welcome back to the vision miner 3d printing news today we're talking about golf putters
rockets submarines the us army and of course lamborghini i know it just comes up all the
time anyway let's jump right into it starting off today we've got bluesint
materialize is now able to recycle 100 of their sintering powder for sls 3d printing
for those in the know this is pretty gnarly 3d printing is often better and more economical
and even more green than traditional methods but it does still produce waste
in the case of powderbed fusion or sls there's actually a lot of waste
specifically in pbf or sls a laser sinters powder turning it into a part
now the unsintered powder remains behind and supports the rest of the part as it builds up
sort of like overhangs and whatnot and other processes now when a block of powder that's
been printed is taken out the parts are then cleaned the powder's removed it's sieved
and then recycled so the problem is this can't really be done indefinitely because
as the powder continually gets reused it actually degrades and the part properties end up suffering
so the utilization recycling rates kind of vary depending on the materials and the parts and
geometries and then the different colors and additives and things like that in the material
but generally they throw away about half of all the sintering powder that goes into the machine
and most of this right now is nylon 12. so globally hundreds of millions of dollars of
powder are literally thrown away every year with the blue scent process they tweaked a dual laser
powder bed system to heat the recycled powder before building into new parts
the company claims that with this process they can achieve a 100 percent recycling
rate now this is going to save materialize themselves millions of dollars a year in powder
because they can now repurpose it all into parts now if the company somehow shares this technology
with others uh it'll be a huge boost for other services but if they keep it to themselves well
i mean it'll be a big advantage sharing is caring guys let's let's get this out there uh they they
described their recent innovation by saying using a 3d printer with multiple lasers materialized
engineers were able to use one laser for cindering powder and a second laser to keep the powder
above a certain temperature by preventing the powder from cooling down between two layers they
prevented the shrinking process that causes the orange peel effect the result is a printed object
with very similar mechanical and visual properties but printed with a hundred percent recycled powder
drastically reducing waste they also say that over the course of 2021 materialized plans to have
several laser-sintering machines running blue scent pa-12 in the startup phase alone the company
aims to reuse more than five tons of powder that would normally become waste this is awesome moving
right along we've got a new golf butter that is anything but subpar oh my god uh so cobra the big
golf manufacturing company uses hp metal jet to 3d print some next-gen putters it has of its kind
3d printing golf putter the king super sport 353dp has just been commercially launched by cobra golf
a leading golf equipment manufacturer which developed this latest innovation in golf
equipment in partnership with hp and parm attack so cobra golf has a long history of innovation and
golf equipment known for its introduction of hybrid material clubs and the baffler
and lighter clubs for the future graphite shafts and oversized irons among other products
now cobra began working with hp and parmitech over the last two years and the king's super
sport 353dp putter is just the first of several revolutionary commercial cobra products using
3d printing this new club has been optimized for weight distribution and moment of inertia or moi
which is a measure of how much a club head resists twisting on off-center strikes of the ball uh and
and to ensure consistency reliability and accuracy in every pot to develop the design engineers
and designers over at cobra who are also avid golfers began working in early 2019 with their
counterparts at hp and parmitec by early 2020 they had 35 design iterations and they had been created
over that eight month period in addition the design also features a high performance aluminum
face insert that uses patented descending loft technologies from the sik golf a putting
manufacturer to create a more consistent launch conditions on strikes across the face
as per cobra uh we've actually seen some really cool stuff with golf clubs from some different
golf companies here in the shop it's very very interesting stuff next moving right along we've
got a 9.5 billion dollar submarine contract with 3d printing early in november 2020 the
us navy actually awarded the general dynamics electric boat division a 9.5 billion dollar
contract that's b a billion 9.5 billion dollars to build two first-in-class columbia-class submarines
the columbia program needs to be fast-tracked due to the u.s imperative to remain competitive with
china's large navy investments and so working closely with the navy at the end of the 2019
business year electric boat has disclosed the ongoing 3d printing accomplishments including
the first six 3d printed components now one of the six components that are being 3d printed is
an instrumentation bracket the strong relationship came about because of the strong connection
between the navy and electric boats additive manufacturing team so at first the am team
proposed non-critical parts for approval and with the success of those prototypes the am team has
been able to design components that could never be manufactured or machined traditionally at a
fraction of the time and cost in addition ever since they started using 3d printing an electric
boat has become a tool for supporting all sorts of products at multiple shipyards so the team worked
with engineers to design a fixture for lifting pad eyes making it much easier and faster to complete
the task and limiting the risks of possible rework you know it can be really hard to set up all these
big welding fixtures and everything so 3d printing comes right into play so as a quick note if you're
doing 3d printing or if you're thinking about doing 3d printing there's a huge amount of r
d tax credits from the government for companies that make less than 50 million dollars in revenue
and uh startups can get up to 250 000 per year in payroll tax cash rebates so if you're thinking
about getting into 3d printing or you're already doing it there's other things like section 127 and
other stuff so give us a call and we'll help you out you could literally end up with a free printer
at the end of the year just in tax savings moving around along we've got sinfall's machine learning
software being applied by the us army research lab for 3d printing missile parts that's right the us
army research laboratory or arl has awarded a contract to cenval that will see its machine
learning software used to help design and qualify 3d printed missile parts as a part of the program
symbol is set to leverage its machine learning algorithms to develop a flexible qualification
plan that can be applied to any 3d printing method component or machine according to annie wang
president over at sendval deploying the firm's ml technology will enable the army to reduce its
part lead times and costs while increasing soldier survivability although symbols software has been
deployed in industries ranging from automotive to the medical sector it has been particularly
effective within military applications for instance the us navy's office of naval research
or onr has utilized the ml program to reduce the lead times associated with seafaring components
recently the us air force has also partnered with synval to develop a baseline mechanical properties
for its powderbed fusion eos 3d printers now the project's eventual goal is to fabricate a missile
a missile part specifically and compare its performance during testing to simulations
provided by synvol's ml software if successful these evaluations would not only validate the
component in question but also stand balls technology for certifying other military devices
as fit for purpose you gotta love that military stuff so if you're liking this video by the way
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raising half a billion dollars the california 3d printed rocket manufacturer relativity space
is in the process of raising 500 million in series d funding so this new investment
will reportedly be led by new contributors tiger global and fidelity and supported by
long-standing investors social capital playground global y combinator bond capital and tribe capital
following the funding round which will take relativity's new total cash raised
to 685 million dollars the company's value is expected to rise to 2.3 billion the aerospace
firm is raising additional funds despite having yet to successfully fire its 3d printed terran 1
rocket into orbit although it's currently slated for a commercial launch in 2021 so relativity's
fully fabricated launch vehicle which it will manufacture in-house while using its stargate
3d printer has been in development since 2015 but it has gone on to reach several key milestones the
vessel's 14-foot fuel tank was first produced in 2017 and its aeon 3d printed engine has been
hot fire tested more than 200 times over the last two years the company's also utilized the
cash that it raised in previous funding rounds to build on its facilities and target a lead time of
60 days for each complete rocket in june of 2019 relativity was granted permission to build a 220
000 square foot autonomous rocket building factory at nasa's stennis space center earlier this year
relativity also moved to a new hq in long beach california has become the center of its business
operations as well it's this terran one production line guys if you want to come up and shoot a video
on that i would love to do it hopefully this video gets to them if you know anybody there please
share the link with the time code inside the 120 000 square foot site 300 relativity
staff are working to accelerate their additive rockets development and this has been rewarded
with several high-profile contracts satellite producers iridium communications and telesat
have both contracted relativity's rocket to fire their small satellites into lower earth orbit
next moving right along we've got more crazy stuff with lamborghini and the huracan seo
featuring 3d printed aerodynamics key uh yes that's right it's a key it's a 3d printed key so
you know we're always looking whenever a new lambo is launched we scramble to find out
which parts of it are 3d printed and thanks to the deal they made with carbon recently
it's actually quite a few a huge thing is that the bugatti ceo stefan winkelmann who's a huge
supporter of metal additive manufacturing is now taking over the president role at lamborghini
and considering they're both owned by volkswagen that makes a lot of sense but it probably means
we're going to see a lot more 3d printed parts in upcoming lamborghinis so in the new
lamborghini huracan sto or super travail omologoto 3d printing innovation focuses on a 3d printed key
the huracan seo achieves the highest level of downforce in its class with the best aero balance
for any rear-wheel drive car and the delivery of a superior aerodynamic load a key factor
in its enhanced cornering performance overall airflow efficiency is improved by 37 percent
and a significant downforce increase 53 percent is reached over the hurricane performante
now yes this is just the key that enables these aerodynamic parts to be enabled uh but that's
beside the point we're going to see a lot more coming soon and uh for now this is really a focus
on mass customization of the key which is finally being 3d printed kudos by the way if you're not
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right along into the news blitz we've got desktop metal finally rolling out their machine shop metal
binder jetting system globally we've been waiting for this forever as some say it would never happen
but it's finally here so definitely check that out next we've got titan robotics partnering with jbl
for advanced material manufacturing we've got node who's advancing audio design thanks to 3d
printing technologies we've got a great article on titanium with the 3d printing metal of the future
in the medical sector question mark we've got fiat chrysler automobiles using additive manufacturing
to design suspension systems skulltech scientists develop a novel method of 3d printing personalized
ceramic bone implants we've got the fda clearing 3d systems patient-specific 3d printed surgical
guides for ankles in the crazy news we've got konami partnering with open bionics to launch
official 3d printed metal gear solid bionic arms that's right you too can have a bionic arm from
metalcure solid we are living in the future guys this is awesome anyway did you know that
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