Safety
Desktop Metal’s Production System P-1 Features Optional Reactive Safety Kit
The kit features ATEX-rated components, as well as critical hardware and software updates that enable safe printing of ultrafine powders.
Angela Osborne
Managing Editor, Gardner Business Media
Multimaterial 3D Printing Enables Solid State Batteries
By combining different 3D printing processes and materials in a single layer, Sakuu’s Kavian platform can produce batteries for electric vehicles and other applications with twice the energy density and greater safety than traditional lithium-ion solutions.
Read More3D Printed Bobsled Helmet Improves Safety, Lowers Weight
Additive manufacturing enabled researchers to develop custom-fit bobsled helmets with lattice linings that increased impact resistance and lowered weight.
Read MoreSolving MRO Challenges with Bound Metal Deposition
Three case studies reveal how Desktop Metal’s second-generation Studio System bound metal deposition printer eliminates common safety hazards of metal AM, enhancing the technique’s value for maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) applications.
Read MoreEOS M 300-4 3D Printer Designed for Industrial Applications
The EOS M 300-4 has multiple configurations combined with safety and security features that enable digital additive manufacturing.
Read MoreBreaking News: IMTS 2020 Canceled
Official announcement from show organizers. “The health and safety of our exhibitors and audience remains our top priority.” Coming launches to address need for technical knowledge and networking.
Read MoreLeader of New Jersey PPE 3D Printing Effort Tells Volunteers, “Stop Completely”
“PPE Made in the USA” delivers 5,000 3D printed face shields produced and distributed by 50 volunteers. As emergency passes, a high school STEM teacher’s response to the COVID-19 crisis reaches its conclusion.
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NIOSH Publishes 3D Printing Safety Guide for Nonindustrial Settings
NIOSH has published a 3D printing safety guide for small businesses and other additive manufacturing users such as makerspace users, schools, libraries and small businesses.
Angela Osborne
Managing Editor, Gardner Business Media
From Idea to PPE Product in 10 Days: The Cool Parts Show #13
Fitz Frames' custom 3D printed glasses have turned out to be a launch point for an item of personal protective equipment (PPE) used in the fight against COVID-19.
Read MorePPE Shortage Catapults Human Solutions Tech into Production
The organization was intended to solve unmet needs in the local community. Its founder didn't anticipate that its first project would be face shields.
Read MoreAdditive Manufacturing Versus COVID-19: The Race for PPE
Reporting from the front lines of the fight against Coronavirus – still deep in the trenches.
Read MoreWebinar: Metal Additive Manufacturing: A Safe Approach to Powder Handling
SLM Solutions will cover personal safety such as anything used to protect the operator from direct powder contact, along with facility safety meaning anything used to limit the risk of powder handling. Register today!
Read MoreA Hospital's Perspective: TriHealth Receives PPE with 3D Printed Components
A face shield solution developed by GE Additive is now in use at Cincinnati-area hospitals. A combination of 3D printed adapters and off-the-shelf shields and hard hats makes this PPE fully reusable.
Read More3D Printing and Coronavirus Check-In - Week of 4/6/2020
Editors Peter Zelinski and Stephanie Hendrixson discuss the pivot to production for 3D printed PPE, and other AM news in the fight against COVID-19.
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SLM Solutions, Assembrix Work to Ensure Secure Remote Printing
Following the integration of Assembrix VMS software into SLM Solutions’ machines, both companies are now working to ensure the enhanced safety and full protection of customers' intellectual property, which is made possible through the utilization of blockchain and encryption technologies.
Angela Osborne
Managing Editor, Gardner Business Media
3D Printing and Coronavirus Check-In - Week of 3/23/2020
Editors Peter Zelinski and Stephanie Hendrixson discuss 3D printing issues related to ventilators, personal protective equipment (PPE) such as masks and face shields, and how business conditions have been affected by coronavirus.
Read MoreHenkel Meets Safety Standards with Photoreactive 3D Printing Material
As the result of a partnership between Henkel and Origin, Henkel has developed an entirely new 3D printable photopolymer material with fire, smoke and toxicity resistance properties for use with Origin One printers.
Read MoreOkuma Engineer Offers Safety Tips for Hybrid Machine Tools
Shop air should be out of reach, but flood coolant is a friend, he says. The real challenge of hybrid machines right now is not safety procedures but software.
Read MoreLPW Technology Achieves ISO Safety Standard
The ISO 13485 certification demonstrates compliance in quality management within the field of medical technology.
Read MoreInstalling a Metal 3D Printer, Part 4: Prevention and Mitigation
PADT’s fourth blog entry in a five-part series about their experience installing a Concept Laser Mlab Cusing R metal 3D printer tackles safety risks with a focus on prevention.
Read MoreInstalling a Metal 3D Printer, Part 3: Safety Risks
PADT’s third blog entry in a five-part series about their experience installing a Concept Laser Mlab Cusing R metal 3D printer tackles safety risks and ways to mitigate them.
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Durable, Waterproof 3D Printed Casts: The Cool Parts Show #58
Recovering from an injury with an ActivArmor cast means that patients can exercise, bathe and live life while they heal. We get a firsthand look at the solution in this episode of The Cool Parts Show.
Stephanie Hendrixson
Executive Editor, Additive Manufacturing
Safety Hazards in Additive Manufacturing
The number-one thing a company can do to protect its AM investment and not interrupt production is develop a comprehensive safety policy specifically for additive.
Read MoreVideo: Safety Is No. 1 in Metal AM
John Murray of Concept Laser discusses safety, quality and automation as they relate to additive manufacturing for production metal parts.
Read MoreSlideshow: Inside the New Honeywell AM Facility for Reactive Metals
Seven machines currently committed to aluminum expand the company’s capacity to 3D print both tooling and parts. One of the photos illustrates a safety measure addressing reactive metals.
Read MoreReducing Disposal Cost for Separator Vacuums
This filtration company addresses an overlooked AM safety and environmental compliance problem.
Read MoreSafety Tips for Metal AM
Additive manufacturing with metal powders poses a number of safety risks, but the right precautions that can help protect against them.
Read MoreSelective Laser Melting in Action
Four recent projects take on selective laser melting technology to improve part design, process speed, safety and flexibility.
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