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This week, we've got a TON of new 3D Printing materials, as well as some acquisitions, investments, and Desktop Metal going PUBLIC! 00:00 Intro 00:11 New BASF, DM, Markforged Materials Starting off we've got BASF releasing a NEW metal filament, Ultrafuse 17-4 PH. This is, as the name suggests, 17-4 Stainless Steel. https://all3dp.com/1/3d-printing-indu... On top of stainless steel, if you DO want to spend $100k+ on a machine to print metal in FDM, both Markforged and Desktop metal now have the ability to print Copper. SmarTech Analysis is also projecting that over 1.4 million kilograms of copper powder, both pure and copper alloys, will ship for 3D Printing use by 2029. https://3dprint.com/276484/desktop-me... The Materials giant BASF and its subsidiary Sculpteo, launched four new Nylon PA 11 powders created from "renewable" castor oil. PA11 MJF, Ultrasint PA11 CF, Ultrasint PA11 ESD, and Ultrasint PA11 – developed for selective laser sintering and HP’s Multi Jet Fusion technology, present new opportunities to print high ductility and impact strength parts. https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/d... Next, Markforged also released a new ESD-Safe Onyx 04:34 AMUG 2021 - It's BACK! We've got AMUG finally coming back as a live event! This year it's been moved to Orlando, Florida https://www.thefabricator.com/additiv... 06:08 Dental 3D Bigger than Ever In 2021 ALONE, Dental 3D Printing is expected to Reach $3.1B in revenue. That's right, 3.1 BILLION. https://3dprint.com/276469/2021-denta... 07:11 Stratasys BUYS ORIGIN Stratasys BOUGHT the company Origin, who makes high-end SLA machines for performance materials. https://3dprint.com/276571/stratasys-... At Vision Miner, all our machines are open-material systems -- specifically for high-temp, high-performance materials like PEEK and ULTEM, used in Aerospace, Medical, Automotive, Oil & Gas -- you name it. We love seeing this from SSYS. Check out our shop if you want to know more, at visionminer.com! And, if you love it -- hit that like and subscribe button ;) 08:46 Desktop Metal goes PUBLIC And in MORE investor news, Desktop Metal has FINALLY GONE PUBLIC! That's right, you too can now invest in this 3D Printing company -- they're changing the game, and you can go along for the ride with them on the New York Stock Exchange. Expected to reach a value of $5 Billion in the next 5-10 years, it's probably a good bet. https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/d... 09:16 New NEWS BLITZ The Cultured Meat Revolution: Singapore and Israel One Step Closer to Commercializing Lab Grown Chicken https://3dprint.com/276467/the-cultur... Branch Technology Raises $11M to Grow “Largest Fleet” of Construction 3D Printers https://3dprint.com/276567/branch-tec... Blue Origin: 3D Printed Lunar Lander Engine Could Take First Woman to the Moon https://3dprint.com/276466/blue-origi... NASA completes 23 hot-fire tests on critical 3D printed engine components https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/n... Formula 1 releases new range of 3D printed perfumes https://www.3dnatives.com/en/formula-... Japanese additive manufacturing is rising https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/j... A Report about the 3D printing trends of 2020, from our friends over at 3DNatives. https://www.3dnatives.com/en/what-wer... From Vision Miner to you, we wish you HAPPY HOLIDAYS! What 3d printer/accessory do you want for Christmas? Answer in the comments below! Let us know what you thought of this video, news stories you thought were cool, or, of course, critique on how we can do better :) At Vision Miner, we specialize in Functional 3D printing, especially high-performance plastics like PEEK, ULTEM, PPSU, PPS, CFPA, and more. If you're interested in using functional 3D printing and materials in your business, feel free to reach out, and we can help you make the right choice for your application. Call 833-774-6863 or email contact@visionminer.com, and we're here to help! Follow Us ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/visionminer/ ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionminer/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/visionminer Next week: THE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL!

3D Printing in SPACE, in CARS, in FOOD, and more! 0:00 Happy Holidays! 00:37 IKEA Releases 3D Printable files to AMP UP your FREKVENS speakers! Created in partnership with Teenage Engineering, the collection includes audio and light systems designed to keep the party going at home. https://www.yankodesign.com/2020/12/1... 01:19 Porsche partners with SLM To 3D print a new E-drive component for a front axle. It's basically a housing that holds the electronics, transmission and electric motor. They designed a proof of concept for a topology optimized part and printed it using SLM’s 12-laser machine in 21 hours. https://3dprint.com/276838/laser-wars... 02:25 CT5-V from Cadillac Featuring a manual transmission -- made possible by 3D Printing! Now, while we haven't found many details, according to Cadillac they essentially cut costs and waste by using 3D printing to develop a gearbox that's "quieter" and "more durable," The shifter stick also gets a nifty 3D-printed medallion on top. https://www.autoblog.com/2020/12/10/c... 03:14 General Motors opens Additive Industrialization Center to increase agility of their production lines! It's a Multi-machine facility, with all types of printers, and they see it as transformational for product development, motorsports and manufacturing --- from SLS, SLM, MJF to FDM, they've got it all. https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/g... 03:44 BMW & Rolls Royce They're showing off more of Rolls Royce’s serially-3D-printed automotive parts and processes -- at THEIR additive manufacturing campus. They're focused this time on a large batch of DfAM optimized and serially 3D printed metal parts. https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/r... 04:22 Aptera Motors Launch 3D Printed Self-Charging Electric Vehicle Last week, they opened preorders for their new never-charge solar electric vehicle, Aptera, the most energy efficient vehicle available on the market. It combines metal 3d Printing, solar and electric power, and aerodynamic design and is set to be delivered by 2021. https://www.3dnatives.com/en/aptera-m... 05:23 INTAMSYS FUNMAT HT Case Study It's working to close the spare part delivery gap for ABRIGO Medical. When their packaging line went down, spare parts were 8 weeks away -- for some simple little pulleys -- instead, they used the Funmat HT to print it in ULTEM 1010 to last millions of cycles and got the machines back up and running in a matter of days. https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/i... 07:04 Michelin-starred Restaurant 3D Prints FOOD Cocina Hermanos Torres in Barcelona shows how they use the Foodini food 3D printer by Natural Machines to make shapes that would not be possible by hand. https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/m... 07:35 Redwire prints Turbine in SPACE Redwire has Successfully Printed a Ceramic Turbine Part -- in Orbit! Taking turbine parts development to the next level, Redwire recently announced that they manufactured a single-piece ceramic turbine blisk in space for the first time. https://3dprint.com/276431/redwire-su... 09:15 3D Printed Uranium A french nuclear company, Framatome, recently made the world’s first uranium objects using 3D printing. This technological leap advances the development and production of metallic uranium fuel plates for research reactors and irradiation targets for medical isotopes widely used by hospitals for the diagnosis of cancer. https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/f... 09:42 SANDVIK Titanium Inside the state-of-the-art Sandvik atomization plant for titanium. This EIGA atomizer runs on 100% renewable energy to make their Osprey metal powders for 3D Printing. https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/i... 10:08 QUESTION FOR YOU At Vision Miner, we specialize in Functional 3D printing, especially high-performance plastics like PEEK, ULTEM, PPSU, PPS, CFPA, and more. If you're interested in using functional 3D printing and materials in your business, feel free to reach out, and we can help you make the right choice for your application. Call 833-774-6863 or email contact@visionminer.com, and we're here to help! Follow Us ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/visionminer/ ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionminer/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/visionminer

NEWS Episode 17! Subscribe for more Weekly News and content! TimeStamps: 00:00 Episode 17 Intro 00:13 5-Axis 3D Printing 01:30 Desktop Metal Stock 02:52 Desktop Metal P-1 System 04:51 NASA Curiosity Rover 05:46 3D Printed RC SpaceX Starship @Nicholas Rehm 06:38 3D Printed Fashion Food Video link: https://youtu.be/lhOa_eWLJ5o 07:45 3D Printing Boats 08:29 Question of the Week Penn state researchers have developed a new process software for support-free 5-axis 3d printing. The program is driven by algorithms designed to automate the slicing process, leveraging the power of five axes submitted as part of her doctoral program under the supervision of Sanjay Joshi, a professor of industrial engineering. https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/p... After the Desktop Metal hit the NYSE a few weeks ago, Christmas Eve didn't look too good for the Additive Manufacturing Giant. On December 23rd, it filed a Form S-1 prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the sale of 3 million shares of stock, and the issuance of warrants to buy an additional 25 million shares. https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/1... They also shipped new P-1 systems to Ford and Cetim, the Centre Technique des Industries Mécaniques, in France, which is the first European institution to receive it, and the P-50 remains on schedule to begin volume commercial shipments in 2021. Created by leading inventors of binder jetting and single-pass inkjet technology, the Production System P-50 is enabling production quantities of up to millions of parts per year at costs competitive with conventional mass production. https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/d... The Curiosity Rover was the first to use 3D Printing the Red Planet. It landed in 2012 with a ceramic part inside the rover - NASA has since continued to test 3D printing to make sure the reliability of parts is well understood. Using 3D printing allowed engineers to play with unique designs and traits, such as making hardware lighter, stronger, or responsive to heat or cold. Currently used as “secondary structures,” the Perseverance Rover's printed parts won't jeopardize the mission if they don't work as planned. So, 3D Printing is used mostly for instrumentation and tools, and you can find six other 3D printed parts in an instrument called the "Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment", or MOXIE. https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/p... Fabaloo did a great feature on a spacecraft replica: a Radio-Controlled SpaceX Starship Belly-Flop by Nicholas Rehm. This guy's YouTube channel is filled with his experiments with VTOL aircraft, biplanes and other strange drones. Most recently, he decided to replicate SpaceX’s highly unusual landing maneuvers. Rehm had to custom-design the software to properly control this unusual vehicle, and as you’ll see in the video, there were plenty of iterations required to work out the bugs. https://www.fabbaloo.com/news/design-... Last week, the British Fashion Awards (BFA) chose to celebrate those who had created positive change in the industry. Rosalía, a Catalan singer wore a daring 3D printed dress, which is quite interesting-looking. We're seeing more and more of this type of thing -- the coolest part is that the entire outfit can be printed in a powderbed style printer, cleaned off, and worn. Valentines is coming up, so we'll see what's available coming in February.... https://www.3dnatives.com/en/rosalia-... 3D Printing BOATS is also becoming a thing... In this case, the boat itself was 3D printed in one piece using industrial robot-based additive manufacturing, working with ABB for several years now. If you aren't familiar, ABB is known for making giant Robot Arms. This is the latest in a long string of projects that began a few years ago, when the entire marine and maritime industries finally began to open up to AM technologies beyond some basic prototyping. https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/3... Leave a comment and let us know what you thought of this video, news stories you thought were cool, or, of course, another funny comment! At Vision Miner, we specialize in Functional 3D printing, especially high-performance plastics like PEEK, ULTEM, PPSU, PPS, CFPA, and more. If you're interested in using functional 3D printing and materials in your business, feel free to reach out, and we can help you make the right choice for your application. Call 833-774-6863 or email contact@visionminer.com, and we're here to help! Follow Us ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/visionminer/ ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionminer/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/visionminer

This week in 3D printing we’ve got: https://3dprint.com/277701/3d-systems-software-sale-doubles-ddd-stock-price/ 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) announced the sale of its “non-core software businesses,” sending the stock soaring to over twice its previous value. The company sold its Cimatron and GibbsCAM software businesses to a subsidiary of ST Acquisition Co. for cash proceeds of about $64 million. The company was able to use a portion of the proceeds from the sale to pay off $21 million in debt, making 3D Systems debt free. It also ended its at-the-market (ATM) equity program, which means that it does not need to sell stock and dilute existing shareholders. https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/eos-supports-university-of-texas-rocket-lab-in-1m-student-design-challenge-182030/ The Leading 3D printer manufacturer EOS has announced its ongoing support for the Texas Rocket Engineering Lab (TREL) at the University of Texas. Now, EOS is providing the resources TREL needs to continue its operations, which includes the 3D printing of advanced aerospace components for a student design challenge. EOS is offering to help 3D print mission critical parts to the Halcyon rocket, being developed by TREL. https://3dprint.com/277678/surgeons-use-hololens-and-metal-3d-printing-to-implant-eye-socket/ Meanwhile, in medical, a team of doctors at Galilee Medical Center for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery recently performed a repair of a fracture in the floor of an eye socket using augmented reality and 3D printing. The patient received a 3D printed titanium plate based on a 3D model built from scanned CT data of the injured left socket area. To position the 3D printed titanium plate correctly, one doctor used Microsoft HoloLens mixed reality glasses to overlay the 3D model of the titanium implant into position under the patient’s left eye socket. https://3dprint.com/277612/3d-printed-shoe-insole-prototype-features-novel-sweat-absorption-film/ Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) created a novel film that can evaporate sweat six times faster and use the harvested moisture to power wearable electronic devices. Anyway, while the final shoes won't be printed, this is a great example of using 3D Printing to embed electronics, and points to the future of 3D Printed prototyping, as well as wearables. https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/new-4d-fusio-model-from-adidas-confirms-3d-printed-midsoles-are-here-to-stay/ Adidas has just released a new 4D Fusio model which confirms 3D printed midsoles are here to stay. The 4D Fusio is a lightweight running sneaker with the upper made from Primeknit technology, and while they've already offered white and black colored midsoles, the 4D Fusio actually presents a mix of colors with the white tip gradually changing an entirely new bright orange color. https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/carbon-appoints-debbra-rogers-as-chief-revenue-officer/ Carbon Inc has recently appointed a new Chief Revenue Officer, Debbra Rogers! At GE Additive, Rogers was responsible for all commercial processes, commercial excellence, sales force effectiveness, marketing and communications, while previously filling similar roles at Paradata and Flextronics. https://3dprint.com/277660/morphing-3d-printer-nozzle-developed-for-carbon-fiber-3d-printing/ Researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD) have developed a shape-changing 3D printer nozzle meant to tackle a particular method for 3D printing fiber composites. The nozzle is made up of flexible bladders that are inflated pneumatically, which then changes the shape of the 3D printer nozzle from a straight channel to converging-diverging geometry, which then alters the orientation of fibers within the printing medium. https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/challenging-titanium-parts-for-xb-1-aircraft-get-3d-printed-on-velo3d-sapphire-system/ The Boom Supersonic team chose the company’s next-generation laser powder-bed fusion (LPBF) technology to produce a number of printed titanium parts for XB-1 aircraft tests (a right and a left version for many of them), located in critical areas of the plane. Many of Boom’s 3D printed parts are related to channeling air, and contain complex vanes, ducts and louvres. QUESTION OF THE WEEK Would you pay the premium of $200 for a CUSTOM 3D Printed pair of shoes? It might be in the near future... or, alternatively, have you 3D Printed anything wearable for yourself? At Vision Miner, we specialize in Functional 3D printing, especially high-performance plastics like PEEK, ULTEM, PPSU, PPS, CFPA, and more. If you're interested in using functional 3D printing and materials in your business, feel free to reach out, and we can help you make the right choice for your application. Call 833-774-6863 or email contact@visionminer.com, and we're here to help! Follow Us ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/visionminer/ ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionminer/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/visionminer

3D and Motorsports. High performance materials and manufacturing meet one of the toughest proving grounds for engineering. Mechanical stresses, chemicals, extreme heat, high g forces, etc. In the 2020 season, Chevrolet race cars covered 80,000 miles with hundreds of 3D printed parts and earned numerous class victories. Starting with Chevy’s latest race car the corvette C8.R which made its race debut back in January at the Rolex 24 at Daytona equipped with 75 3D Printed parts including the oil tank, tank inlet and cap, air conditioning driver cooling box and integrated hydration system, power steering pump bracket and headlight assemblies. 50 of these parts were designed or printed in house by General Motors. The two C8.R’s have been driven close to 8,000 miles across 10 races this year. Corvette Racing has brought home 6 victories this year, 3 1-2 finishes and both the driver’s and manufacturer’s championships. In IndyCar, Chevrolet has taken additive manufacturing further, creating parts for their Indy V6 engine. Components in the exhaust system are 3D printed to help eliminate failure points caused by traditional manufacturing. This not only improves upon reliability but also gives the benefit of increased design flexibility and freedom while reducing costs. Chevrolet powered IndyCars have run over 60,000 miles since the beginning of the 2020 season. For the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series, Chevrolet introduced the Camaro ZL1 1LE replacing the Camaro ZL1. This new iteration made use of over 500 3D-printed prototype parts to develop the new ZL1 1LE body in the wind tunnel. In addition, the Camaro ZL1 1LE uses a 3D-printed gear cooling duct that has accumulated nearly 18,500 miles of competition in 27 races. Toyota entered a partnership with 3D Systems in August of last year with the goal of developing first-to-market manufacturing solutions including 3D printers, materials and software with the goal of advancing automotive design and production. They aim to demonstrate how additive manufacturing solutions can positively impact and even transform the competitive industry that is motorsport. TMG has chosen 3D Systems for this partnership because they share our pioneering spirit—exhibited by the fact that they introduced the world to 3D printing. We see the unparalleled potential of combining 3D Systems’ expertise and know-how with that of TMG to create technologies and define new additive manufacturing innovations in the automotive industry.” McLaren Racing is one of the most revered names in all of motorsport as one of the most successful teams of all time. In 2017, McLaren Racing and Stratasys announced a partnership similar to the partnership we just discussed. McLaren Racing and Stratasys have been in a 4 year partnership with the latter being the Official Supplier of 3D Printing solutions to the McLaren Racing Formula 1 team and provide the team with additive manufacturing and 3D Printing solutions. The company will assist the team in increasing its capacity for rapid manufacturing at the McLaren Technology Center in Woking, UK. McLaren has been utilizing additive manufacturing to speed up car development across the board. From tools, and parts that go on the car itself like hydraulic brackets in carbon fiber nylon. Parts like these can even be printed trackside so spares and new iterations can be created in just a few hours. Finally we have BMW more specifically their Motorrad Motorsport division that races in FIM Superbike with the S1000RR motorbike. When BMW engineers identify a component for improvement, prototypes are printed in plastic and their function and ease-of-installation are checked on the bike. As soon as a part is perfect, the final data is sent back to the Munich AM facility, which then manufactures it for competitive racing in metal or carbon. For smaller components or spare parts that need to be manufactured that aren’t subject to extreme stress, such as sensor holders and quick-release couplings, the complete process takes place on-site with the 3D printer. BMW has used its on-site additive manufacturing process to optimize bike parts, including brake ventilation systems in plastics reinforced with carbon fiber, complex molded parts, titanium crash pads, aluminum distributor boxes, and aerodynamic trim parts. Let us know if you liked this video by leaving a like and comment down below. At Vision Miner, we specialize in Functional 3D printing, especially high-performance plastics like PEEK, ULTEM, PPSU, PPS, CFPA, and more. If you're interested in using functional 3D printing and materials in your business, feel free to reach out, and we can help you make the right choice for your application. Call 833-774-6863 or email contact@visionminer.com, and we're here to help! Follow Us ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/visionminer/ ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionminer/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/visionminer

This year, Underwriters’ Laboratory released the UL Blue Card Program, a certification for additive manufacturing materials. What does this mean for you and your business? Could this be a gamechanger for commercial 3D printing.The UL Blue Card Program isn’t actually a real “blue card” you hold around on you. No, it’s really a new type of material data sheet used by UL to certify material properties of specific additive plastics. The Blue Card is more like a data sheet UL uses. Blue Cards are an extension of the existing “Yellow Card” system UL utilizes for plastics in general. Blue Card properties include: - UL94 Flame Class - Hot Wire ignition: resistance to ignition of plastics from heated wires - Dielectric Strength: determines dielectric breakdown of insulative materials - Inclined Plane Tracking - Recommended Layer Thickness - Recommended Post-Processing Methods This Blue Card system is not something that really means anything substantial as of early 2021. That’s because of two factors: - UL has very few filaments under their Blue Card System - UL’s certification doesn’t actually deem a material as “official” 3rd party certification systems are essentially great long term play for building public confidence in the things they certify, but they also often raise the price on materials, without genuinely making a material official. This Blue Card system does not degrade or demote the quality of filaments you have on hand at all. Don’t be worried, this is simply a 3rd party move to make money off filament certifications. What about material certifications for the huge variety of materials out there? the PEEKs, CF-HTNs, and PETGs of the world? Most likely, these won’t have UL Blue Card certifications for a long time since they are so niche in 3D printing, and since it’s about making money, often manufacturers actually have to pay for the certification of the material. As the Blue Card becomes more well known over the next 5 years, we’ll probably see this used more often. It’s tempting to make purchasing decisions off certifications, and UL is an established entity. However, given how limited the Blue Card program is as of making this video, we do not currently recommend our customers use the Blue Card program to make any purchasing decisions for materials. At Vision Miner, we specialize in Functional 3D printing, especially high-performance plastics like PEEK, ULTEM, PPSU, PPS, CFPA, and more. If you're interested in using functional 3D printing and materials in your business, feel free to reach out, and we can help you make the right choice for your application. Call 833-774-6863 or email contact@visionminer.com, and we're here to help! Follow Us ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/visionminer/ ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionminer/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/visionminer

Happy New Year! The holidays are over, and we're back with the News: https://all3dp.com/2/incredible-prints-3d-printed-skis/ Soon, you might be able to pick up a pair of 3D Printed skis or a snowboard. Stratasys, back in 2014, printed skis out of ULTEM 9085, which is one of the materials we use and sell here at Vision Miner. We've got other things you could print, from "shoe skis", RC Plane skis for all that wonder winterland flying, full-size snowboards, even boots. https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/how-3d-printing-will-make-ges-haliade-x-record-turbines-even-more-powerful/ Large Format 3D Printing is making General Electric wind turbines more powerful and more efficient! GE Renewables’ Haliade-X turbines are already the largest and most powerful in the world, capable of generating as much as 14 MegaWatts of energy. They've been limited by the difficulty of transporting such huge blades - The ability to 3D print the turbine’s concrete base on-site will enable the deployment of even larger systems. https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/superstrata-ships-first-composite-3d-printed-bike/ Superstrata, the company founded by Arevo Labs to commercialize composite 3D printed bikes and e-bikes, has shipped the first Superstrata bike. The bike is a significant milestone as it is one of the very first continuous fiber-reinforced composites 3D printed consumer products ever to hit the market. https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/xolo-presents-xube-volumetric-3d-printer/ Xolo presents Xube, the first commercial volumetric 3D printer -- well, at least for preorder. It's designed as an experimental tool -- for "xolography", a new form of vat polymerization. Basically, you've got the liquid resins, and they're projecting an entire image -- an entire print -- into the large vat, to literally print the entire part, at once. https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/dmg-mori-launched-the-lasertec-6600-system-to-make-4-meter-parts/ DMG Mori recently launched the LASERTEC 6600 system to 3D print 4 meter-long metal parts! These guys, clearly, make HUGE machines -- and they're bringing DED (directed energy deposition) into a hybrid lathe/mill system, with a z-axis length of 4 METERS. You get DED, lasers, mills, and lathes all in one -- think rocket engines, oil-well popes, shafts for aircraft, the possibilities are huge. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqfMW0tMZEciSXQym8x0EoQ Proper Printing on youtube -- this guy printed an entire RIM for his Mercedes -- it’s a multipart series, so check it out and see how far he’s come! Definitely check out that video. NEWS BLITZ Open Additive won an Army contract for large-scale metal additive manufacturing https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/open-additive-wins-army-contract-for-large-format-metal-am/ NIST awarded 4 Million USD to fund competitiveness in the metal 3D Printing markethttps://www.3dprintingmedia.network/nist-awards-4-million-to-fund-u-s-competitiveness-in-metal-am/ Norsk Titanium is now delivering 3D-printed Boeing-787 components https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/norsk-titanium-delivers-boeing-787-3d-printed-components-to-leonardo/ Wärtsilä WHAM prepares to 3D print critical engine parts like Piston Sleeves https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/wartsila-wham-prepares-to-3d-print-critical-engine-parts/ Could you Be Someone Else with Hyper-Realistic 3D Printed Faces from Japan? https://3dprint.com/277384/be-someone-else-with-these-hyper-realistic-3d-printed-face-masks-from-japan/ Relativity space keeps raking in the funding with another 3 Million dollar awared to launch cubesats into orbit https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/relativity-space-awarded-3m-nasa-vcls-demo-contract-to-launch-cubesats-into-orbit-181644/ The question of the week is: what's your favorite 3D Printing industry? Is it Automotive? Aerospace? Space itself? Perhaps food, or miniatures, or metal Additive? Let us know in the comments below, and who knows, maybe we'll pick YOUR favorite for our next topic video! At Vision Miner, we specialize in Functional 3D printing, especially high-performance plastics like PEEK, ULTEM, PPSU, PPS, CFPA, and more. If you're interested in using functional 3D printing and materials in your business, feel free to reach out, and we can help you make the right choice for your application. Call 833-774-6863 or email contact@visionminer.com, and we're here to help! Follow Us ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/visionminer/ ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionminer/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/visionminer

In this week’s episode we have: https://3dprint.com/277975/desktop-metal-dm-buys-envisiontec/ Desktop Metal says EnvisionTEC has “one of the strongest intellectual property portfolios in the area-wide photopolymer 3D printing market, counting over 140 issued and pending patents, which Desktop Metal believes includes blocking intellectual property.” It also mentions that they have over 5,000 customers, 1,000 of which are using it for dental end use parts. The company counts Cartier, Ford, Hasbro, as well as Celgene, among its customers. It mentions that EnvisionTEC has a “broad library of over 190 materials, featuring photopolymer resins with material properties in-line with or exceeding those of thermoplastics and multiple FDA-listed and 510(K)-cleared resins for the manufacturing of medical devices.” https://3dprint.com/277916/sintavia-expands-rocket-3d-printing-with-two-new-m4k-4-metal-3d-printers/ The printers it has acquired are no ordinary metal 3D printing systems, but M4K-4 machines from AMCM in Germany. The 3D printers are modified versions of EOS M400-4 systems, more than double the height of the original EOS machine. All of this has been helped in part by investments from Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation, which most recently infused Sintavia with further funds in August 2020. The investment surely aided in the company’s decision to purchase two more machines from AMCM. A subsidiary of EOS, AMCM develops custom 3D printers when standard systems were not suitable for their applications. https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/naval-group-has-3d-printed-a-one-tonne-ship-propeller-for-the-french-navy-182400/ The company used its own specially developed DED-based process for the job, which it calls metal wire fusion. Sporting a 2.5-meter span and five individual 200kg blades, the propeller is reportedly the largest thruster of its kind to be 3D printed, and the first to be manufactured using Naval Group’s own process. While the 3D printing of the propeller is a major accomplishment, it is just the first step in a whole new development phase being undertaken by Naval Group. Riding off the back of the successful project, the company is set to focus on redesigning other maritime components that could benefit from 3D printing. https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/delft-researchers-3d-print-biodegradable-bone-implants-using-porous-iron-182213/ A team of engineers from the Delft University of Technology has used extrusion-based 3D printing to fabricate temporary bone implants made of porous iron. Much like magnesium or zinc, porous iron is biodegradable, meaning it has great potential as a temporary bone substitute that serves to degrade as new bone regrows in its place. By reabsorbing into the body, temporary implants alleviate the risk of long-term inflammation, which is typically associated with permanent bone implants made of metals such as titanium. https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/lt-construction-completes-indias-first-3d-printed-two-storey-building-in-106-hours-182514/ Following the 3D printing of a one-story house back in November of 2019, India’s largest construction company, Larsen & Toubro Construction (L&T), has now completed the country’s first 3D printed two-story building. The building was fabricated using a large-format concrete 3D printer supplied by OEM COBOD, and is made up of a locally sourced 3D printable concrete mix developed by L&T’s own in-house team. What questions do you have about CF NYLON? We’re doing a QA video very soon, so get your questions in today, or head over to the videos and leave a comment there. At Vision Miner, we specialize in Functional 3D printing, especially high-performance plastics like PEEK, ULTEM, PPSU, PPS, CFPA, and more. If you're interested in using functional 3D printing and materials in your business, feel free to reach out, and we can help you make the right choice for your application. Call 833-774-6863 or email contact@visionminer.com, and we're here to help! Follow Us ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/visionminer/ ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionminer/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/visionminer