Students in Additive Manufacturing Spring 2017 give final presentations on their work. The students worked in groups of 5-6 on multiple 3D printing projects for about 8 weeks. To the left, you can see the …
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Metal Powder Bed 3D Printing
This project allows UW–Madison to acquire an EOS M290 metal powder bed additive manufacturing system. The equipment will be housed at the Grainger Institute for Engineering’s manufacturing showcase facility where it will be accessible and …
Fortune: Johnson & Johnson wants to use 3D printing to heal broken bones
The bone health-focused J&J unit has snapped up 3D printing tech from Tissue Regeneration Systems, Inc. (TRS). The platform is able to create implantable bone-like structures that have a special type of coating that helps …
3D printing technology acquired from company based on UW-Madison research
DePuy Synthes Products, part of Johnson & Johnson, has acquired 3D printing technology from Tissue Regeneration Systems, a Michigan company based in part on research from the lab of William Murphy of UW-Madison. Read the …
News from AMUG 2017 in Chicago
There are a lot of new technologies on display that either just came out or will be launched soon. Admatec, who is know for their ceramic printer is presenting their new metal printer: a slurry …
Additive Manufacturing @ IMTS2016
The International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) – has partnered with Local Motors to offer the IMTS Ride Experience featuring the breakthrough technology in “Olli,” the first self-driving electric and 3D printed bus equipped with IBM …
Harnessing 3D printers to enhance engineering education
Starting fall 2015, students in ME 314: Manufacturing Fundamentals will have significantly more hands-on learning opportunities thanks to extensive lab equipment upgrades and a new instructional model. The course covers many aspects of the manufacturing process and, …
3D-Printed Parts Could Be Hot New Technology for Keeping Power Plants Cool
Cooling systems in power plants require heat exchangers to carry low-grade energy away from the inner-workings of the electrical generation machinery—and improvements to heat exchanger technology aim to increase energy efficiency. Natalie Rudolph thinks the …
Dinners by Design: The Emerging Field of 3D-Printed Food”
3D printing is, at its most basic, a way of creating an object layer by layer. In contrast to the milling of a machine part where unnecessary material is removed during manufacture (“subtractive” manufacturing), 3D …
Developing 3D-printed sheet music for the blind
Click on this link to learn about how 3D printing is opening new possibilities in music education and accessibility- and why we are excited to be part of it.