Top 5: How Cold Spray Technology Offers Faster Additive Manufacturing

Hello everyone, and welcome to our top 5 videos of the week! As always, we have an exciting and educational select of 3D printing video content for you. This week’s range from cold spray technology for additive manufacturing, an interview about 3D printing in an academia and research context, to country-specific information (in this case, about Singapore) about how users are adopting 3D printing in the engineering and manufacturing industry for healthcare. We also have a 3Dnatives original video from the lab, in which Elliot reviews the UltiMaker S7! For those who enjoy

Top 1: Additive Manufacturing Using Cold Spray Technology

This video is from University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM), an engineering school located in France. We see their work on cold spray additive manufacturing – this being the technique of using metal powder particles to form a coating by ‘ballistic impingement’ upon a substrate, causing them to adhere to the surface. This technology can produce strong metal parts: the example in the video is a model of a hand. Further advantages include faster build rates, minimal surface prep required. As heat is not involved, common issues associated with heat when 3D printing are not an issue. Parts are also easier to repair.

Top 2: How Singapore Uses 3D Printing In Healthcare

Next up, we have a video about how Singapore uses 3D printing for their healthcare sector. We find all about country-specific examples, such as a patient in 2003 who was treated for nose cancer by Professor Chua Chee Kai using a 3D-printed surgical model. From the video, we also learn about the potential of the Singapore Centre for 3D Printing, a new research facility which aims to be the world’s leading institute for 3D printing research and technologies. Clearly, the country believes that 3D printing could bring great strengths to manufacturing and engineering and wish to establish themselves as a strong player in the industry in the future. If you want to learn more about the specifics of Singapore’s turn to 3D printing, check out the video below.