Professional Additive Manufacturing
By “professional additive manufacturing”, we intend all those categories of 3D printing adoption that relate to the creative and artistic spheres. These include applications in architecture, construction, design, arts & crafts as well as entertainment (movies and animation) and designer consumer products such as furniture and jewelry.
This category of adopters has grown enormously in recent years as the cost of professional level AM systems has decreased from over $100,000 to between $20,000 and $5,000. This enormous paradigm shift has opened up 3D printing to a wide demographic of users that have innovated and imagined new application possibilities for AM. The process is still very much ongoing as the abundance of news and articles in this section clearly indicate.
Several artists and creatives have embraced plastic and in many cases ceramics based technologies to explore new possibilities in both end-use products and their supply to the final user. 3D printing is seen as the key technology that will enable the production of mass customized items, produced on-demand, on location, by professionals in any part of the world.
Global professional and B2C additive manufacturing services such as Shapeways, iMaterialise and Sculpteo have also contributed to expanding this area of AM by making high-end 3D printing technologies easily accessible and affordable for more people all over the world.
Latest professional AM news:
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Aectual has 3D printed circular perimeter walls and facades for the UAE pavilion at the Floriade Expo 2022 in The Netherlands. Designed by architecture studio Pragma, the 825m2 (8880 sqft) pavilion is exceptional as all 3D printed items are fully recyclable and re-printable after use. The pavilion comprises a large…
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MX3D, the company that created the world’s first metal bridge using 3D printing, in the Netherlands, has once again used its Robotic Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) technology to create another sculptural work of art. The Oregon Dragon Bench, designed by Joris Laarman Lab, in collaboration with Nike’s Beaverton-based Advanced…
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Starfleet Innotech, Inc. (SFIO) has entered into a new strategic partnership with Australia-based 3D concrete printing startup Luyten. The exclusive agreement will see Luyten’s construction technologies utilized across SFIO’s real estate projects in the Philippines, towards the conglomerate’s goal of building a more sustainable, equitable future for community living. As…
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We have been arguing on these pages that the incredible dominance of Mercedes in Formula 1 for the past decade was due in part to the team’s ability to heavily implement AM for both development and optimized parts (and we’ve had sources confirm this). We’ve also argued that Scuderia Ferrari’s…
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A passion for single-seaters that has accompanied him since his childhood, Lucas Di Grassi was only 10 years old when he made his first debut as a race driver, starting his long career of successes and records. In 2016, the protagonist of the “Project Ice” event, was the first man…
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As 3dpbm had anticipated last month, COBOD has now, officially, launched the first 3D construction printer configurator – a new tool that enables contractors and developers to estimate the time it will take to 3D print a specific building and calculate the volume of concrete materials needed. For instance, the…
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After the recent project from VAUDE, Osprey, a leader in top-quality, high-performance packs presented Osprey UNLTD, an industry-changing pack series that harnesses rapidly emerging technology and materials such as Carbon DLS, previously untapped by the backpack industry. Production was once again provided by OECHSLER, an unrivaled specialist in this field.…
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Nick Ambrose is an auto artist, he creates automotive-inspired sculptures and often resorts to 3D printing technologies to make them come to life. He is part of a community of similarly driven artists who have launched the Auto Artists for Ukraine initiative to create a charitable response to the humanitarian…
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Ski goggles seem like relatively simple pieces of equipment but they are made of as many as 13 different. The multiplicity of parts can lead to a higher failure potential during production, a higher risk of product failure, and ultimately higher costs. Starting from this premise, OECHSLER set out to…
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Always ready to experiment with new design, manufacturing and marketing possibilities, Automobili Lamborghini has entered the world of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) with an artwork accessible via the Lamborghini Space Key. This exclusive project, developed with a still-undisclosed artist, combines many of the most advanced technologies, including 3D printing. The distinguishing…
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