After two years ago, two large halls were already reserved for additive manufacturing (AM) at EMO, this year's edition of the trade fair in Hanover saw even more exhibitors from this branch of manufacturing. Machine tool manufacturing is one of the areas that will experience the greatest upheaval in the future due to additive manufacturing processes. We will give a brief outline of the innovations and trade fair highlights. By Sabine Slaughter
3D printing has been a buzz topic for some time now. There are no shortages of headlines when it comes to this fascinating and, let's be honest, FUN technology.
An innovative extrusion technology enables curves that are not affected by gravity force. In addition, no supports are necessary to create hanging structures thus resulting in being able to print on any surface. The technology allows for injection of colour dye in CMYK mode an colour control of formed paths.
By Marcus Timson
The amazing weather across Europe this week seems to have provided more blue sky for the developing InPrint Show as the event notches up a record week for bookings from 8 new exhibiting companies.
By Marcus Timson
Industrial Print is the talk of the print sector and this talk is reinforced with significant the results of the IT Strategies White Paper, and the more detailed analysis found within the market intelligence report, it is easy to see why. Providing growth opportunities that cannot be found in traditional print markets, the industrial sector for print production is expanding in line with the trend towards mass customisation in manufacturing and the general growth in the consumption of products.
Every once in a while I get excited about a new technology that is original, unique and innovative.
Something you can immediately see the value of.
Years ago tailored garments and suits were the sole preserve of the rich, professional classes. Through technology we are seeing a revolution that is enabling all of us to get customised clothing made to fit.
By Marcus Timson
With commercial, document printing in steep decline due to a number of factors, not least lack of innovation and the shift to new media, one has to ask whether graphic printing is going to suffer the same fate eventually?
Will graphic printing continue to remain as robust as it has done over the past few years?
Marketplaces shift, products mature and demand changes. Fact.
Industrial designer Joshua Harris recently designed a 3D clothes printer that will enable everyone to wear the clothes they want anytime while at the same time eliminating the need for huge big cupboards and wardrobes.
Beam Brush, is the first connected toothbrush and aims to bring dentistry and oral care into the digital health age. it monitors your oral hygiene habits via an embedded sensor, maps your brushing behaviou and sends the data to an app via bluetooth.
Kor Ecologic anounces that after the debut of the first prototype of a fully 3D printed car, the Urbee, it is now ready for production.
Over the last years the company has been developing a follow-on model, the Urbee 2.
Formula Group T is a project run by Belgian masterstudents engineering from GROUP T who design and build a small electric vehicle (Areion) and compete with other universities worldwide in the Formula Student competitions during the summer of 2012.
A new 3D printing shop, 3D-Model opened in Zurich, Switzerland. The company offers Open Workshops and 3D printing at their new location.
Stone Spray is a revolutionary construction method which uses soil as the base material and a liquid binder to solidify the soil granules.
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