Top 5 Videos: The 3Dnatives Tour of 3DEXPERIENCE World 2023

Hello everyone and welcome back to our top 5 3D printing videos of the week! As always, we have an exciting selection for you, starting with a 3Dnatives original from 3DEXPERIENCE World! Our team had a wander round to find the most exciting projects from the event, and we’re here to share with you today.The other videos range from Toyota’s adoption of additive manufacturing to improve die cast manufacturing for the automotive industry, to automation on a Stratasys production line and the benefits this brings to productivity and cost. For those more interested in applications, we have a video about how additive manufacturing can improve the manufacturing of power trains, and the possibility of printing with recycled materials. Enjoy!

Top 1: 3DEXPERIENCE World Through 3Dnatives’ Eyes

Any questions you’d like to ask a 3D-printed robot? Two of our treasured team members, Madeleine and Lucia, spent this past week at 3DEXPERIENCE World in Tennessee, and they’ve selected some of the most exciting, quirky, and unique projects which they saw there. From a talking Star-Wars robot to 3D-printed guitar accessories, find out in the video below the inspirations, building methods, and applications of these products! 3DEXPERIENCE World took place from February 12 – 15; you can find our report from the show HERE.

Top 2: Toyota Adopts AM

Our first video of the week is from Japanese car manufacturer Toyota on their adoption of additive manufacturing. Indeed, 3D printing often plays a role in the automotive industry for the manufacturing of prototypes and end-use parts with a shorter lead time and improved mechanical properties. In this video, we learn about how Toyota used the technology for die casting to enable 3-dimensional cooling channels in the die to enhance cooling and heat homogenization. With AM, they are able to achieve optimal temperature and improved design freedom of the cooling channels (being not limited to certain geometries) and reduce polishing in all the parts. According to the video, they eliminated the need for polishing on 80% of the part, therefore reducing defects and increasing operation rate.