This edition of 3D printing news Sliced features stories from CFM International, GE, Safran, Materialise, 3D Hubs, Autodesk, HP, UniZ, Niedersachsen ADDITIV, MIT, Ohio State University, Nottingham Trent University, Atum3D, Sharebot and Space for Giants.
Stormy skies over GE and Safran, calm seas for UniZ, Materialise and Niedersachsen ADDITIV
CFM International, a joint venture between GE Aviation and Safran Aircraft Engines, (two significant users of 3D printed parts), is reviewing its Leap-1A engine fleet after the coating of a turbine shroud began flaking off mid-flight. The spaces in the coating allowed air passing through the Airbus A320neo’s turbine system to escape, causing dramatic changes in gas exhaust temperature.
While the LEAP contains 19 3D-printed fuel nozzles, these static turbine shrouds are made in a different manner fromceramic matrix composites.
尽管GE负责向CFM生产的发动机运送涡轮机零件，但Safran已预留了5800万美元来修理服务内发动机，以“谨慎行事”。
比利时OEM Mitalize在鲁汶开设了一个新的5,500平方米总部，以及波兰弗罗茨瓦夫的新生产设施，该设施具有80多个SLS打印机的能力。
Uniz，成功背后的初创企业SLASH SLA 3D printernominees on the 3D Printing Industry Awards“年度启动”入围名单投资者北京Delian Express Investment Management和Cheng Congwu筹集了超过600万美元。Delian Express的Xiao在评论这笔交易时表达了他对Uniz的“核心技术”，其“智能制造”的信心，以及朝着“工业4.0”的发展。
Niedersachsen ADDITIV, a €1.2 million additive manufacturing education facility in Hanover, Lower Saxony, has been opened by state government minister Olaf Lies. The state-funded facility will assist SMEs in additive manufacturing, host training events and seminars, accommodate research into additive manufacturing processes, and investigate the economic impact of 3D printing.
A boost for microfluidic accuracy and wireless communications range
In a new paper from MIT, researchers demonstrate a 3D printed device for making nanofiber meshes suitable for use in advanced filtration systems, and as scaffolds in tissue engineering. With minute channels, the equipment is essentially a microfluidic device, that can be unconvetionally produced without the need for a cleanroom.
According to the paper’s lead author路易斯·费尔南多·维拉塞克斯 - 加西亚，3D打印设备意味着：“在接下来的几年中，没有人会在洁净室里进行微流体。没有理由这样做。3D打印是一项可以更好地做到这一点的技术，可以更好地选择材料，并有可能真正制造出您想要的结构。”The full study is available to read online here.
同时，在俄亥俄州立大学的ElectroScience Laboratory, researchers have been awarded a $300,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for the development of their 3D printing facilitated antennas, which will reach beyond the overcrowded microwave frequency of common devices.
Big product announcements from atum3D and Sharebot ahead of Formnext 2017
ATUM3D宣布将在Formnext 2017上推出三个新产品。第一个产品是DLP站5，这是一种带有开放树脂平台的新数字灯处理3D打印机。与第一个相关的第二个产品是“操作员站”软件，该软件将MAGS AI技术应用于建模。
The final product is a new range of “Excellence Packs”. These are industry materials and software packages tailored to product design, dentistry, jewellery and manufacturing. atum3D will be exhibiting at Formnext stand 3.1-C78, 14-17 November.
Also atFormnext，ShareBot将启动其大型Antares SLA 3D打印机。Antares的构建体积为250 x 250 x 250毫米，与PR-S树脂以及许多切片软件兼容。Antares连接到Internet，可以进行远程管理。ShareBot将于11月14日至17日在3.1-A48展位展出。
3D集线器on board, and the elephant in the room
Jack Davies, a British product design student at Nottingham Trent University and intern at 3D Hubs has designed an electric longboard using生命值’s Multi Jet Fusion技术和AutodeskCAD software. The “Fusion E-board” took less than a week to build, and its electronics enclosures and its motor mounts were 3D printed at a cost of €550.
3D中心最近还发布了他们最近的趋势报告。数据显示了许多有趣的趋势，包括伦敦现在已经超过纽约的事实，是活跃的3D打印中心数量最多的地区。
Elephant protection charity Space for Giants is raising money for its work in Africa through two unique events. Tonight at the Brooklyn Bowl, New York City, the charity is hosting the踩踏事件的声音concert with live music and a 1 meter tall 3D printed elephant made by a collaboration with MyMiniFactory and iMakr. At 2pm ET, it will also be launchingan online auctionof 7 limited edition 3D printed elephant sculptures, lovingly hand painted by artists from across the U.S.
The design of the Space for Giants charity elephant is based on a model created by Raymond Leonardo Chandra, whichcan be downloaded for free here.
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Featured image shows Pamela Caspar’s hand painted Phantom elephant (2017) Lot Number 2 in the Space for Giants charity auction. Photo via Paddle 8.
