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About WB Engineering

WB Engineering is a product design company located in Miami, Florida. We assist our clients in consolidating their product development and design cycles. At WB Engineering, we specialize in creating products optimized for better functionality, manufacturability, and profitability.
Benefits of 3D printing in the medical devices industry

Benefits of 3D printing in the medical devices industry

Customization and Personalization 3D printing allows for the creation of custom-made medical devices tailored to individual patients' specific needs and anatomy. This is particularly beneficial in orthopedics, dental implants, and prosthetics, where personalized devices can significantly improve patient outcomes. Rapid Prototyping With 3D printing, prototypes of medical devices can be produced much faster than traditional [...]Read More »
US Air Force Uses Senvol Software To Develop Multi Laser 3d Printing Applications

US Air Force Uses Senvol Software To Develop Multi Laser 3d Printing Applications

The US Air Force is using Senvol’s data-driven machine learning software for additive manufacturing (AM), to enable the production of large-scale aerospace parts using multi-laser 3D printing technology. Utilizing an EOS powder bed fusion (LPBF) 3D printer, the program is focused on developing baseline mechanical properties and design allowables, to optimize the production of end-use components. “AM has recently demonstrated the [...]Read More »
Prosthetic Supports For Derby the Dog

Prosthetic Supports For Derby the Dog

Derby was born with a disability but that didn't mean that he was going to be disabled. Derby's life, enhanced by 3D printing 3D scanning software and 3D printing allows Derby to walk and run. With his prosthetics created through personal 3D scan data, Geomagic Freeform sculpting software, and printed on a 3D Systems ProJet [...]Read More »
Four Productivity Strategies for Toolmakers during a Global Pandemic

Four Productivity Strategies for Toolmakers during a Global Pandemic

Businesses are operating in an environment unlike anything most have experienced in their lifetime. The challenges placed in front of businesses by the global pandemic are highlighting the need for resilient business processes. Toolmakers who invest in the technology to support such processes are better equipped to withstand these challenges today and well positioned for [...]Read More »
SLM Solutions Partners With Camwell Medical To Develop 3D Printed Surgical Implants

SLM Solutions Partners With Camwell Medical To Develop 3D Printed Surgical Implants

German metal 3D printer manufacturer SLM Solutions has announced it has entered into a partnership with Canwell Medical, a medical device manufacturer based in China. As part of their collaboration, Canwell Medical will use SLM 3D printers to develop and manufacture surgical implants. SLM Solutions will also provide technical and application assistance to Canwell Medical, [...]Read More »
Adaptiiv Medical Technologies Secures $1.8m In Equity Sales To 3d Print Radiotherapy Devices

Adaptiiv Medical Technologies Secures $1.8m In Equity Sales To 3d Print Radiotherapy Devices

Canada-based Adaptiiv Medical Technologies has confirmed the sale of $1.8M of its shares in an equity offering. The $3M offering, which now has around $1.2M left to be sold, made its first sale on June 21, 2019. Adaptiiv expects the offering to last no more than a year. Overall, 20 private investors have contributed to the sales [...]Read More »
3d Systems Attains FDA Clearance For Virtual Surgical Planning Platform

3d Systems Attains FDA Clearance For Virtual Surgical Planning Platform

Leading 3D printer OEM 3D Systems has attained 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its VSP Orthopaedics platform. Offered exclusively through Onkos Surgical’s My3D™ Personalized Solutions Platform, VSP Orthopaedics is used for the virtual surgical planning of complex procedures. It can be combined with 3D Systems’ other areas of expertise [...]Read More »
Anatomics Proves Viability Of 3d Printed Surgical Guides

Anatomics Proves Viability Of 3d Printed Surgical Guides

Australian med-tech company Anatomics has conducted a study on the benefits of 3D printed patient-specific medical models for pre-surgical planning. Using its 3D printed “SpineBox” kit to support spinal fusion surgery, Anatomics has measured the performance of the models on 129 patients, over a period of 27 months. These patients were all undergoing minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar [...]Read More »
Top Questions On Breakthroughs with Figure 4

Top Questions On Breakthroughs with Figure 4

ANSWERS BY PATRICK DUNNE The questions featured in this blog come from the audience of our live webinar on Breakthroughs with Figure 4 in Additive Manufacturing with Direct Digital Production. Hosted by VP, advanced applications engineer Patrick Dunne, and director of operations for 3D Systems On Demand, Tracy Beard, the webinar provided a step-by-step walkthrough [...]Read More »
3D powers of STEAM: McFarland students creating prosthetic arm for Porterville child

3D powers of STEAM: McFarland students creating prosthetic arm for Porterville child

Up in Porterville lives Roberto Uresti, a small 2-year-old superhero ready to spring into action and save the day whenever necessary. In McFarland, elementary students at Browning Road STEAM Academy, with an emphasis on science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics, have used several 3D printers over the years to learn more about these fields and [...]Read More »