2023-12-15 16:02:26 Using a unique 3D printing process, researchers at TU Delft have created hybrid connections from multiple materials that come remarkably close to the natural design of bone-tendon connections. The toughness value of the connection is 50% higher. The possible applications are countless. The team itself wants, among other things, to make connections with … Read more
2023-12-04 11:27:52 Nexa3D has announced several innovations at Formnext, both in terms of hardware and materials. For example, the xCure Desktop, a flexible system for quickly curing resins; and a soluble material for printing injection molds. ProductionToGo, the Benelux dealer, adds another novelty: printing with recycled powder from HP printers with the QLS 260 system. … Read more
2023-11-30 09:00:00 In September, Eurexpo Lyon hosted the national skills competition organized by WorldSkills France. For three days, more than 800 competitors competed in technical tests, in a real production situation, under the uncompromising eye of a jury of professionals. No less than 69 professions divided into six areas (food, service, construction, industry, communication and … Read more
2023-11-28 23:48:00 Inkbit has started rolling out Vision Controlled Jetting printing technology. ProductionToGo is one of the first in Europe to have access to a Vista machine from the American group. Initially to print parts for potential customers so that they can become acquainted with the technology in an accessible manner and to convince 3D … Read more
2023-11-13 04:10:17 It retains heat, absorbs sounds and warms the atmosphere even with a neutral color: despite all this, carpet has experienced a long commercial decline in France which the sector considers to have stopped, even speaking of a “rebound”. Unexpected, as the image of carpet among individuals has gone out of fashion, victim of … Read more
2023-11-09 06:30:00 Plastic has not said its last word. If not fantastic, it will perhaps be possible to sing the praises of VPR, a material described as “more resistant and more extensible » than market standards. Developed by researchers at the University of Tokyo (Japan), it can lose 25% of its weight by being exposed … Read more
2023-09-23 11:40:19 At a works council on Friday, management announced that the factory could close next year, explains ACV union secretary Johan Quintelier. “This factory is profitable and stable. We do not understand why the company is giving up now,” laments the union. “If the factory closes, 124 people will lose their jobs. Only a … Read more
2023-06-19 22:13:19 Werk von Orsa Foam in Gorla Minore, Italy (Photo: Orsa Group In mid-June 2023, Recticel (Brussels / Belgium) announced the imminent completion of the sale of technical foams to US competitor Carpenter (Richmond, Virginia / USA). The PU specialist will receive EUR 427 million from the transaction, which is slightly less than initially … Read more