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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 »
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 »
Figure 4 Today: Prototyping

Figure 4 Today: Prototyping

BY: SAM GREEN Welcome to the fourth installment of our 3D printing materials series. I’m following up on Jeff’s post about Figure 4 for production applications to share the advancements we have made in materials for prototyping. Whereas Jeff focused on the expanding opportunities for direct digital production, I am eager to let you know [...]Read More »