By Will Hasting, Director, Aviation & Power Turbine Solutions, Velo3D
From the outset of metal additive manufacturing (AM) in the 1990s, its potential within countless industries was readily apparent. Over the course of 30 years, however, we have only witnessed a handful of cases where companies successfully transitioned AM parts into full production. Despite the benefits of performance and supply chain flexibility, metal AM has remained primarily for prototyping.
. The Barcelona-based manufacturer continues to expand its range of 3D printing solutions for the industrial workbench, to help Nissan factory in Barcelona (Spain) to innovate.
• The car manufacturer could roll out the technology to create parts and prototypes at other sites after a successful introduction in Europe.
• Nissan has printed 700 parts in-house so far, with some costing as little as 3.45€ to manufacture.
• It is one of the world’s first users of the BCN3D Smart Cabinet, which has been developed to protect and maintain 3D printing filaments within optimal conditions.
• Milestone: more than 2,000 customers and 6,000 users active in “arburgXworld”
• Added value: customer portal makes injection moulding production transparent and efficient
• New apps: continuous further developments – “AnalyticsCenter” for process analysis
Dassault Systèmes has revealed the winners of the “3D Design Challenge,” which invited individuals to showcase their 3D skills by using Dassault Systèmes’ CATIA, SOLIDWORKS or xDesign applications to accurately create a 3D working model of an invention from Leonardo da Vinci’s codices, in real-life dimensions.
COBOD continues to expand by selling its BOD 2 printers and printing complex buildings and wind turbine towers worldwide. Printed Farms, a company located in Wellington, FL, partnered with COBOD to advance the construction of buildings in Florida. With the BOD 2, Printed Farms plans to create more sustainable buildings in Florida and build more hurricane and flood-resistant buildings.
President Joe Biden hosted the Climate Summit in April, and GE, one of COBOD’s partners, presented their work in front of President Biden and other leaders from 16 different countries. Danielle Merfeld, GE Renewable Energy CTO adressed the Leaders Summit on Climate organized by the White House.
EsPlásticos, the community platform of the Spanish plastics value chain, together with the Mayor of Madrid and other high-ranking politicians, opened the world's first 100% recyclable plastic museum. It is located in the Plaza de Juan Goytisolo in the centre of Madrid, directly opposite the Spanish National Museum, and can be visited free of charge from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. until 16 May.
On 24 March, the post-processing pioneers will introduce the all-new Powershot Performance Series alongside a new generation of their classic Powershot C & S models. The Powershot Performance Series is designed for industrial additive manufacturing users, targets volume applications and will be rolled out with selected pilot customers.
Accelerates the ability of prototypers and manufacturers to adopt additive manufacturing using intelligent, automated, intuitive tools
Combines process and geometry algorithms with MES workflow software to optimize plastic parts for additive production
Reduces the cost, risk and time required to successfully implement 3D printing for the entire prototyping-to-series production cycle
Click on the video below to see additively-manufactured parts for Dustless Technologies that will be used in the DustBuddie for Demo Hammers.
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