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Battle of the 3D Printed Knives – Round 2 – Entry #2

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3D Printed Knife – Justin Wienand Entry #2 Deciding on the blade style was step 1. I’ve recently started to like the angular look of Tantō Blades. Might be something to do with being the polar opposite of my first knife I guess. When I began designing, It, funnily enough, echoed the first knife in that it […]

Battle of the 3D Printed Knives – Round 2 – Entry #1

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When the competition started I saw the other contestants were going all out with very complex designs and very functional knives. Mine was so simple and boring. I then started looking on the internet to see what blade shapes there were out there, when I came across a “Dao Knife” a knife version of a […]

Battle of the 3D Printed Knives – Entry #2

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I had always toyed with the idea of making a knife but never really had access to the tools or materials. Needless to say this was long before any thought of having direct access to a metal 3D printer. Justin Wienand 3D Printed Knife – Justin Wienand Entry #1 This is Justin 1st knife submission. […]

Battle of the 3D Printed Knives – Entry #1

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Pauline is a great cook so I decided to have a go at making a classic chef’s knife, with a view to blending the metal AM with some woodworking and CNC as well. I also had Pauline shape a handle to her grip using some modelling putty which was then 3D scanned to give me the basic […]

Manufacturing 3D Printed Custom Enclosures and Housings

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Enclosure design prototypes for fit & function testing are common requirements in a product design lifecycle. It’s been well demonstrated how using 3D printing for these functions can cut months off a product design lifecycle. But, have you considered using some of the other advantages that 3D printing offers when designing enclosures for your products? […]

Engineering Students Build 3D Printed Robotic Prosthetic

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A group of Nelson Mandela University engineering students, academics and their University of KwaZulu-Natal counterparts have built a robotic prosthetic to help amputees perform day-to-day functions. The group presented the invention at the 2020 Global Cybathlon hosted virtually by Switzerland on the 13th & 14th of November 2020. The members of the Touch Hand team […]

3D Printing in the Arts #1

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Dr. Michaella Janse van Vuuren pulls together multiple disciplines, from her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in Computer vision, a post-doctorate in medical implant design, to being an internationally renowned 3D print designer, artist, and innovator in education.  Michaella started her journey with 3D printing in 2006. In 2008, she founded Nomili, an innovative interdisciplinary research, […]

3D Printing – The New Go-To Technology for Small Production Runs

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Many think of 3D printing as primarily a prototyping technology. This perception is changing rapidly as manufacturers worldwide are using additive manufacturing for short-run manufacturing of plastic production parts. The most traction is for small to medium quantities, where traditional tooling isn’t up to speed. The term used to describe this is the ‘bridge-manufacturing technique’ […]

The Future of Industrial Manufacturing is Already Here

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Successes with 3D Printing on the Factory Floor. 3D printing often sounds like one of those technologies that will be useful ‘one day’, but the truth is, it’s already having a huge impact in a factory near you.  If you’re not at least considering where 3D printing can impact your business, you’re probably falling behind. We’re […]