The2021 3D Printing Industry Awards候选名单现已开始投票，直到10月20日。在这里投票。
The winners of this year’sFormnext启动挑战和AM Ventures Impact奖have been announced.
Followinglast year’s fully digital event, Formnext, Europe’s leading 3D printing trade show, will bring exhibitors back to Frankfurt between 16 – 19 November once more. And with it comes theseventh Formnext Start-up Challenge, which pits young additive manufacturing enterprises with less than five years of trading experience against each other based on their novel business ideas and technological achievements.
Similarly, theAM VenturesImpact Award recognizes the positive social and environmental impacts that additive manufacturing innovation can have. Open to all entrants of the Formnext Start-up Challenge, the AM Ventures Impact Award was presented for the second time this year.
参赛者由陪审团的行业专家小组评估，其中包括3D印刷行业自己的主编Michael Petch。官方颁奖典礼定于11月16日在Formnext的AM4U舞台上举行。
Formnext启动挑战2021的五个获奖者
In no particular order, the first of the winners is Danish start-upAtlant 3D Nanosystems。该公司正在开发一个3 d printin的平台g micro and nanoscale multi-material parts with atomic-level dimensional precisions. Atlant 3D’s Nanofabricator 1 and 2 systems can simultaneously process up to six different materials and produce parts up to 150mm in diameter. Additionally, the company developed its Nanofabricator LiteTM under strictNASA规格并成功测试了在零重力条件下的打印机。该技术已经用于学术界和工业研究和开发中的应用。
Based in the US,Azul 3Dis the company behind the High Area Rapid Printing (HARP) additive manufacturing technology. Known for its combination of speed, precision, and large part potential, the resin-based 3D printing platform sees oil flowing between the resin material and the UV light source. This enables a form of non-adhesive production at significantly higher print speeds than most current SLA 3D printing systems.
Nobula, a start-up based in Sweden, has developed a novel desktop 3D printer capable of producing parts made of glass. Designed to be fast, affordable, and energy-efficient, both the glass 3D printer and the printing material technology are currently patent-pending. Nobula intends to use its platform to 3D print glass components for academic, R&D, and end-use production applications.
Fitedhas developed a new 3D printed medical device for treating spinal deformities. Described as ‘Invisalign for the spine’, the company’s patient-specific 3D printed braces are designed to replace conventional hand-made scoliosis braces, which are often costly and time-consuming to produce. The devices are expected to eliminate the need for additional surgery in up to 72% of cases while being lightweight and breathable. Initially targeting the US and Europe, Fited sees huge potential for its 3D printed spinal braces, seeing as 4% of the world’s population suffers from some kind of spinal deformity.
最后的获奖者是美国的初创企业打印零件Inc。The company has developed a digital signature technology that can make 3D printed parts scannable, serialized, and cloud-connected. It works by embedding programmable nanoparticles in 3D printing materials or components, which can then be detected and registered using smart scanners. The histories of the scanned parts can be stored on the firm’s SmartParts platform, which comprises build management, authentication, and part tracing functionality. It’s also integrable with existing MES/ERP systems.
The winner of the AM Ventures Impact Award 2021
Presented as part of the Formnext Start-up Challenge, over two-thirds of the start-up entries also competed for the Impact Award.
今年AM Ventures Impact奖的获胜者是Vispala Technologies。总部设在印度,医疗设备制造商has been using additive manufacturing to produce affordable and aesthetic prosthetics, orthotics, and assistive robots for those in need since 2018. The kicker here is that Vispala focuses on helping people in developing countries and rural areas, where access to state-of-the-art healthcare tends to be limited.
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特色图片显示了法兰克福的Formnext启动挑战。通过Mesago/Matthias Kutt的照片。
