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As 2022 went on, the industry witnessed a boom in the number of construction projects being carried out via additive manufacturing, resulting in everything from 3D printed housing complexes to schools. Novel hybrid and AI-driven technologies also began to get a foothold in the sector, as manufacturers started to unveil their latest developments ahead of the industry’s biggest tradeshow: Formnext.
Read on for more on the biggest 3D printing stories of October 2022, including the latest from 6K, GE, SPEE3D, Ultimaker, Omni3D, Azure 3D, nano3Dprint, Mighty Buildings, Sugino, University College London, and more.
Emerging AM technologies patented
Following on from anIMTS 2022filled with hybrid machines, the industry saw more of the technologies behind such systems gain momentum throughout October. This month,Sugino Machine Limitedlaunched itsXTEDEDhybrid 3D printer，，，，a unit that combines CNC machining with Laser Metal Deposition (LMD) to enable the production and finishing of parts with both higher throughput and accuracy.
In the Netherlands, meanwhile,atum3D licensed a hybrid SLA-DLP technologyfrom theUniversity of Amsterdam。据说，一旦商业化，该过程结合了照片和立体光刻，以允许按大规模创建高分辨率零件，可用于解决临床研究应用程序。
别处，Omni3Dalso patented aunique FFF extruder-cooling technology。Featuring a combined extruder and printhead, the ‘Omni3D Cooling System’ is said to stabilize filament temperature during feeding and deposition. At the time, the firm said patenting the technology in the US would help it gain traction in the lucrative market there.
Construction 3D printing roll-out continues
尽管the 3D printing of homes isn’t entirely new in itself, the nature of those being built shifted somewhat in October. Not satisfied with merely using the technology to create housing more affordably and quickly than before,Mighty Buildingsdoubled down on its sustainability potential by erecting itsfirst net-zero 3D printed home。
Similarly,天蓝色印刷房屋由房地产公司签约Reinhabit到3D打印十个新的环保房屋在加利福尼亚。Reinhabit表示，通过从回收塑料中打印房屋，它预计将实现巨大的成本和交货时间增长，以推动其物业的投资回报率（ROI）。
非营利组织以同样值得但略有不同的应用程序应用程序应用Team4Humanityunveiled plans forEurope’s first 3D printed school。据报道，由于俄罗斯对乌克兰的入侵遭到了2,000多所学校的破坏或摧毁，该项目的成立旨在迅速重建在利沃夫的人，为该城市的居民返回时做好了准备。
formnext 3D打印机启动
尽管Formnext还有一个月的路程，许多3D打印机制造商选择通过在活动开始前推出其最新系统来建立炒作。尽管SPEE3D启动了一个新的容器化系统，XSPEE3D，，，，nano3Dprintintroduced itsB3300 electronics 3D printer，，，，a machine capable of simultaneously printing different conductive and functional inks onto an existing substrate, in a single pass.
GE添加剂，该公司被提名为年度企业公司2022 3D打印奖，，，，also introduced its系列3粘合喷气平台。As part of 3D Printing Industry’s到ur of GE Additive’s 3D printing facilities该月早些时候，与会者对机器的开发方式进行了全面细分，例如Cummins，，，，Wabtecand桑德维克。
At launch, Josh Mook, an Innovation Leader at GE Additive, said: “We remain focused on only bringing technology solutions to market when they are ready, and can help our customers demonstrate return on investment and total cost of ownership. That is certainly the case with our new Binder Jet Line and the Series 3, which is reliable, safe, and meets their needs today and tomorrow.”
AI驱动的技术进一步发展
AI has increasingly found applications in 3D printing material discovery and geometry optimization, and it continued to address new use cases in October. Researchers atUniversity College London（UCL）部署了X射线的组合，AI and 3D printing in the restoration of a lost Van Goghpainting.
UCL的学生Anthony Bourached和George Cann开发了一个工作流程，可以使用X射线透过涂料，包括在现有作品上涂漆的油漆。通过将这些数据馈送到能够推断艺术家风格的算法中，该团队随后对艺术品进行了建模，该艺术品重新构想了原始的外观。
在今年晚些时候，二人的项目之后获得了类似的AI驱动软件成功，包括日益流行的肖像生成应用程序。Lensa AI， 也POINT-E。Essentially, the latter is a text-to-model application, capable of automatically generating 3D point clouds from users’ text prompts, that’s likely to create both challenges and opportunities for AI in the sector.
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Featured image shows Mighty Buildings’ first 3D printed net-zero energy home. Photo via Mighty Buildings.
