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Ten years of the 3D Pioneers Challenge
The 3D Pioneers Challenge (3DPC) will be celebrating its tenth anniversary in 2025. Since 2015, the competition for additive manufacturing and future-oriented technologies has offered pioneers a stage at rapid.tech 3D. Innovations have been honored that have pushed the boundaries of what is possible, inspired the industry and thus significantly advanced it.
read more...Trumpf's 3D printing technology makes manufacturing systems for the semiconductor industry more precise and efficient. Semiconductor manufacturers can reduce waste and save costs with AM technology.
read more...Technical breakthrough for implants
In a collaborative project, a team of experts from Tel Aviv Medical Center, PTC and Hexagon have created a patient-specific scapula implant for a 16-year-old cancer patient. The team used additive manufacturing and medical imaging to design and manufacture the titanium scapula implant.
read more...Impulses for the production of tomorrow
Formnext 2024 came to an end with a new record number of exhibitors and visitors. The trade fair offered numerous insights into the latest developments in additive manufacturing. The focus was on the possibilities of optimizing production processes while pursuing a more sustainable approach.
read more...With the new concept of the Formnext Awards, Formnext has for the first time honored exceptional talents and ideas from the world of additive manufacturing in a total of six different categories.
read more...Additive manufacturing technologies enable near-net-shape production and demand-oriented use of materials.
read more...Deloro Wear Solutions, supplier of metallic wear protection, presents its portfolio in the field of additive manufacturing.
read more...Joke Technology is bringing the Eneska Postprocess 5.0 workstation to the trade fair. It supports the post-processing of printed components.
read more...Formnext has been managed by a dual leadership team since 01.11.2024: Christoph Stüker and Sascha Wenzler will take over responsibility for the trade fair for additive manufacturing. Both have been working together in the trade fair team since the start of Formnext in 2015.
read more...Research at the Fraunhofer IWS
To make harvesting robots or submarine grippers more universally applicable and autonomous in the future, researchers at the Fraunhofer IWS are teaching them to feel: They are working on artificial grippers modeled on nature. The combination of 3D and dispensing printing with other technologies is helping here.
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