DETROIT—Ford has teamed up with Hewlett-Packard to turn spent 3D-printed powder and parts into stronger, lighter, and more cost-effective vehicle parts for Ford’s Super Duty F-250 trucks.
After a nearly 20-year hiatus, supersonic passenger travel is about to make a comeback. One of the companies leading the charge is Boom Supersonic Inc.
Many automotive engineers have nightmares about noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) issues. Ironically, one of those pests, vibration, is widely used to assemble many types of plastic auto parts.
RIVERHEAD, NY—Construction technology company SQ4D Inc. has listed for sale the first 3D-printed home in the United States. The residential property was printed on site using SQ4D's Autonomous Robotic Construction System.
Though simple in design, the oil pan is a vital part of a vehicle engine's lubrication system. It is typically made of steel and contains a rubber gasket that prevents the oil from leaking.
Ashley Furniture Industries Inc. has installed 28,776 solar panels on the roof of its assembly plant in Leesport, PA. The panels will produce more than 9,630,600 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year.
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN—A team of Purdue University mechanical engineers has created the first comprehensive open-source annotated database of 3D mechanical parts to help researchers apply machine learning to those parts in actual machines.
ROCK HILL, SC–The FDA has provided 510(k) clearance for a patient-specific, 3D-printed instrument set used during ankle replacement surgery with Exactech’s Vantage Total Ankle System.
BOSTON—Desktop Metal has been awarded a three-year, multimillion dollar grant from the Department of Defense to develop a high-volume 3D printing process that makes complex parts from a new cobalt-free hard metal without the use of tooling.
