UK University Team Successfully Prints First Quantum 3D Project
The 3D printing service industry is once again expanding, this time into quantum materials, thanks to the efforts of a team of academics at one prestigious university in the UK.
3D Printing Goes Out of This World
Apparently Earth-bound 3D printing isn’t enough for the men and women at NASA. Soon they’ll be launching another round of their own 3D printed technologies out of this world.
How Big Can You Go?
3D Printing means many new opportunities for companies around the globe. No matter what the industry, there’s an opportunity within for 3D printing technology to change the way things currently work. Some believe, though, that there are real limits. Take size, for instance. While 3D printers have been used to make components for bigger projects, like homes and bridges, there are still some real limitations when it comes to larger projects, right? Not really.
3D Printing Applications That Are Literally Saving Lives
3D printing can mean a number of things for a variety of industries, but nowhere is it more important than in the world of medicine. Today, 3D printing has a number of medical applications that are changing lives across the world, and it may be coming to a GP or an A & E near you in the future! Take a look at a few of the innovative applications that are changing lives right now.
Applying for a Patent on Your Product
You have that amazing idea, and you’re ready to bring it to market. Before you can get there, though, a patent is an absolute must. While it can be an expensive process, it’s one you certainly want to engage in even before you contact us to 3D print your prototype. How can you get started? Take a look.
This 3D printer can produce a house in just 19 hours
Whilst you won’t find it in your local 3D printer bureau quite yet, a 3DP machine has been developed by MIT, that can build an entire house. Its robotic arm sits on a tracked vehicle, sprays a moulding of insulation foam onto the ground and then fills it with concrete or rammed earth.
World’s fastest metal 3D printer is revealed for prototypes and production
Ask people how long 3D printing has been around, and most guess people 5 or 6 years. They are surprised to learn that key breakthroughs like additive manufacturing and stereolithography date from the early 1980s, and that the first 3D printed human bladder was implanted in 1999.
3D printed bacteria could herald the world’s ‘next graphene’ innovation
A truly successful combination of 3D printing with graphene is probably one of the most anticipated marriage announcements in recent years.
How 3D printing can help build a more sustainable manufacturing future
These days, environmental concerns are highly politicised, and the footprint of any product, service or technology is always under scrutiny. Anxieties over greenhouse gases, for example, can derail contracts or delay the development of industrial sectors by years. Perhaps this is a good thing, but for the 3D printing bureau and its associated technologies, it’s a challenge to discern what those long-term and wider implications are, in an industry that has yet to discover its own full potential.
3D Rapid prototyping makes further gains
Whilst the development of materials and techniques suitable for large scale manufacturing has sometimes been slow to progress, the role for 3D printing in producing prototypes, or patterns for moulding them, has never been in doubt.