USPS Maintains High Service Performance Scores During Busiest Mailing and Shipping Week of the Year12/23/2022 USPS Maintains High Service Performance Scores During Busiest Mailing and Shipping Week of the Year https://ift.tt/VJ4H8v0 WASHINGTON — The United States Postal Service reported new delivery performance metrics for the 11th week of the first quarter for fiscal year 2023. The average time to deliver a mailpiece or package across the postal network was 2.5 days for the eighth consecutive week even as mailing and shipping traffic increased. Printing via USPS News https://ift.tt/HJmSpaO December 23, 2022 at 09:15AM
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SPEE3D and Aussie Machine Shop to Provide Cold Spray Metal 3D Printing Subscriptions https://ift.tt/boVexDa Australian original equipment manufacturer (OEM) SPEE3D announced that the firm has partnered with Nupress, a machine tool shop also based in Australia, to provide Nupress’s customers with subscription services to SPEE3D hardware. Nupress’s clients will now have the option to pay a yearly fee to use SPEE3D’s patented cold spray metal additive manufacturing (AM) platform at Nupress’s Australian headquarters. SPEE3D’s subscription payment model will give clients the choice of renting out one to six slots at a time, each slot representing 25 hours a month, 12 month access to one of SPEE3D’s WarpSPEE3D cold spray systems. As the name of both the company and the machine bluntly convey, cold spray metal AM is gaining increasing traction due to its sheer parts-per-day output advantage over all other metal AM techniques. In addition to that shared commitment, the two companies also mesh perfectly in terms of the industries comprising both of their customer bases: heavy industrial sectors, like aerospace & defense and mining. Facilitating small production runs in high cost, low profit-margin sectors, which would be economically impossible with any other technology, is precisely the sort of job AM is optimal for. Offering a subscription service augments even further the potential for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to leverage metal AM. Moreover, while subscription services for AM hardware have existed for as long as the sector’s latest boom phase, the speed of cold spray AM, in particular, makes it especially well-suited for a subscription model. The ability to allow customers to print a sufficient number of metal parts to turn a profit in as little as 25 hours a month is likely only even possible with cold spray. Contract manufacturing SMEs are indispensable to overall global productivity, so much so that their long-term overstrain is perhaps the key factor in the recurring supply chain disruptions across the entire economy in recent years. The adoption of subscription models by a greater number of 3D printing OEMs would have an accelerating effect on the scale-up of the sector’s incorporation into broader supply chains. This would be particularly advantageous in the US market, especially if the Biden administration’s AM Forward coalition is to meet its objectives for sourcing around 30 percent (give or take) 3D printed parts from SMEs within the next few years. Along with subsidies and tax credits for machine purchases, the wider embrace of subscription services by OEMs and service bureaus in the AM sector could be a key factor in determining the success of AM Forward, specifically, as well as in the sector more generally. Images courtesy of SPEE3D The post SPEE3D and Aussie Machine Shop to Provide Cold Spray Metal 3D Printing Subscriptions 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/EzL3TCj December 23, 2022 at 09:14AM
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ORNL Awards UMaine $7.6M to Develop New Biopolymer 3D Printers https://ift.tt/tk9sD4U After receiving significant press for its 3D printed home made from biomaterials, the University of Maine has been awarded $7.6 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DoE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for Phase 3 of the Hub and Spoke Program. This will allow the school to continue researching the development structurally reinforced materials biomaterials, as well as broaden the material systems used, while performing workforce development through a new Hub and Spoke Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program. In 2016, ORNL visited UMaine, resulting in the Hub and Spoke Program to combine the bio-based composites expertise of the school’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center with the manufacturing abilities of ORNL’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility. By 2019, UMaine received $9 million to develop forest-based biomaterials for additive manufacturing (AM). This was pushed into phase two with $9 million in 2021, with the school working toward widespread adoption of nano- and micro-cellulose-reinforced thermoplastic composites for 3D printing. This saw the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) 3D print a 600-square-foot home made up of wood fiber-PLA composite. As a part of phase three, UMaine will use the materials derived so far to commercialize new products “that achieve functional parity with conventionally produced components, but at reduced environmental impact.” The group will also develop new manufacturing processes to tailor the materials to “energy-relevant use cases with a major focus on low-carbon building technologies.” These include high-throughput 3D printing with multi-material extrusion, as well as hybrid, collaborative robotics. To drive the project further, UMaine is looking for additional support for projects related to offshore wind, marine, and construction. It will be interesting to see how the partners package the technologies into product-specific bundles. Because UMaine already boasts a MasterPrint 3D printer, the largest polymer 3D printer in the world, we can imagine, perhaps, a MasterPrint used to pitch the 3D printing of wind turbine molds. We might also see robotic arms work together to 3D print buildings using the PLA material. The MasterPrint at UMaine has already been used to 3D print a boat hull—the world’s largest 3D printed boat and solid object—so it wouldn’t be a surprise if it is used once more to print a boat hull from that same biocomposite. Additionally, the school will address workforce development through its REU program, which will put 12 undergraduate students through a 10-week summer research experience at ORNL or UMaine. Those interested can apply here. 3DPrint.com and SmarTech Analysis are hosting Additive Manufacturing Strategies in New York City on February 7-9, 2023. Register for the event here to learn from and network with the most exciting companies and individuals in AM. The post ORNL Awards UMaine $7.6M to Develop New Biopolymer 3D Printers 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/EzL3TCj December 23, 2022 at 09:14AM
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Renaud Vigourt https://ift.tt/k13uHts Renaud Vigourt began working as an independent artist after his graduation from the École des Beaux-Arts of Besançon in 2010. First involved in both illustration and graphic design, he decided to focus on illustration back in 2014 when he started to be represented by Heart agency in London and New York. He now works on editorial commissions, books, and music projects in parallel with a personal practice around drawing, screenprinting, and Riso printing. Renaud is one of the founders of the Atelier Superseñor in Besançon, France, a print-lab that gathers fifteen artists around hand-printing process and experiences. Despite all the progresses made in digital techniques, Renaud still likes to draw by hand, with black ink, brushes, and pens, even if he adds colours digitally (as he is colourblind, he finds this way easier). In everyday life, Renaud describes himself as “not a very patient person”, except when he draws, as he loves spend a lot of time making dots and thin lines to bring volume and body to his drawings. Very much influenced by 80’s horror movies and their organic wet shiny shapes, Renaud likes to explore and develop a personal universe inhabited by twisted figures who don’t seem to be able to die. Thus, his images also reference old cartoons from the 30s to the 50s, very much like Tex Avery meeting John Carpenter’s The Thing. Despite the numbers of images he’s made, Renaud still feels the need to improve himself, and is always searching for new references and new risks to take. For this reason, he loves to work with authors and creative directors, expanding his own way of thinking and dealing with other approaches. For upcoming projects, Renaud will continue to screenprint and Riso print his images, but is also keen to experiment with animation, bringing some of his figures to life. www.renaudvigourt.com Printing via People of Print https://ift.tt/XaYBtLf December 23, 2022 at 05:03AM
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3D Printing Unpeeled: Arc Overhangs and a Tiny MSLA 3D Printer https://ift.tt/xTVmYGi Arc overhangs have been experimented with by FullControl members of the community and now thanks to an article on Hackaday and videos by CNCKitchen and 3DQue arc overhangs now have a lot of attention. Through cooling settings and expanding on ever larger self supporting arcs users are finding that they can make overhanging structures that are impossible normally. Could these kinds of spectacular overhangs become more entrenched? They look rough now but can we use them to predictably bridge structures? The Lite3DP Gen2 is the teeniest tiniest and most adorable MSLA printer ever. Measuring just 100 x 100 x 165 mm and with a build volume of 36.7 x 48.8 x 80mm the open source printer has been developed by Alfredo Bonini. One quirky feature is that the display is also your mask which is super low cost but means that you need to pause the print to check the display during printing. This should be an extremely low cost MSLA system and could laud in a new era of hackable SLA systems. The post 3D Printing Unpeeled: Arc Overhangs and a Tiny MSLA 3D Printer 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/ERVItBr December 22, 2022 at 09:29AM
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LEGO Reveals Third 3D Printed Brick! https://ift.tt/qFwk6XH LEGO recently announced another additively manufactured (AM) LEGO brick! The 3D printed pogo stick is the third official additively manufactured LEGO block and was included as a gift when backers bought the new crowd-funded book, The Secret Life of Lego Bricks. The new brick displays the intricate structures possible with 3D printing and might mean mass produced 3D printed LEGO bricks are closer than we think. LEGO’s AM explorations date back to 2019 when the group first released Design ID 66237, a 3D printed drafting arm. That arm accompanied the LEGO “Systems House” Set, and was the first time LEGO announced they were utilizing AM to build bricks. The set commemorated the opening of the LEGO building back in 1958, and if it were not for the drafting arm’s matte finish, few people might have known it was additively manufactured. LEGO soon capitalized on the public’s interest and began designing its next 3D printed LEGO piece. However fans would have to wait until September 2022 for LEGO to release its second AM brick, The Red Duck, inspired by LEGO’s first toy. The 3D printed duck operated similarly to its predecessor and quacked its beak as the toy rolled across a surface. Sadly, the piece was exclusive for special guests during the Adult Fan of LEGO Day event in Billund and could only be bought on auction sites after the fact. Luckily, waiting for the next 3D printed brick would be much shorter. LEGO fans only had to endure a few months before Ronan Hadar, Senior Director of Additive Design & Manufacturing with the LEGO Group, took to LinkedIn to announce the group’s achievement and its third AM brick.
The Pogo stick was first posted to The Brick Post and was chosen based on feedback from users. They wanted to explore a new design/play function and do something different. The spring coil is my favorite part of the pogo stick and is a simple yet effective way to show the possibilities of 3D printing LEGO bricks. Sadly, for all the LEGO fans that were hoping to get their hands on these blocks, you will have to pay a hefty price now. The pogo prototypes are available on BrinkLink, but each go for a minimum of around $800 due to their exclusivity. Although the pogo sticks are quite expensive, with how much LEGO has announced with AM recently, hopefully, it won’t be long until they offer a more affordable model. After all, the company has been hiring a good deal for its AM division lately. We are excited to see how LEGO continues incorporating AM into its existing manufacturing infrastructure and how it improve on the process in the future. It’s an exciting time to be an Adult Fan of LEGO, and fingers crossed, the company’s fourth 3D printed piece will be here before we know it. The post LEGO Reveals Third 3D Printed Brick! 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/ERVItBr December 22, 2022 at 08:24AM
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mimiX 2023 Funding to Accelerate US Clearance of Bioprinted Skin Patches https://ift.tt/FS6TCWr MimiX Biotherapeutics, a Swiss startup that developed sound-induced bioprinting, has announced the launch of a new funding round in January 2023 to accelerate the clinical translation of its proprietary FastSkin tissue, an advanced dermal substitute for acute and chronic wound treatment. Through a combination of micrografting (micro-scale biological tissue entities obtained from a biopsy of healthy skin) with its proprietary Sound Induced Morphogenesis (SIM) technology, mimiX wants to improve wound care management. According to the company, its FastSkin product addresses a major social burden and unmet clinical need in oncology and chronic wound treatments. Although still in the process of obtaining the necessary U.S. market clearances, FastSkin could provide new therapeutic opportunities to treat complex wounds that fail to respond to conventional treatments promptly.
A veteran in the bioprinting industry, Thurner was also behind the creation of regenHu, a Swiss-based biotech startup well known for developing biomedical products for regenerative medicine and drug discovery. After spending the last fifteen years immersed in bioprinting know-how, Thurner wanted to accelerate the biofabrication revolution in healthcare. And, for that to happen, he turned to acoustic waves. During an interview with Thurner back in 2019, 3DPrint.com found out that his view of bioprinting had changed dramatically since leaving regenHu. According to the executive, bioprinting companies rely on conventional extrusion systems, a tool he says is “great for scientific research” but will probably “never translate into clinical.” Instead, mimiX’s new SIM technology allows to pattern biological material such as cells, organoids, or tissue fragments into three-dimensional constructs that develop into engineered tissues, like microvascular networks, states the firm. To turn his vision into a reality, mimiX has embedded its base SIM technology into a discovery platform called cymatiX, which is helpful for many applications, from life sciences to drug development, cellular agriculture, and performance materials. With the objective of creating well-defined biological patterns that self-assemble into functional tissues using sound waves, SIM is being used to reproduce what the company describes as “the fundamental steps of nature’s design strategy: condensing bioactives and pattern formation control.” Set out to tap a global skin cancer treatment market that is projected to reach $14.5 billion by 2031, mimiX created FastSkin. The brand believes that increased demand for advanced wound care has led it to accelerate the U.S. market clearance and commercial launch of FastSkin. Once approved, mimiX believes FastSkin will become a dermal substitute produced during wound-dressing sessions at point-of-care obtained from the same individual. That is, both the patient’s blood and skin biopsy are used to create the micrograft that will then be applied at the wound site. The company says its dermal substitute “harnesses the power of micrografts” and will only be applied to the wound by surgeons or specialized wound-care nurses. MimiX explains that for the process to work; there is an “inside to outside” wound healing pattern. Each micrograft acts as “a living island triggering local regeneration and enhancing closing of the wound surface with an autologous skin layer.” Each individual micrograft (between 200 and 400 micrometers or 0.2 to 0.4 millimeters) is a living piece of skin tissue equipped with a pre-vascularized system that “kicks” the local surrounding tissue for regeneration. First, the cells contained in the micrografts proliferate out and populate the surrounding extracellular matrix. Then, once encapsulated during grafting time in the blood clot, they access nutrients, platelets, and proteins that help the wound heal. Previous financing rounds have brought on board investors such as Heraeus and the AO Foundation, as well as private investors like Venture Kicks, but this round could attract a broader spectrum of venture capital, primarily since mimiX now has published its work in at least six major publications; expanded its list of potential applications for its SIM-based platform technology to include in vitro models to study pain and stable vascular structures and has several new research partners, such as the University of Utah and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (or VA Healthcare). The post mimiX 2023 Funding to Accelerate US Clearance of Bioprinted Skin Patches 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/ERVItBr December 22, 2022 at 07:31AM
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Limited Edition Oris Watch Features 3D Printed Case by 9T Labs https://ift.tt/ZGOiL5C High-end Swiss industrial watchmaker Oris, notable because it is independent rather than being owned by a larger conglomerate, has been crafting its mechanical watches since 1904. Oris is always working to make its watches better with, according to the website, “beautiful, innovative functions and advanced performance levels.” One recent example is the watchmaker’s decision to use 3D printing in its new Oris Coulson Limited Edition, a reinterpretation of the design of its Big Crown ProPilot. In this endeavor, Oris is honoring is Coulson Aviation, the world’s leading aerial firefighting organization.
As our Executive Editor Joris Peels mentioned in a recent episode of “3D Printing News Unpeeled,” Oris partnered with ETZ Zurich spinoff 9T Labs on its Oris Coulson Limited Edition, using the startup’s continuous carbon fiber composite Additive Fusion Technology (AFT) to 3D print a carbon fiber PEKK composite case for the watch. While 3D printed watch cases, watch straps, and watch parts are not an entirely new use case, I’m pretty sure this is the first time the AFT process—which combines software, 3D printing, and compression molding in matched metal dies—has ever been used in watchmaking.
Oris’s relationship with Coulson, and the low waste resulting from the use of 9T Labs’ precise AFT solution to make the tough, yet lightweight watch cases, are part of its “Change for the Better” initiative with conservation organizations.
On a personal note, my uncle was a firefighter for many years, though not in an aerial force. They are the bravest of the brave, in my opinion, and I’m proud to have been his niece. I’m thrilled that Oris chose to honor these heroes in this way. Using its AFT solution, 9T Labs mass produced 1,000 units of the Oris Coulson Limited Edition watch case, inside of which is housed the Oris Calibre 400 five-day automatic movement. As Editor in Chief Michael Molitch-Hou has previously written, consumer goods have struggled to take off as a viable 3D printing market, but luxury goods and limited editions seem to be a good entry point for the technology. You can purchase your own Oris Coulson Limited Edition for $4,500. Images courtesy of Oris. 3DPrint.com and SmarTech Analysis are hosting Additive Manufacturing Strategies in New York City on February 7-9, 2023. Register for the event here to learn from and network with the most exciting companies and individuals in AM about topics like composite materials, aviation applications, and more. The post Limited Edition Oris Watch Features 3D Printed Case by 9T Labs 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/ERVItBr December 22, 2022 at 07:31AM
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Sarah Ransome https://ift.tt/Q29JhEG Working from her home studio in Chelmsford, UK, Sarah Ransome primarily creates modern and abstract lino prints for the home and exhibitions. She grew up in Suffolk and completed an Art & Design Foundation at West Suffolk College, followed by a BA(hons) in Graphic Arts & Design at Leeds Met University. Sarah has two daughters and takes a lot of inspiration from the relationship between parent and child. She also finds travel and the places she has visited a great inspiration for her artwork, as well as her personal emotions and day to day life. In 2022, Sarah created a series of unique conceptual and abstract maps based on the shapes found in the natural and manmade landforms around the coastline of East Anglia. These original coastal artworks are handmade lino prints, and are A3 in size. Whilst developing this series, Sarah was influenced by the diversity of the shapes found along the coast, from the islands and inlets, the salt marshes and bays, to the headlands and peninsulas. The series focuses on the coastline and river systems of East Anglia and includes artworks titled Orford Ness, Colne, and The Docks. These prints show the ever-changing geographical landforms, captured in a particular moment in time. Orford Ness was also included in the Ipswich Print Week exhibition! Sarah also enjoys creating geometric art prints. She tells us; “I spot patterns everywhere I go, in both natural forms, such as insects and flowers, to man made objects, such as industrial machinery”. Sarah then turns these patterns into geometric stamps that she places next to each other to build fascinating prints. For example, a recent series was inspired by the interaction between the natural world with the human world and a mutual fight for survival. Sarah used geometric patterns found in the world around us to highlight the conflict caused when industrial processes and manmade objects collide with and overpower nature. These prints were also displayed at the Open Art Exhibition at Chelmsford Museum.
She also has a blog where she loves to share printmaking how-to guides, give ideas for arts and craft activities with children, and provide travel guides to help people plan their art-inspired trips and holidays. She concludes; “I believe in art as a form of therapy and art therapy is central to how I create work. The healing power of creating artwork brings me back to my studio time and time again and overarches everything that I make.” www.sarahransomeart.com Printing via People of Print https://ift.tt/XaYBtLf December 22, 2022 at 05:25AM
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3D Printing News Unpeeled: AddUp 1M Tall Build Chamber, Casts and John Deere https://ift.tt/uPU2TNl John Deere has ordered 4000 stainless steel valve components made by GKN. The binder jet parts are made on HP´s MetalJet solution. Through being optimized for flow the parts have better performance than conventional parts at less mass. This is a huge win for both GKN and HP and points to them repeating this success at dozens of firms. Also, valves are super important and often overlooked. They’ve also very prevalent. St. Luke’s Hospital in Pennsylvania is using ActivArmor casts that are based on phone scans, 3D printed using desktop FDM systems, finished by hand with Dremel’s and 3D printing pens, vapor smoothed and then sent to customers. They are said to be more comfortable and you can wash beneath the cast. I was very skeptical of 3D printed casts but it seems that they are indeed growing as an application. AddUp releases a FormUp 350 Evolution LPBF machine that has a 350 by 350 by 1000mm build volume. Built for production these machines have a removable build chamber that leads to fast turnaround times. Now with a taller build volume AddUp customers can print the warheads, missile components and rocket combustion chambers that are all the rage. The post 3D Printing News Unpeeled: AddUp 1M Tall Build Chamber, Casts and John Deere 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/NtU5gof December 21, 2022 at 09:23AM |
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