Advantages of Large-scale 3D Printing

by Ricky Strawter | Apr 16, 2021 | 3d Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping, Uncategorized

BigRep’s large scale machine is not only affordable, but more importantly, reliable. Engineers, Architects, Artists, and Entrepreneurs are utilizing the BigRep to maximize creativity and production while giving a distinct competitive advantage to their...

Creating Carbon Fiber Parts with 3D Printed Molds

by Ricky Strawter | Mar 30, 2021 | 3d Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Uncategorized

Large-scale patterns and molds are expensive, slow to produce, and complex shapes may not be feasible. Typical CNC milling of patterns wastes material and design iterations are expensive and time-consuming. Therefore, Additive Manufacturing can play a huge role in...

Medical 3D Printing Modernizes Wheel Chairs and Prosthetics

by Ricky Strawter | Mar 26, 2021 | 3d Printing, Additive Manufacturing

Medical 3D printing applications have dramatically improved accessibility to healthcare devices in recent years. 3D Printed prosthetics have made the devices more affordable, accessible, and effective with on-demand personalized manufacturing. But since...

3D-Printed Body Armor Coated with Shrimp Shell Material Could Keep Soldiers Protected

by Ricky Strawter | Mar 23, 2021 | 3d modeling, 3d Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping

The U.S. Department of Defense is funding the development of a special coating that would make body armor so strong that it could withstand bullets, poison gas, microbes, and lasers. Researchers are using the same material that shrimp shells are made of. Chitin is the...

Nano Dimension and L3Harris Produce 3D Printed Radio Frequency Circuit to be tested on the ISS

by Ricky Strawter | Mar 18, 2021 | 3d Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping

Recently, Additively Manufactured Electronics (AME) manufacturer Nano Dimension has announced its first 3D printed integrated radiofrequency (RF) circuit has been flown to the International Space Station (ISS) for space effects studies. Printed on Nano Dimension’s...

NASA JPL’s Autonomous Robot Development | 3D Printing Application

by Ricky Strawter | Mar 2, 2021 | 3d Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping

The team’s autonomous robots (named Nebula) each have roughly 15 Markforged 3D printed parts How NASA JPL’s Team CoSTAR is pushing the limits of exploration with the Digital Forge The Customer   The DARPA Subterranean Challenge looks to enhance the autonomy of...