3D Printing Information Briefs & Occasions Roundup: March 8, 2025 – 3DPrint.com

Beginning this week, we’re shaking issues up just a little! We’ll be combining our 3D Printing Information Briefs with a extra curated weekly listing of 3D printing webinars and occasions to make all the pieces extra streamlined and environment friendly. This weekend, we’re protecting sustainable supplies and scientific analysis, and occasions within the medical and house sectors, in addition to an ASTM workshop, a 3D Methods webinar about semiconductors, and extra. Learn on for all the small print!

3D Printing Information Briefs

EOS Aluminum AlSi10Mg Produced with 100% Recycled Feedstock

World additive manufacturing chief EOS just lately made an thrilling announcement: one in every of its hottest metallic supplies, EOS Aluminium AlSi10Mg, is now made with 100% recycled feedstock – an achievement the corporate says is an AM business first. The fabric was added to EOS’s Accountable Merchandise portfolio a 12 months in the past, when it began utilizing 30% recycled feedstock and gained a 20% discount in CO2e (carbon dioxide equal). EOS says that by rising the recycled content material to 100%, it’s been in a position to obtain 77% CO2e discount from the prior materials, and 83% CO2e discount compared to AlSi10Mg made with virgin uncooked materials. The up to date EOS Aluminum AlSi10Mg affords the identical traits, properties, and efficiency in 3D printed elements, like 5% elongation at break and 245 MPa yield energy, so prospects received’t have to re-qualify their functions. EOS has a number of different Accountable Merchandise, together with PA 1101 ClimateNeutral polymer supplies, in addition to the VIRTUCYCLE Used Polymer Materials Take-Again Program.

“We’re proud to have developed our first EOS metallic materials made with 100% recycled feedstock and to have achieved a lot in lower than a 12 months. We’ll proceed to discover methods to cut back the carbon footprint of our prospects‘ functions with each EOS product – from supplies and {hardware} to design optimization – all of them add as much as a extra accountable end-use product for our prospects and the local weather,” stated Sophia Heyl, EOS Product Specialist.

3D Printed Mycelium Biocomposites Analysis

The mycelium biocomposite paste, primarily composed of espresso grounds, could be 3D printed utilizing a hobbyist 3D printer, and serves because the substrate for mycelium development. Over time, mycelium colonizes the printed construction, bridging small gaps it encounters. This functionality permits the creation of intricate geometries, together with tall vases with delicate, skinny partitions. Credit score: Danli Luo, Junchao Yang, and Nadya Peek

Talking of sustainability, a research by a trio of researchers on the College of Washington explains how they reworked recycled espresso grounds into residing biocomposites with 3D printing. Danli Luo, Junchao Yang, and Nadya Peek constructed a customized, open supply 3D printing system known as Fungibot, made totally from off-the-shelf parts in order to be extra accessible and cost-effective. Their distinctive biopaste, known as Mycofluid, is usually made up of used espresso espresso grounds, combined with brown rice flour for important carbohydrates. Grain spawn inoculates the substrate, whereas a small quantity of xanthan gum ensures that the Mycofluid develops a constant viscosity so it may be extruded. Lastly, water is step by step added to completely tune the paste for printing. By combining digital fabrication with pure development of fungal mycelium, the group’s technique creates a robust materials for printing compostable merchandise, with out having to make use of petroleum-based plastics.

As for the open supply printer, a transparent polycarbonate tube is used as a fabric reservoir for as much as one liter of Mycofluid. Then, a printhead with an auger-driven mechanism exactly extrudes the paste in a constant, regular movement. As soon as the construction is printed, it’s put in a sanitized setting, and will get a every day misting of water over ten days. Throughout this era, the residing fungal mycelium begins to colonize the 3D printed substrate, fusing the layers and forming a steady, pure “pores and skin” over it. The ultimate construction has some wonderful properties: it’s water-repellant, and whereas the tensile energy decreases just a little, its ductility will increase, together with its potential to soak up compressive forces. The residing mycelium can also be in a position to bio-weld separate printed elements collectively, as evidenced by the above photos of a vase printed in three segments that later merged into one. This exhibits the potential for setting up complicated, self-supporting geometries that standard molding methods can’t all the time handle.

3D Printed Fashions for HSV Remedy

A schematic illustrating the method of utilizing a 3D bioprinter to generate human pores and skin equivalents, and the 2 fashions of HSV an infection utilized by the researchers. Picture by Dr. Tori Ellison.

About two-thirds of the worldwide inhabitants are affected by the Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV), and whereas many are asymptomatic, different individuals sadly take care of painful flare-ups. Antiviral drugs can decrease the severity and frequency of those, but it surely’s not a treatment, and their effectiveness might even diminish over time. These antivirals, developed with simplified cell cultures, aren’t in a position to replicate the complexity of human tissue, so that they have a tough time addressing how the virus behaves within the human physique. However, a group of researchers from the Fred Hutch Vaccine and Infectious Illness Division and the Nationwide Heart for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) created 3D bioprinted fashions of human pores and skin as a extra exact method to HSV drug improvement. By depositing fibroblasts into tradition vessels, layering keratinocytes on prime, and incubating the cells in several media formulations, they developed two organoid fashions for various HSV an infection phases that replicate each the dermal and epidermal tissues in human pores and skin. The submerged mannequin simulates an preliminary an infection via a break within the pores and skin, whereas the air-liquid interface (ALI) mannequin mimics the flare-ups that happen from latent virus reservoirs within the physique.

The group used the 3D bioprinted fashions to display a complete of 738 medicinal compounds, together with each FDA-approved and novel medication. One in every of these medication was acyclovir, which is the present normal of take care of HSV. A recombinant HSV expressed a inexperienced fluorescent protein, whereas fibroblasts had been labeled with a pink fluorescent protein, so the researchers may study the direct impact of the medication on the virus via high-content fluorescent microscopy; if the inexperienced HSV sign was lowered, the therapy was working. They decided that, compared to the ALI mannequin, acyclovir was much less efficient within the submerged mannequin, during which HSV infects primarily keratinocytes. This explains why the drug has is so inconsistent in treating flare-ups: it may not be potent sufficient to regulate the virus in keratinocytes. The researchers recognized practically 20 different antiviral compounds with optimistic outcomes that might assist higher suppress HSV infections, whereas inflicting minimal toxicity to the encompassing cells.

3D Printing Webinars & Occasions

March 10 – 14: AAOS Annual Assembly

From March 10-14 in San Diego, California, the 2025 Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) will happen. The tutorial program will embrace workshops, programs, and interactive lectures targeted on the most recent orthopaedic breakthroughs throughout all specialties. The OrthoDome is an immersive video theater room showcasing orthopaedic surgical methods and units in 4K decision video, with dwell narration by the consultants, whereas the exhibit corridor can have representatives from over 600 firms—together with 3D Methods, Materialise, Exactech, Northwell Well being, Armadillo Additive, and extra—so attendees can uncover options that can rework affected person care.

“The Annual Assembly is the place you study first-hand from leaders within the area via interactive, partaking periods. It’s the place to get your palms on the most recent expertise and improvements within the Exhibit Corridor. It’s the invaluable alternative to reconnect with colleagues and increase your community.​”

You’ll be able to register for the 2025 AAOS Annual Assembly right here.

March 10: thirteenth ASTM AM CoE Snapshot Workshop

The thirteenth ASTM AM CoE Snapshot Workshop can be held together with the ASTM Worldwide F42 Committee and ISO TC261 on Monday, March tenth, at Texas A&M College (TAMU). The workshop, “Accelerating the Adoption of Additive Manufacturing in Rising Sectors: Cross-Pollination from Established Sectors,” is designed to foster collaboration and information change between established industries—together with house, aviation, medical, and protection—and rising sectors, similar to marine, oil, and gasoline. It’s going to function 10 expert-led talks and two interactive panels about how additive manufacturing insights and improvements in established sectors can handle challenges and open up alternatives in newer industries.

“This hands-on course equips engineers to successfully leverage AM Requirements of their every day workflows. Individuals will acquire worthwhile insights to reinforce high quality, guarantee security, and streamline operations. Led by business consultants, the course emphasizes sensible functions and real-world examples that will help you confidently apply Requirements in your work.”

You’ll be able to register for the workshop right here.

March 11 – 12: Area-Comm Expo

The UK’s largest house business occasion, Area-Comm Expo, can be at ExCeL London from March 11-12. That is the fifth 12 months for the occasion, which helps the house business via keynote audio system, product demonstrations, roundtables, workshops, a number of convention theatres, 1-2-1 networking alternatives, and over 200 worldwide exhibitors, together with Markforged and Protolabs. 5,000 attendees are anticipated, together with world leaders from NASA, the European Area Company (ESA), the United Nations, and delegates from authorities, protection, aerospace, and academia. That is stated to be the solely occasion that covers all the house provide chain, so it ought to be of nice curiosity to these of us within the AM business.

“Area-Comm Expo is the neighborhood hub for the house business. Everybody within the business is welcome at Area-Comm Expo and there’s no requirement to be a paid member of a commerce organisation or physique.”

You’ll be able to register for the expo right here.

March 11 – 13: Expertise Stratasys Tour Continues

Stratasys is again with its Expertise Stratasys tour of the U.S. this week, with three stops on the East Coast. First, the tour will cease in Boxborough, Massachusetts on Tuesday, March eleventh, and Wednesday, March twelfth, earlier than heading to Branford, Connecticut on Thursday, March thirteenth. Guests can see the most recent in Stratasys supplies, software program, and 3D printers, together with the H350, F370CR, J55, Origin One, Neo800, and the brand new F3300. Engineers and Manufacturing consultants can be out there to reply your questions, so you possibly can learn the way Stratasys will help clear up crucial manufacturing challenges at each level of the manufacturing cycle.

“Register at the moment to attend an occasion hosted by our native 3D printing groups who can be readily available to reply questions and stroll you thru the featured Stratasys printers and functions. Be happy to come back and go anytime through the open hours — no matter works finest in your schedule.”

Keep watch over the tour web page, it may very well be heading to your space subsequent!

March 11: Superior Wafer Tables for Semiconductors

3D Methods will maintain a webinar at 1 pm EST on Tuesday the eleventh about how “Superior wafer tables increase semiconductor manufacturing yield and high quality.” The precision and reliability of wafer tables is crucial in semiconductor manufacturing tools, and may immediately influence effectivity and yield. Scott Inexperienced, Principal Options Chief at 3D Methods, will clarify how the corporate’s full ecosystem can be utilized to create extra optimized metallic parts for semiconductor manufacturing tools, like superior wafer tables, to cut back lead time, decrease provide chain challenges, enhance reliability and effectivity, and extra.

“By means of design for additive manufacturing (DfAM), it’s attainable to optimize inner cooling channels and floor patterns, thus dramatically bettering floor temperatures and thermal gradients whereas lowering time constants. With distinctive designs attainable solely with additive manufacturing, it’s attainable to effectively dissipate warmth, improve reliability via structural optimization, improve system throughput and accuracy, and enhance total efficiency.”

You’ll be able to register for the webinar right here.

March 12: CCCS Presents Roboze Expertise

At 12 pm EST on March twelfth, “CCCS presents Roboze’s Revolutionary Expertise” in an unique webinar. CAD/CAM CONSULTING SERVICES, or CCCS, is an official Roboze reseller, and offers gross sales, set up, service, and assist for tools, software program, and supplies in Arizona, Nevada, California, and Hawaii. Roboze’s correct, versatile 3D printing techniques can produce elements utilizing composite supplies and tremendous polymers to switch metals in industries with excessive working situations. CCCS will introduce the expertise on this webinar, and focus on the advantages of 3D printing on-demand elements with these supplies, and the way they could be a nice complement to conventional machining processes.

“Graham Hargreaves (Strategic Enterprise Supervisor, CCCS) will group up with Axel Fernandes (Additive Manufacturing Lead, CCCS) and Levi Smith (World Director of Channel, ROBOZE) to debate how ROBOZE 3D printing options can seamlessly combine into your retailers that will help you shut the manufacturing loop.”

You will get a ticket to the free webinar right here, however solely till March eleventh.

March 12 – 13: Nano-Micro-Lithography Symposium (NMLS)

From March 12-13, GenISys, micro resist expertise, Nanoscribe, and Heidelberg Devices will current the ninth Nano-Micro-Lithography Symposium at TU Eindhoven within the Netherlands. This may give attendees the prospect to see completely different lithography techniques in an actual laboratory context. A mixture of subjects associated to 3D laser, mild, ion, and electron beam lithography can be mentioned, and prospects and technical consultants from all 4 firms will current their newest functions and applied sciences for nano-micro lithography.

“Two high-level keynotes will spotlight the prospects and technical potential of nano-micro lithography. A number of system customers from the taking part firms will present detailed insights into their microfabrication initiatives and describe their experiences with numerous merchandise, applied sciences and functions.”

You’ll be able to register for the symposium right here.

March 12 – 13: Medical Expertise UK

Within the week’s second medical sector occasion, Medical Expertise UK can be held in Coventry, England from March 12-13. The exhibition and academic program for medical gadget engineers will function over 120 exhibitors, a Provider Design, Improvement & Manufacturing Showcase, the UK Girls in MedTech Discussion board, networking alternatives, and extra. An thrilling studying program will function periods like “3D Printing for MedTech: Making It Work for Your Enterprise,” “Brief and Lengthy-Time period Implantable Silicone 3d Printing Replace,” and extra. A number of acquainted exhibitors can be readily available, together with Materialise, 3D MicroPrint, CeramTec, HP 3D Printing, Arkema, and extra.

“Be a part of us for an inspiring and academic two-day program, uncover all the advantages 3D printing brings to medtech functions, and take the chance to increase your community.”

You’ll be able to register for the free occasion right here.

March 12: Massivit Open Home NY

When you’re all for large-format 3D printing, you received’t wish to miss Massivit’s Open Home NY on Wednesday, March twelfth, from 9:45 am-2:45 pm EST. Hosted by Massivit buyer Pink Sparrow in Brooklyn, the occasion takes a deep dive into the corporate’s large 3D printers. Attendees will get to see the Massivit 5000 in motion, deal with a variety of 3D printed elements, ask the technical group questions, and uncover functions like 3D retail shows, big interactive props, theme park experiences, furnishings, and rather more. For extra data, take a look at the complete agenda. Lunch and drinks are complimentary!

“See Massivit’s big 3D Printer in motion and listen to from our buyer the way it has expanded their enterprise and sped up manufacturing.  You’ll uncover big occasion installations, 3D-printed characters, retail POPs and experiential activations. Take pleasure in lunch and drinks on us!”

You’ll be able to register for the open home right here. Seats are restricted, so don’t delay!

March 13: EmpowerHer by SME & AWT Basis

SME and the Alliance for Working Collectively (AWT) Basis are teaming up for “EmpowerHer: Inspiring Voices of Engineering and Manufacturing.” This empowering dialogue begins at 11 am EST, and can deal with conversations that function main girls in manufacturing and engineering. 4 panelists will share their insights, journeys, and challenges in a digital panel dialogue; at 12 pm EST, there may be an non-compulsory in-person expertise at AWT Basis in Mentor, Ohio as effectively. Attendees will learn the way engineering and manufacturing can rework concepts into actuality, and assist make a optimistic influence on the world, from among the prime girls within the business.

“Whether or not you’re simply beginning out or seeking to advance your profession, this session will present worthwhile views and steerage.”

Register for this inspiring dialogue right here.

March 13: Watchmaking with HP, Steel AM, AnalogLab, & Legor

Additionally at 11 am EST on the thirteenth, Steel AM Journal will host HP, Legor, and AnalogLab for “Past extraordinary: Crafting time with HP Steel Jet S100,” a watchmaking journey with Steel Jet expertise via the Amano+ Undertaking. Attendees will learn the way sinter-based AM expertise reworked ideas into actuality by unlocking design freedom, attaining mass customization and totally dense elements for high-value watchmaking ‘Made in Italy.’ A number of audio system will share the transition from idea to actuality, agility in design and mass customization, materials capabilities, the partnership with designers, and extra.

“So, whether or not you’re working in aerospace searching for light-weight, high-strength parts; automotive designing next-gen elements; or an AM specialist pushing the boundaries of manufacturing, this webinar will present key insights into the best way to leverage HP’s expertise in your personal functions.”

You’ll be able to register for the webinar right here.

March 13: Eliminating FEA Meshing Bottleneck

Lastly, at 1 pm EST on Thursday, March thirteenth, discover ways to “Eradicate the FEA Meshing Bottleneck with nTop + Intact.Simulation.” Throughout this webinar, attendees will study concerning the partnership between nTop and Intact.Simulation, because the latter has been totally built-in into the nTop consumer expertise so customers can embrace simulation immediately inside their computational fashions for speedy iteration. Presenters from nTop and Intact Options will focus on the best way to rapidly analyze complicated fashions and designs by eliminating meshing bottlenecks, immediately apply simulation outcomes to refine fashions, and extra.

“Our group will show how one can arrange and launch analyses immediately from inside nTop with none loss in constancy whereas performing linear elastic evaluation solved immediately on the implicit mannequin. Intact doesn’t require a conformal FE mesh, permitting for quicker iterations and the power to research designs containing complicated geometries which might be time-consuming and impractical in conventional FEA instruments.”

You’ll be able to register for the webinar right here.

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