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Alstom, a France-based rolling stock manufacturer, has adopted FDM 3D printing technology from Stratasys to streamline spare part production for the transport sector. One of the company’s most recent projects…Alstom slashes spare part lead times by 95% using Stratasys 3D printing technology

3D printer manufacturer AON3D has announced the launch of its new high-temperature industrial 3D printer, the AON M2+. Based on the company’s previously launched AON-M2 system, the M2+ is an…AON3D launches the AON M2+ 3D printer – technical specifications and pricing

Chinese 3D printer manufacturer Creality has released a new system that’s poised to ramp up the pace of FDM additive manufacturing for designer-makers everywhere.  Designed to set a ‘new speed…Creality changes pace with launch of the rapid Ender-7 3D printer

GE Research, the R&D wing of American conglomerate GE, has successfully tested a novel 3D printed heat exchanger prototype at temperatures of up to 900°C.  Designed alongside the University of…GE’s grape-shaped 3D printed heat exchanger tested at 900°C

A group of Korean scientists have developed a low-cost 3D printed adapter that turns everyday smartphones into endoscopic vocal cord disease diagnostic tools.  Once fitted with a laryngoscope, the team’s…3D printed smartphone add-on brings affordable vocal cord disorder diagnosis

3D printer manufacturer 3D Systems has announced a co-development agreement with CollPlant, a regenerative medicine firm, to develop 3D bioprinted soft tissue structures for breast reconstruction treatments. Implemented in conjunction…3D Systems and CollPlant set to use 3D bioprinting technology to treat breast cancer survivors

A team of researchers from Rice University, Texas, have developed a new method of fabricating complex graphite structures using direct ink writing (DIW) 3D printing. Previous attempts to 3D print…Scientists successful in 3D printing complex graphite parts with 97% purity

CECIMO, the association of machine tool and manufacturing technologies, has encouraged the European Commission (EC) to consider the role “enabling technologies” have to play within its upcoming Sustainable Product Initiative.…CECIMO urges EC to consider role of 3D printing in Sustainable Product Initiative

Engineers at the Canadian McGill University and Ryerson University have managed to turn environmentally-damaging wind turbine waste into a robust new PLA 3D printing material.  Using a mixture of mechanical…Engineers recycle wind turbine waste into tough new fiber-reinforced PLA

Biotechnology specialist Pixelbio has developed a novel 3D printed molecular biochip with the potential to ramp-up the pace of clinical genetic testing.  Utilizing a Formlabs 3D printer and Black Resin,…Pixelbio’s 3D printed molecular biochips unlock rapid disease diagnosis