Speed & Scale in the Spinal Sector

Speed & Scale in the Spinal Sector. 
(Photos: Tsunami Medical, GEADPR047)Tsunami Medical deploys a fleet of four GE Additive Concept Laser Mlab systems to drive innovation, speed and productivity gains in the spinal implant sector

GE Additive and Indiana Economic Development Corporation Form Binder Jet Public-Private Partnership

GE Additive and Indiana Economic Development Corporation Form Binder Jet Public-Private Partnership.
(Photos: GE Additive, GEADPR045GE Additive and the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC), the state of Indiana’s lead economic development agency, today announced the formation of a metal Binder Jet public-private partnership, as part of a broader effort to further position Indiana’s manufacturing sector for long-term growth.

GE Additive welcomes Sandvik into Binder Jet Beta Partner Program

GE Additive welcomes Sandvik into Binder Jet Beta Partner Program.
(Photo: GE Additive, GEADPR043)
GE Additive has announced that Sandvik Additive Manufacturing has become a strategic partner in its Binder Jet beta partner program. Sandvik has one of the widest alloys program for additive manufacturing on the market, marketed under the Osprey® brand.

Innovative electric race car part shows potential for Electron Beam Melting in automotive

OBR’s complex part produced in Ti-64Al-4V on an Arcam EBM Q20plus.
(Photo: Oxford Brookes Racing, GEADPR042)
The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), part of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, supported by Innovate UK, is focused in accelerating the UK’s industrial growth, developing and proving innovative manufacturing processes and technologies together with creating and embedding future skills.

Electron beam melting enables customized orthopedic surgery at scale in China

Examples of AK Medical implants manufactured on Arcam EBM machines.
(Photo: AK Medical)
AK Medical deploys a fleet of eight GE Additive Arcam EBM additive manufacturing machines to address the country’s growing need for orthopedic implants

Metal 3D printing helps New Zealand Defence Force veteran on his Invictus Games journey

Additively manufactured cleat positioned between shoe and pedal on Stevin Creegan’s race bike.
(Photo: GE Additive, GEADPR040)Ten years after a helicopter crash changed air force veteran, Stevin Creeggan’s life. Now a team of New Zealand Defence Force engineers is using additive manufacturing to help change it again.

MT Ortho harnesses additive technology to manufacture customized prostheses for cranioplasty and bone cancer patients

MT Ortho - kyphoplasty procedure.
(Photo: MT Ortho, GEADPR039)Until just a few years ago only standardized, conventionally manufactured prostheses - or in very limited cases customized prostheses - were available for patients with bone tumors.

Reimagining knee replacements with additive technology and artificial intelligence

Tibial plates printed on Arcam Q10plus. 
(Photo: GE Additive, GEADPR038)Italian medical implant manufacturer REJOINT is introducing mass customization and therapy personalization through a combination of Electron Beam Melting (EBM) and computerized analysis of intraoperative and post-operative data collection through IoT-connected sensorized wearables.

3D Printing Technology Helps Cincinnati Zoo’s Meerkats Mimic Wild Behaviors

Animals at Cincinnati Zoo engaging with the metal 3D printed cricket feeders.
(Photo: Cincinnati Zoo)
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is home to 2,000 animals, including world-famous hippo Fiona, and is committed to providing each one with excellent care. Thanks to a novel partnership with GE Additive, known for pushing the boundaries of industrial 3D printing (often referred to additive manufacturing), some of the animals are getting meals from a fabricated feeder that encourages natural foraging behaviors.

GA-ASI completes first test flight with metal 3D-printed part

GA-ASI’s SkyGuardian RPA takes to the sky. 
(Photo: GA-ASI, GEADPR036)GE Additive AddWorks has been supporting GA-ASI’s strategy for scaling metal additive technology across its portfolio of RPA platforms.

US Air Force and GE’s collaboration on metal additive reaches first technology milestone with 3D printed sump cover for F110 engine

Additively manufactured, cobalt-chrome sump cover for F110 engine. Produced on a GE Additive Concept Laser M2 machine at the GE Additive Technology Center in Cincinnati, as part of collaboration with the US Air Force’s Rapid Sustainment Office (RSO). 
(Photo: GE Additive, GEADPR035)In mid-2019, GE Additive and GE Aviation approached the US Air Force to propose a metal additive collaboration program to address its specific sustainment, readiness and affordability needs.

Achieving Peak Performance in Elite Cycling and Beyond

(Photo: Metron Additive Engineering, GEADCS003)Dimitris Katsanis is a former elite cyclist, and now engineer, who has been at the forefront of the design and manufacture of Olympic, Tour de France and world championship bicycles for over thirty years. Today, he continues to innovate and scale his business, Metron Additive Engineering, using GE Additive’s electron beam melting (EBM) technology.

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