Today we discuss: 00:00 3D Printing News Intro 0:23 - Prosthetic arms by Unlimited Tomorrow 3D printing is one of the best solutions that could help reduce the overall price of prosthetics. Unlimited Tomorrow is one of the newest players in this field with its 3D printed robotic prosthetic arm, Truelimb. All you have to do is scan your limb in 3D, directly from home, and send your data to the company. Prosthetics of this kind would traditionally cost $80,000, a price lowered to $8,000 by Unlimited Tomorrow! https://www.3dnatives.com/en/top-5-videos-prosthetic-arms-060920204/ 1:38 - Advanced metal AM enables microturbines to be 40X more efficient Sierra Turbines plans to additively manufacture at least 95% of their microturbine components. Their aim is to make their turbines 40x more efficient by providing 10x more power density and reducing weight by 50% compared to traditional microturbines. The company partnered with VELO3D, relying on its proprietary support-less metal additive manufacturing technology. 3D printing 2 microturbine combustors took about 50 hours instead of months of lead time. https://www.3dnatives.com/en/advanced-metal-am-enables-microturbines-to-be-40x-more-efficient-030920204/ 4:10 - Why Is 3D Print Service Pricing So Complex? There’s a lot to go into a 3D Print service cost of material. Depending on the material and resolution, prices can vary greatly but there’s a new company trying something different. Twist 3D Printing is now offering a flat rate. Any 3D print will be priced at US$29… as long as it’s black, PETG, 0.2mm layer height, 20% infill, and it needs to be within 8x8x8 inches. With these settings, it takes most of the guesswork out of running a print service. https://www.fabbaloo.com/blog/2020/9/8/why-is-3d-print-service-pricing-so-complex 6:44 - Inventor of FDM 3D Printing, Scott Crump, is retiring after 34 years with Stratasys. After 34 years, Scott spent his first day—last Friday—not working full-time for the company, transitioning from chief innovation officer to technology advisor to the board. Scott and his wife, Lisa, co-founded Stratasys in 1989. He served as CEO of the company for 25 years.” Crump is not going away, and still expects to see him at events. https://www.fabbaloo.com/blog/2020/9/15/stratasys-scott-crump-retires 8:03 - SLICE Engineering releases new Water-Cooled “Mosquito(™) Liquid” Using the same patented technology found in the standard Mosquito hotend, this new version is optimized for liquid cooling in heated enclosures. This is the first step in a significant extension of the Mosquito product line into high capacity industrial applications. Like all of the Slice hotends, Mosquito Liquid is completely Made in the USA, with hiqh quality materials. The liquid cooling block is machined out of a super conductive copper alloy, and coated with a non-marring, highly inert, gold-colored plating that allows for use with any commercially available coolant. https://www.sliceengineering.com/collections/mosquito-the-professional-hotend/products/mosquito-liquid 9:03 - FORMLABS ANNOUNCES BIO-COMPATIBLE 3BL Formlabs has announced that it plans to release a Form 3BL machine later this year. The 3BL will reportedly feature similar specifications to that of the 3L, but the system’s enhanced software package will enable it to process an enhanced range of biomaterials. The 3BL is very much aimed at Formlabs’ traditional customer base, and it has been optimized by the firm’s dental team to meet the exact accuracy requirements for aligner production. https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/formlabs-launches-form-3l-large-format-desktop-sla-3d-printer-announces-bio-compatible-3bl-175732/ 10:27 - Million Dollar Air Force Contract Will Repair Parts With 3D Printing Additive manufacturing company Optomec was awarded a $1 million contract by the U.S. Air Force to repair engine turbine parts. The agreement will involve using high volume production machinery to restore parts such as titanium turbine blades of aircraft. Optomec will repair military aircraft using its proprietary LENS technology. The technology uses a process called Directed Energy Deposition or DED in which concentrated steam of metal powder is shot forcefully into a molten pool created by a laser beam.   https://www.engineering.com/3DPrinting/3DPrintingArticles/ArticleID/20698/Million-Dollar-Air-Force-Contract-Will-Repair-Parts-With-3D-Printing.aspx At Vision Miner, we specialize in Functional 3D printing, especially high-performance plastics like PEEK, ULTEM, PPSU, PPS, CFPA, and more. If you're interested in using functional 3D printing and materials in your business, feel free to reach out, and we can help you make the right choice for your application. Call 833-774-6863 or email contact@visionminer.com, and we're here to help! Follow Us ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/visionminer/ ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionminer/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/visionminer