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3D Printing

Transformation In 3D: How A Walnut-Sized Part Changed The Way GE Aviation Builds Jet Engines

Amy Kover
November 19, 2018
A jet engine fuel nozzle doesn’t look like much. Shaped like a water faucet perched atop two stubby legs, it resembles a forgotten piece of plumbing equipment small enough to hold in the palm of a hand. Few would ever guess that this unimposing object is among the most disruptive pieces of technology in GE history — one that gave rise to the world’s best-selling commercial jet engines, ignited a new GE business unit and showed the world just what 3D printing can do.
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The Vanguard

The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Sam Worley
October 07, 2018
The first commercial carrier fueled by recycled waste gas from a steel mill just flew across the Atlantic. In Japan, construction workers might get a break: Scientists there created a robot that can install drywall, among other building tasks. And in landlocked Indiana, researchers are looking to shrimp as an inspiration for more resilient building materials. It’s a real grab bag in this week’s most interesting scientific discoveries.
 

 
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The Future Of Manufacturing Is Here

October 05, 2018
"Originally published on Wouter Van Wersch's LinkedIn. Wouter is the President and CEO of GE Asia Pacific.
At first glance, it’s hard to see a connection between jet engine parts, an innovative housing project in the Netherlands, prosthetic limbs, and futuristic sneakers sought-after by teens around the world.
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additive manufacturing

The Devil Is In The Details: How GE Found A Way To Bring 3D Printing To Mass Production

Tomas Kellner
October 03, 2018

3D printing has rightfully gotten a lot of buzz because of the marvels it can do. Also known as additive manufacturing, it has opened new paths for designers to create custom shapes that were previously too expensive or downright impossible to make. The technology's potential is enormous, but GE engineer Peter Martinello offers a dose of perspective. “This is true if you have to print just one part,” he says.

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3D Printing

In Alabama, 3D Printing Is Helping One Professor Teach The Engineers Of Tomorrow

Dorothy Pomerantz
September 14, 2018
Two years ago, Bart Prorok, a professor of materials engineering at Auburn University in Alabama, decided his students needed to learn about additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, if they were going to be prepared for the jobs of tomorrow. But buying a commercial metal additive manufacturing machine was out of the question because of the price.
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The Vanguard

The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Sam Worley
August 26, 2018
Scientists have figured out how to 3D print tiny objects from graphene, the world’s strongest material, and use to same stuff to make an eye implant that could reverse vision loss. They also found a fast way to suck out CO2 from the atmosphere and store it in rocks. Plus: a better alternative to the stethoscope and an intricate map of the brain.
 

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Australia’s biggest 3D printing education program

Jane Nicholls
August 17, 2018
Additive manufacturing—3D printing to most of us—is changing the world one innovation at a time, and moving so fast that it’s a challenge for industry to keep up, let alone education curriculums, not renowned for their agility. It’s essential to foster a strong base of knowledge in 3D printing for the workforce of tomorrow, when being across basic design thinking, data analytics and coding will be considered as essential as reading, writing and arithmetic have been for previous generations.
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The Vanguard

The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Samantha Shaddock
August 05, 2018
"Scientists are getting closer to bioengineering organs for transplants in humans, regenerating bone to treat injuries and birth defects, and using next-gen materials to heal skin wounds and prevent infection. In this week’s coolest scientific discoveries, we’re becoming just a bit more superhuman — or at least more resilient.
 

Pigs With Bioengineered Lungs Breathe Easy — And Someday Human Transplant Recipients Might Too 
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3D Printing

Before These Parts Are Fit To Print: This Virtual Factory Software Takes 3D Printing Inside The Computer

P D Olson
July 12, 2018

You probably wouldn’t print a letter without carefully composing and editing it on a computer screen first. So it’s fitting that as companies embrace 3D printing, their workers are spending a lot of time on their computers making sure the parts they want to print come out right. And just like writers need a good word processor to keep track of their changes, industrial designers need sophisticated software to run simulations as they perfect their parts.

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Innovation

The Network Effect: This Innovative Partnership Helps New Ideas And Talented Engineers Take Flight

Yari Bovalino
June 21, 2018

Few places illustrate the rapid evolution of 3D printing better than Avio Aero’s gleaming box of a factory in Cameri, a small town near Milan in northern Italy. The plant is filled with 20 sleek, black 3D printers, each the size of an armoire.

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