3D Printing Information Briefs, January 25, 2025: ESG & Sustainability, Layoffs, Furnishings, & Extra – 3DPrint.com

We’re beginning off with some occasion information in as we speak’s 3D Printing Information Briefs, as AMUG has introduced the keynote audio system for its 2025 convention, and Dyndrite begins its World Tour 2025 this week. Shifting on, Stratasys launched its third ESG and Sustainability Report, whereas additive development firm ICON laid off about 25% of its employees. Lastly, Aitiip3D invested in a shot blasting system from AM Options, and 4 designers exhibited an award-winning assortment of 3D printed wooden furnishings.

AMUG Broadcasts 2025 Convention Keynote Audio system

The Additive Manufacturing Customers Group (AMUG) Convention is an annual occasion designed for each novice and skilled AM customers. This yr’s convention, March 30-April 3 in Chicago, will welcome two thrilling keynote audio system to share inspiring messages about decision-making and what’s doable with additive manufacturing. The primary is Ryan Watkins, Analysis Engineer with NASA Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL), who will heart his April 1st discuss round combining design with AM to create a brand new class of crushable buildings for high-speed affect attenuation functions, and the boundaries overcome to complete the job. Watkins, who has a PhD in aerospace engineering, has labored on flight initiatives as a cognizant engineer and a structural analyst. In NASA JPL’s Supplies Growth & Additive Manufacturing group, he focuses on integrating superior supplies with computational design and creating the lab’s topology optimization capabilities. In 2024, JPL received the 3D Printing Trade Award within the aerospace, area, and protection class for his work on 3D printed crushable lattices, and his UnitcellHub was named JPL’s Software program of the Yr and made accessible to the general public.

On April third, ‘gearhead’ and racer Joe Scarbo, the President of design and manufacturing firm Scarbo Efficiency Corp, will focus on how his firm created quite a few 3D printed elements for its two most up-to-date efficiency autos. After incomes his B.S. in mechanical engineering, Scarbo started designing and machining racing parts in faculty for the Arciero Racing household. He then grew to become an in-house mechanical design engineer with the Volkswagen Motorsport off-road race program, and later labored with a few companies that leveraged 3D printing. Going again to his ardour for motorsports, he based his firm as an engineering consultancy in 2008, first specializing in efficiency autos earlier than transferring to low-volume manufacturing of motorsport merchandise and full autos in 2013. Scarbo Efficiency contains 4 companies that supply design and manufacturing for bespoke autos and after-market parts. The Scarbo Classic (SV) RSR, which raced within the Pikes Peak Worldwide Hill Cimb, and the SV Rover, which ran within the Baja 1000 earlier than transitioning into the primary street-legal Hypertruck, each function many 3D printed elements.

Dyndrite Launching 2025 “You Management the Laser” World Tour

AM software program innovator Dyndrite has introduced its 2025 “You Management the Laser” World Tour, which is planning to go to a number of key cities within the U.S. over the yr, in addition to one cease every in Japan and Germany. The tour will give additive engineers and supplies/course of scientists an opportunity to get hands-on expertise with Dyndrite’s software program capabilities for steel 3D printing. Throughout hands-on classes, members will hear about case research from OEMs, finish customers, materials suppliers, and worldwide requirements organizations, studying complete information of frequent LPBF workflows. By the top of every workshop, they’ll know methods to create low-angle prints with out helps, and methods to use Dyndrite software program to develop their very own IP. This content material can be very useful for AM professionals who work in extremely regulated industries, comparable to vitality, aerospace and protection, and area. Plus, LPBF customers who work with printers from Aconity3D, Additive Industries, EOS, Nikon SLM Options, Renishaw, and Xact Metallic will certainly wish to attend.

“In-person, hands-on engagements are important for showcasing the transformative capabilities of Dyndrite’s software program instruments and their affect on advancing additive manufacturing right into a dependable, environment friendly, and repeatable course of. By working instantly with prospects within the discipline, we handle real-world challenges via centered, interactive training that highlights our revolutionary strategy to AM software program,” stated Shawn Hopwood, Chief Advertising and marketing Officer and Head of Developer Relations at Dyndrite. “These workshops will educate LPBF professionals on methods to unlock groundbreaking half printing capabilities, increase workflow and machine productiveness, and obtain repeatable, high-quality 3D steel printing outcomes.”

The primary cease on the tour is that this Tuesday, January twenty eighth, in Tokyo, Japan. The tour can even cease in Tampa, FL; Chicago, IL; Colorado Springs, CO; Lengthy Seashore, CA; Pflugerville, TX; Orlando, FL; Pittsburgh, PA; Detroit, MI; Las Vegas, NV; and at last Frankfurt, Germany.

Stratasys Launched Third ESG & Sustainability Report

Stratasys lately printed its third Conscious Manufacturing ESG (Setting, Social, and Governance) and Sustainability Report, solidifying its place as a most popular provider for sustainable AM options. The report, ready in accordance with the World Reporting Initiative (GRI) and referencing SASB (Sustainability Accounting Requirements Board) requirements, highlights the corporate’s dedication to ESG excellence and enterprise threat administration, and showcases its achievements in environmental, social, and governance initiatives. For example, Stratasys has launched carbon discount initiatives, carried out robust ESG infrastructures, established an Equal Mum or dad Coverage, stories an 11.7% discount in water depth and 15.5% discount in GHG emissions depth, launched a Strategic Industrial Buyer Advisory Board, unveiled merchandise that underscore its dedication to Conscious Manufacturing (just like the SAF ReLife resolution for repurposing waste PA12 powder), and appointed firm Co-Founder, Director, Board of Administrators member, and inventor of FDM expertise S. Scott Crump as its ESG & Local weather Champion.

“Stratasys is uniquely positioned to ship impactful decarbonization options at a important time. As prospects face the necessity to scale back dependency on world provide chains, embrace localized and agile manufacturing, and handle local weather challenges, 3D printing-through our Conscious Manufacturing™ strategy-emerges as a sport changer. Our deep collaboration with staff, mixed with shut partnerships with key trade prospects and our Buyer Advisory Board, allows us to drive sustainable innovation and empower companies to satisfy their environmental targets,” stated Rosa Coblens, Vice President, Sustainability, Stratasys.

Additive Building Firm ICON Cuts 25% of Employees

ICON Phoenix System

Texas-based ICON Applied sciences Inc., which builds 3D printed properties, has laid off 114 individuals, or about 25% of its employees. This was in line with a WARN letter filed with the Texas Workforce Fee, and a spokesperson for ICON later confirmed the information, noting that the corporate had “lately made a tough choice” to re-align its employees “to concentrate on our highest priorities and proceed to put money into our greatest development alternatives.” Based in 2017, ICON was formally launched in 2018 throughout SWSW with the primary permitted 3D printed home within the U.S. Since then, the corporate has raised over $450 million from its buyers, and was final valued at round $2 billion. It launched a suite of recent development 3D printing merchandise at SXSW 2024, and is alleged to have delivered over two dozen 3D printed properties and buildings throughout Mexico and the U.S. However, at this identical time final yr, the corporate additionally laid off 20% of its employees. This yr’s layoffs are reported to happen on March eighth, and the ICON spokesperson stated the corporate’s present precedence is to drive growth of its Phoenix line of multi-story 3D printers.

The spokesperson continued, noting “Whereas our mission stays to develop these clever machines to construct humanity’s future, we’ll proceed to design and construct a choice of key initiatives throughout residential, hospitality, social/inexpensive and people throughout the Division of Protection with a extra streamlined group.”

Let’s hope ICON doesn’t go the way in which of fellow AC firm Mighty Buildings.

Aitiip Purchases AM Options S1 Submit-Processing System

Pablo Murillo, Chief Enterprise Growth Officer, Aitiip, and Xavier Pardo, Gross sales Engineer, AM Options / Rösler Spain.

Aitiip3D, a part of the bigger Spanish Aitiip Know-how Centre, maintains one of many largest additive manufacturing growth labs in Europe. The 3D printing service lately invested within the S1 from AM Options – 3D submit processing expertise to automate its post-processing operations, which helped obtain elevated manufacturing capability, increased operational effectivity, and higher total high quality. The corporate is understood for its custom-engineered options in lots of AM functions, from prototyping to particular person elements, and with manufacturing volumes rising, bettering its post-processing abilities grew to become obligatory. The S1 shot blasting machine is a 2-in-1 system, cleansing and creating the ultimate floor end for one job with a single processing medium. Fixed rotation of the PBF 3D printed elements in the course of the 30-minute blast operation allows constant floor finishes and mild processing. Plus, the S1 will be operated in each handbook and computerized modes, providing quite a lot of completely different blast media for no matter your elements require.

“Earlier than we put in the S1, all submit processing operations needed to be carried out manually. This induced not solely exceptionally excessive labor prices but in addition restricted our operational flexibility. Due to the automated S1 system we had been in a position to considerably enhance our manufacturing capability,” stated Pablo Murillo, Chief Growth Officer at Aitiip.

“Now we are able to supply the elements contained in varied assemblies for merchandise already available on the market as 3D printed parts. With our handbook submit processing operation this was unthinkable. Due to the wonderful and constant floor finishes created by the S1 our merchandise are actually in full compliance with the client specs with out requiring any further processing. Total, the time required for submit processing and the related prices may very well be drastically diminished. Your complete submit processing operation has develop into so much quicker, cleaner and extra environment friendly.”

3D Printed Wooden Furnishings Showcased in Add Wooden Exhibition

Add Wooden, an exhibition at Designblok in Prague, Czech Republic that explored the huge potential of biodegradable, recyclable 3D printed timber, featured 4 separate furnishings initiatives made by designers Esmée Willemsen, Janek Beau, Friedrich Gerlach and Julia Huhnholz. As a substitute of doing solo initiatives, they determined to work as a bunch, and approached Additive Tectonics a few collaboration utilizing its EconitWood. Leftover wooden from timber harvesting and sawmills is mixed with a pure, flame-retardant, and non-toxic magnesium carbonate binder to create the 3D printable materials. Willemsen created a coffin referred to as Finalform.stl, which will be made to order and reduces the environmental affect of burials by leaving out non-wooden components, like steel screws, present in regular coffins. Beau centered on effectivity together with his 3D printed stool, referred to as Sandbox, which may develop into a modular, multifunctional furnishings resolution when utilized in multiples—two modules create the peak of a chair, whereas three are the peak of a desk. The modules will also be shipped with out packaging, as the scale are optimized to adjust to most transport restrictions.

Gerlach additionally centered on effectivity together with his Lumo couch, that includes an EconitWood shell that’s stackable throughout printing to maximise area on the print mattress. This reveals that it’s really doable to 3D print large-scale furnishings items with out concern, and the couch additionally includes a detachable material suspended seat, which attaches to a groove alongside the sting of the shell. The Lumo is biodegradable, as each the filling and the upholstery of the seat are 100% wooden. Lastly, Huhnholz created a shelving unit referred to as Offset, which was additionally designed for optimum effectivity. It’s manufactured from three clean, sculptural 3D printed posts, designed with a conical form to allow them to be nested throughout manufacturing, and extra will be made in much less time. The unit is assembled by stacking the posts and including laser-cut aluminum plates. The group’s “Add Wooden: Views on Printable Timber” received the 2024 Designblok Award for Greatest Designer Presentation.