This year, SME hosted the RAPID conference together with Rapid News Publications Ltd., and combined their nearly 30 years of insights and experience. It was the biggest showcase yet and the new machine highlights were the …
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Additive Manufacturing Student Project Highlights
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 …
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 …
Blue Sky Science: What’s the difference between types of 3D printer filaments?
3D printing is the process by which we make a piece layer by layer, and the various forms of 3D printing differ in how they make each layer. Extrusion-based printing, or fused deposition modeling, uses …
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 …
How Does a 3D Printer Make Color?
3D printing involves making an object layer by layer. There are many 3D printing techniques, and they all differ in how each layer is constructed. Each type of printer has a different opportunity or mechanism …
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, …