Materials

Foam

Partners Improve Wheelchair Seats, Cushions Using 3D Printed Programmable Foam

The 3D printed programmable foam is said to enhance orthopedic seats and cushions, offering improved comfort and reliability for users.

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Cool Parts

FDA-Approved Spine Implant Made with PEEK: The Cool Parts Show #63

Curiteva now manufactures these cervical spine implants using an unusual 3D printing method: fused strand deposition. Learn how the process works and why it’s a good pairing with PEEK in this episode of The Cool Parts Show. 

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Medical & Dental

Desktop Health, Carbon Validate Flexcera Resins for Digital Manufacturing Platform

The first Flexcera family resin validated for Carbon systems is Desktop Health’s Flexcera Smile Ultra+, an FDA 510(k) cleared Class II material for permanent, 3D printable dental restorations, to be followed closely by Flexcera Base.

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Lightweighting

6K Additive, Agile Space Industries Partner to Advance Moon Mission

6K Additive’s Nickel 625 powder is being qualified for use in Agile’s A2200 engine to leverage additive manufacturing for engine lightweighting while also delivering tremendous power.

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Formnext

The AM Ecosystem, User Journeys and More from Formnext Forum Austin: AM Radio #43

Sessions and conversations at the first U.S. Formnext event highlighted the complete additive manufacturing ecosystem, sustainability, the importance of customer education, AM user journeys and much more. 

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Postprocessing

Volkmann Modular Powder Supply Stages Material in High Volumes

The Metal Powder Supply hopper holds material in process and, once collected, the recovered metal powders may be screened and reintroduced to the printing process or stored for future reuse.

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Robots

Meltio Software Simplifies Wire-Laser Metal 3D Printing Technology

Meltio Space robot slicer employs a virtual model of the real robot movement.

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Polymer

3D Printing Project to Advance Medical Device Customization

Creating flexible medical devices requires innovations in design, materials science and advanced manufacturing. A research team aims to refine and implement new methods of 3D printing medical devices. 

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Materials

Dyndrite Joins NMIS to Advance 3D Metal Manufacturing Research

Dyndrite has joined NMIS to help develop build recipes and shareable knowledge in materials process development across all major laser powder bed fusion OEM file formats.

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Implants

3D Systems Develops Materials, Printer Platform for Improved Digital Dentistry

3D Systems is strengthening its digital dentistry portfolio with new materials, NextDent Base and NextDent Cast, and a new printing platform, the NextDent LCD1.

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