling industry. The WBA Aachener Werkzeugbau Akademie GmbH is a technical reference center for this industry, and offers training, consulting, and research activities related to technologies that are applicable to tool and mold production, such as laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) 3D printing. The WBA also offers companies organizational and strategic support on toolmaking-related topics. By partnering with AddUp to create a tooling platform with a LPBF printer, the WBA can offer its customers support for metal 3D printing projects in the tooling industry. The new AM platform was officially launched this fall, will open its doors early next year, and will be home to a New Generation FormUp 350 system by AddUp. Using this LPBF printer, which features high productivity, operator safety, and part quality, tool makers who submit application cases will be able to study all aspects of their projects, including design and profitability analysis, and go beyond a proof of concept.
Nexa3D Powers ESD-Safe Resin with Mechnano’s MechTUltrafast polymer AM solutions provider Nexa3D released xESD, a new ESD-safe resin for 3D printing static-dissipative parts that’s powered by Mechnano’s MechT. This proprietary technology makes it possible to disperse detangled and separated carbon nanotubes throughout an AM material without re-clumping, and the resulting discrete tubes can be tailored to fit specific performance requirements, such as a 200% increase in toughness and a 50% increase in tensile strength. xESD is a rigid photoplastic material that delivers good static-dissipative performance and isotropic mechanical properties, both of which are needed in the electronics manufacturing industry to make high-resolution parts, such as custom fixtures, jigs, assembly aides, grippers, and enclosures. Nexa3D’s xESD resin is available in black for both of its new NXE Pro Series printers, as well as the XiP desktop system.
nScrypt Integrates, Resells Rhino 3D CAD SoftwarenScrypt is now an authorized reseller of Rhino 3D CAD software for use with any of its systems around the world. The software has been integrated with the nStudio software engine for nScrypt’s Factory in a Tool 3D Manufacturing systems, and Rhino will provide tech support. When a circuit structure is wrapped onto a complex curved surface, it distorts, but the powerful Rhino 3D CAD software enables nScrypt users to map a circuit design onto a complex surface, without distortion, so an accurate circuit structure can be printed. Rhino’s freeform modeling tools can create, analyze, edit, document, render, animate, and translate point clouds, subdivision geometry (SubD), polygon meshes, and Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines (NURBS) curves, surfaces, and solids, without limits. The software now allows users of nScrypt’s 6-Axis and Trunnion Factory in a Tool to map complex circuit designs for printing on freeform surfaces as an add-on to nScrypt’s nArwhal plugin and nStudio.
Researchers Embedding 3D Printed QR Codes in CookiesFinally, QR codes, developed in 1994, often include data for a location, tracker, or identification that directs you to a website or application. Researchers from Osaka University are now using 3D printing to integrate edible QR codes inside cookies. Tags featuring embedded data, like fruit stickers and radio frequency identification tags, are often used in the food industry, but in a world looking to reduce the amount of packaging it wastes, non-toxic edible food tags that can be read without damaging the food and don’t change its appearance or flavor would be very helpful. So the research team created its “interiqr” 3D printing technique to deliver solutions to each of these issues. The QR code is created from the actual cookie, which means the taste and flavor won’t change, and because the information is embedded inside the cookie, its outer appearance doesn’t change either.
The team hopes its novel technique can be used for augmented reality food experiences, as well as reducing waste in regards to packaging and food tags. The post 3D Printing News Briefs, November 23, 2022: ESD-Safe Resin, Edible QR Codes, & 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/9rjedsV November 23, 2022 at 08:46AM
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Pass the Turkey, Please: I’m Thankful for These Turkey Day 3D Printables https://ift.tt/dZNXmTH It’s that magical time of year in the U.S. when the leaves have fallen, the temperature is dropping—maybe it’s already snowed—and the stores are filled with Christmas decorations and wrapping and sales, but it’s only November. That’s right, it’s Thanksgiving! If you’re like me, you’re grumpily tapping your foot along to catchy carols like “Jingle Bells” in the grocery store while you mutter to yourself about how it’s too early for Christmas because you haven’t enjoyed your turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie yet. But now the day is finally here, and as always, you can count on me to give you some great ideas for keeping 3D printing at the center of your holiday gathering! 3D Printed Low Poly Spoon RestBefore anyone arrives, you’ll need to get things started in the kitchen, and this 3D printed spoon rest by Pinshape user barb_3dprintny is the perfect accessory to keep your stove clean while you’re cooking. She designed this herself in Tinkercad, and used a temperature-resistant filament “so it can be thrown in the dishwasher without getting deformed.” Turkey WreathCults3D user LizzB 3D printed this hilarious wreath made entirely of turkeys, perfect to hang on the front door to welcome your guests. A flat bottom was added for easier printing, and you’ll need supports for this wreath, mostly under the legs and wings of the turkeys. CornucopiaYour table will be the talk of the town once it’s decked out with this 3D printed cornucopia centerpiece by Thingiverse user DaveMakesStuff. In order to preserve that braided texture on all the surfaces, the model, printed here using Eryone Matte Dew White PLA filament, is a two-piece print without supports, and should be oriented with the flat surfaces on the build plates. You’ll need to glue the braided rim on top of the horn, and the file includes small pins that can help with alignment if needed.
Turkey Napkin HolderThanksgiving is a day where you spend time with your loved ones eating until you can’t feel feelings anymore, or something like that. So with all that food, something else you’ll need at your Thanksgiving table is this adorable two-piece napkin holder, designed by Pinshape user MakePrintable. Just because you’re busy arguing with your relatives while stuffing your face with pumpkin pie doesn’t mean you can’t keep your fingers clean. Turkey Kit CardYou’ll need decorations for your Thanksgiving gathering, and this little “turkey kit card” by Thingiverse user FlameKitty would make the perfect addition. It could also be used as a hostess gift if you’re going to someone else’s house for the feast.
Evil Pumpkin PieIf you’ve read any of my previous holiday print roundups, you’ll know that I sometimes like my decorations a little on the weird side, and this adorably evil pumpkin pie print, by MyMiniFactory user The Dragon’s Den, definitely fits the bill. It’s printed with a small loop on top, so it can be used as a keychain or tiny fanged hanging decoration, and was printed in place with no supports, 10-15% infill, and .1 or .2 height. Plus, this model also includes an extra STL of Oogy Boogy from the beloved “Nightmare Before Christmas” stop-motion animation movie.
Turkey HydraContinuing with the slightly weird Thanksgiving decoration trend, I’m a big fan of Dungeons & Dragons (currently playing a Level 10 forest gnome bard), and this turkey-hydra creature looks like it stepped right out of the pages of D&D’s Monster Manual (MM). You might recognize the name of MyMiniFactory user mz4250, who created the design—Army veteran, 3D designer, and D&D player Miguel Zavala, who 3D sculpted and printed the hundreds of creatures from the MM, the miscellaneous creatures from Appendix A, the Demon Lords of D&D from the Out of the Abyss source book, and more. Turkey LegsFinally, it’s not Thanksgiving without some turkey legs at dinner, and here’s a silly pair of 3D printed ones! Obviously for dancing and not for eating, this drumstick with jiggly, articulated legs was created by Cults3D user CM_Design, and prints without supports, with a .2 mm layer height. During assembly, the bone should pressure fit right into the leg, but you might need a little glue to keep it secure. Happy Thanksgiving from everyone here at 3DPrint.com, and as always, happy 3D printing! The post Pass the Turkey, Please: I’m Thankful for These Turkey Day 3D Printables 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/9rjedsV November 23, 2022 at 08:46AM
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Upside Foods Finally Lands FDA Nod for its Cultivated Meat https://ift.tt/a9xcmK1 In a win for Upside Foods (and chickens), the Berkeley, California-based company received a nod from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its cultivated meat. The recently announced decision makes Upside Foods’ cell-based product the first in its category to complete the FDA’s pre-market consultation for human food made using animal cell culture technology. In a statement released on November 16, 2022, the FDA revealed that after evaluating the information submitted by Upside Foods, there are “no further questions” about the product’s safety. This is not, however, an approval process. In addition to meeting the FDA’s requirements, including facility registration for the cell culture portion, the startup’s manufacturing facilities will need a grant of inspection from the Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS). Additionally, the food itself requires a mark of inspection from USDA-FSIS before it can even enter the U.S. market. For now, the two agencies are coordinating to ensure that cultured meat is properly regulated and labeled as it comes closer to commercialization. This collaborative work is part of a March 2019 agreement that ensures all checkups for food made using animal cell culture technology comply with the framework established by both regulatory authorities and are safe for human consumption. Now that the FDA’s pre-market consultation process is finished, Upside Foods will transition to the USDA-FSIS oversight, which will take place during the cell harvest stage. During this step, the department will oversee the post-harvest processing and labeling of human food products derived from the cells of livestock and poultry. The Ba-kawk bawk letterFor Upside Foods, the FDA’s decision was cause for celebration. Deemed “historic news,” the “No Questions Letter” from the FDA accepting Upside’s safety conclusion led to “an open letter to chickens.” Indeed, to honor this world-first regulatory milestone, Upside decided to share the news with those who will benefit most, chickens. The heartfelt response highlights the importance of cultivated meat for the future of animals and chickens in particular. Company founder and CEO Uma Valeti published the open letter in the New York Times on November 18, 2022, in what he defines as “the chickens native bawk-filled language.” In the Times open letter, Valeti – a trained cardiologist and lifelong animal lover – wrote, “In the future, we might be eating just as much meat as we always have. But a lot fewer animals are going to have to suffer for it. We wanted you, the chickens of the world, to be the first to know. And we hope it brings a smile to your beaks.” Food catch-upUpside Foods selected chicken as its first commercial offering because it’s the most commonly eaten meat in the U.S. and is quickly becoming the meat of choice worldwide. Every year, Americans consume an estimated eight billion chickens — or roughly 100 pounds per person — which has doubled since the 1970s. Unfortunately, this growth in demand has been accompanied by an exponential increase in high-intensity industrial chicken farming resulting in more animal suffering. According to PETA, chickens raised for their flesh, better known as “broiler” chickens by the meat industry, suffer from serious health problems, including chronic respiratory illnesses and bacterial infections. In addition, reports have found that two-thirds of analyzed chicken meat was infected with salmonella and other dangerous contaminants. Instead, Upside Foods’ chicken is cultivated directly from animal cells. Neither vegan nor vegetarian, this meat is made without the need to raise and slaughter billions of chickens. At full commercial scale, Upside says it could use a small number of animal cells to cultivate the same amount of poultry meat that could come from hundreds of thousands of traditionally farmed birds. In addition, the startup states that cultivated meat production at scale is expected to use less water and land than conventionally-produced meat. Thanks to its controlled environment, which is subject to high standards of testing for safety and quality control, it even has the potential to help reduce the risk of harmful bacterial contamination. Cultured meat is made by harvesting muscle cells from animals, then making sure they multiply, differentiate, and finally grow to form muscle tissue thanks to bioreactors. However, that’s not all companies like Upside Foods need to create ready-to-eat meat cuts. Most newcomers to the alternative meat industry shape the harvested cells by using 3D printing technologies. Scoring the nod it neededWith its FDA “green light,” Upside Foods is paving the way for other firms developing cultured animal cell food. For example, Wildtype, a startup creating sushi-grade cultivated salmon, announced in 2022 that it expects to bring its product to market via soon-to-be-announced fine dining restaurant partners following the completion of the FDA’s pre-market consultation process. Following its latest decision, the FDA announced it is ready to work with other cultivated meat firms to ensure their products are safe and lawful. In addition, the agency stated that products obtained from animal cells are expected to be ready for the U.S. market shortly and that its goal is to support innovation in food technologies, which might even include processes like bioprinting geared towards the food industry. Over the last few years, enthusiasm for these “clean meats” has grown. Spearheading this food revolution was Singapore, when it made headlines after becoming the first country in the world to approve a cultured meat product for commercial sale in 2020. Instead, Europe and the U.S. have presented several challenges in the last few years with securing regulatory approvals for cell-based meats. But now, in regulatory terms, it seems Upside’s “No Questions” letter marks a significant step towards a new era in meat production where Americans will soon have fresh alternative meat. The post Upside Foods Finally Lands FDA Nod for its Cultivated Meat 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/9rjedsV November 23, 2022 at 07:59AM
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3D Printed Home Made with All Bio-based Materials Unveiled by UMaine https://ift.tt/W9UbuDf The additive construction (AC) sector is really beginning to bloom and, while 3DPrint.com Executive Editor Joris Peels has qualms with the idea, 3D printed houses in particular are becoming the key demonstrator for it. The latest AC home comes from the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC). Dubbed BioHome3D, it is described as “the first 3D-printed house made entirely with bio-based materials.” BioHome on the RangeThe prototype home measures 600 square feet and features 3D-printed floors, walls and a roof made up of wood fibers and bio-resins. Not only that, but it features 100 percent wood insulation with customizable R-values. That is, the resistance to the conductive flow of heat can be customized. According to the team, the house is completely recyclable and construction waste was almost entirely eliminated due to the precision of the printing process. The home was made off-site using locally sourced wood fiber feedstock combined with a wood fiber-PLA composite from NatureWorks, a company that is jointly owned by Cargill, the largest privately owned company in the U.S., and the Thai state-owned oil and gas business PTT Public Company Limited. The team 3D printed the house as four modules that were then assembled on site in half a day. It took just two hours for electricity to flow through the home, with only a single electrician required. Located on a foundation outside ASCC, the structure is outfitted with sensors that track the environmental, thermal, and structural information of the home as it weathers Maine’s winter season. The label of BioHome3D as “the first” 3D printed home made from bio-based materials seems somewhat tenuous, given the fact that, in 2019, WASP 3D printed a tiny house called GAIA that was made from soil and agricultural waste. This was followed by the TECLA home in Italy and DIOR store in Dubai, also made from locally sourced natural materials. To clarify, the BioHome3D team told 3DPrint.com, “The definition we use for 100% Bio-based materials are those raw materials derived from living organisms including for example wood, crops (such as corn, hemp), or algae. The WASP project used local sand/soil obtained from near the site, which are not bio-based materials. Although locally found, these are mostly minerals; while they are abundant, they are either bio-based nor renewable.” It is interesting to note that a biopolymer like PLA is traditionally unable to be degraded outside of an industrial composting facility. It also cannot be recycled without losing some of its mechanical properties. In contrast, raw earth can be reintegrated into the natural environment as well as reused as a building material indefinitely. Nonetheless, the BioHome3D is a unique AC implementation.
Developed with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hub and Spoke program, UMaine and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) worked with MaineHousing and the Maine Technology Institute to make it happen. ORNL had previously used a variation of the Big Area Additive Manufacturing system from Cincinnati Incorporated to 3D print a home in 2015. This project was made using the MasterPrint polymer 3D printer developed by ORNL with UMaine and Ingersoll. It is most well known for its 3D printing of a boat hull in 2019, then the world’s largest 3D printed boat and solid object. At the home’s unveiling were Maine Governor Janet Mills; U.S. Sen. Susan Collins; Jeff Marootian, senior advisor for energy efficiency and renewable energy for the U.S. Department of Energy; Rebecca Isacowitz, acting chief of staff for the office of energy efficiency and renewable energy at the DOE; Steve McKnight, acting advanced manufacturing office director for the DOE; and Xin Sun, associate laboratory director for energy science and technology with ORNL. Additive Construction and the Housing CrisisLike many 3D printed homes, BioHome3D is being touted as a demonstration of AC as a solution to a global housing crisis. The project team cites the fact that Maine lacks 20,000 housing units with almost 60 percent of low-income renters in the state spending over half their income on housing. This is further exacerbated by unemployment and material price increases driven by supply chain issues.
However, as we learned from Peter Cohen is the Co-director at the Council of Community Housing Organizations (CCHO) in San Francisco, AC alone is not a panacea for providing shelter to the population at large. A potentially more energy- and resource-efficient solution to the housing crisis could be to commandeer existing buildings, such as unused apartments belonging to investors abroad, and convert them into public housing. Such an attempt to de-commodify real estate is likely impossible in the current social, economic, and political reality. Technological approaches, however, are much more apt to receive positive press and funding from public and private entities. AC, along with additive manufacturing as a whole, has the primary benefit that it automates production. This makes it possible to address the labor issue by circumventing it. This may be one of the reasons it’s being so heavily pushed by the United Arab Emirates, where strikes are particularly pernicious in the construction sector. UMaine’s Future Additive Construction EndeavorsTo scale its AC research, ASCC is opening its Green Engineering and Materials (GEM) research Factory of the Future. The facility will serve as a basis for AI-enabled, large-scale hybrid manufacturing. In part meant to revitalize the state’s economy, the GEM site will also be key to creating the new Maine College of Engineering, Computing and Information Science’s (MCECIS), which integrates engineering and computing education and research. GEM is being driven by $25 million in direct investment, including including $15 million through the Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan and $10 million in federal funding. Almost $40 million more in other federal funds are being pursued by the state’s senators. All images courtesy of the University of Maine. The post 3D Printed Home Made with All Bio-based Materials Unveiled by UMaine 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/9rjedsV November 23, 2022 at 07:59AM |
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