Top 5 Videos of the Week: custom wheels from collaboration between HRE & GE Additive…

This week we found the top 5 videos about 3D printing and the way additive manufacturing is shaping our society. The technology has infiltrated many sectors, from medical to space! Check out our selection of the week to keep up with the innovations! This week, custom wheels were created from a collaboration between HRE and GE Additive, 3D printed diamond composite was unveiled at RAPID +TCT and much more! If you enjoy these, you can view even more 3D printing videos on our Youtube channel. Hope you’ll enjoy and have a great Sunday!

Top 1: Custom wheels thanks to 3D printing technologies

Last November we reported on HRE developing the world’s first 3D printed titanium rim in collaboration with GE Additive. A rim with a complex design that is lighter than those traditionally manufactured. Metal additive manufacturing, whether using electron beam fusion or DMLS technology, has also enabled the American company to use less material and therefore make significant savings. In this video, the two partners discuss their collaboration and the advantages of such a production method in the automotive sector:

Top 2: Sandvik 3D prints world’s first diamond composite

Diamond is 58 times stronger than any natural material available on Earth. Because it is extremely resistant and hard, it is very difficult to machine and therefore to produce complex shapes. That is why the teams at Sandvik decided to use additive manufacturing to facilitate the processing of this material. They have mixed diamond powder with a polymer to create another kind of photopolymerizable resin. Using stereolithography technology, Sandvik revealed at RAPID + TCT 2019 that they had printed in 3D a complex shape that has exactly the same properties as a diamond. An innovation that could turn many industries upside down.