Mass Customization

Metal

Researchers Develop Method for Creating Customized 3D Printed Metals With Contrasting Properties

Researchers were able to use 3D printing techniques and tweak printing parameters to produce a 3D printed metal with different microstructures that create stronger and weaker regions in the exact locations in the metal that they wanted.

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Consumer Goods

EOS Launches Digital Foam Architects Network

EOS created the collaborative additive manufacturing alliance to accelerate time-to-market for 3D printed foam applications.

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Implants

Materialise Opens Medical 3D Printing Facility

At the new facility in Plymouth, Michigan, Materialise specializes in the 3D printing of personalized titanium cranio-maxillofacial (CMF) implants for more patient-specific care.

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Lithoz, Himed Partner for Research on 3D-Printable Medical-Grade Bioceramics

This collaboration is designed to help grow the range of biocompatible materials suitable for a future that includes highly customized, patient-specific medical solutions that can be printed on demand.

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Sporting Goods

3D Printed Lattices Replace Foam for Customized Helmet Padding: The Cool Parts Show #62

“Digital materials” resulting from engineered flexible polymer structures made through additive manufacturing are tunable to the application and can be tailored to the head of the wearer.

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Foam

Bauer Hockey Uses EOS 3D Printed Digital Foam for Customizing Helmets

The new in-store experience, combined with proprietary 3D printing technology, opens the door for personalized hockey products.

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Implants

NMPA Certifies Farsoon 3D Printed Tantalum Interspinal Fusion Cage

The company says the additively manufactured implants can be fully customized according to patients’ conditions, and the trabecular microstructure can achieve a high porosity of 68-78% to promote bone tissue and vessel fusion.

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Medical & Dental

ActivArmor Casts and Splints Are Shifting to Point-of-Care 3D Printing

ActivArmor offers individualized, 3D printed casts and splints for various diagnoses. The company is in the process of shifting to point-of-care printing and aims to promote positive healing outcomes and improved hygienics with customized support devices.

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Wasp Polymer, Ceramic 3D Printers for Customized Serial Production

Formnext 2022: Italy-based Wasp offers 3D printing options for sustainable, customized serial production with polymers and ceramics.

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Polymer

Hasbro Uses Formlabs 3D Printing Technology to Create Custom Action Figures

Hasbro ushers in a new era of mass customization in consumer entertainment with its Selfie Series figures using 3D printing to manufacture personalized action figures at scale.

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