【3D Printing Applications】5 Successful Ultimaker Cases: From Medical to Fashion!
Tonight, as we prepare to bid farewell to 2020 and its final moments, let's look back at 5 major success stories of individual development and team collaboration using 3D printing technology around the world, across various fields such as architecture, automotive, medical, and manufacturing:
．Victoria Hand Project (Medical Aids)
The Victoria Hand Project (VHP) is a non-profit organization based in Canada. Their team aims to help impoverished and resource-scarce countries worldwide by providing prosthetics and orthopedic devices to those in need. Currently, they collaborate with medical professionals and technical experts, using Ultimaker 3D printers, to serve 10 countries (Nepal, Cambodia, Guatemala, Ecuador, Haiti, Egypt, Uganda, Kenya, Canada, and remote areas of the United States). They have successfully produced a large number of affordable and highly functional 3D-printed medical aids.
．Recycled Nylon Filaments, Eco-friendly and Sustainable
With global climate change, the amount of various waste in our living environment is increasing exponentially, and non-degradable plastics have a direct impact on the ecosystem. Fishy Filaments, a company based in the UK, founded by Ian Falconer, produces 100% recycled nylon 3D printing filaments from old fishing nets.
This manufacturing method not only reduces carbon emissions from material production in manufacturing but also creates a sustainable business model. Research has shown that Fishy Filaments' production process has successfully reduced carbon by 97-98% compared to general nylon materials.
．Dutch Fashion Design
Dutch design company Arívan Twillert, with founder and designer Lidewij van Twillert, uses an Ultimaker 3D printer and a human 3D scanner to design a breast curve support called Curvearis. This product can precisely follow the human curve and has successfully obtained a design patent, perfectly integrating fashion design with cutting-edge technology!
．3D Printed Metal Artwork
London artist Maciej Gorski uses an Ultimaker 3D printer to handle everything from sculpting to model making. He has also broken through traditional art creation processes, designing high-quality metal artworks with smooth appearances and complete details.
．Protective Face Shields (Medical Supplies)
2020 marked the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19, Wuhan pneumonia). Adi Pandzic, a product design engineer in Bosnia, with hundreds of Ultimaker 3D printers, was the first team in all of Europe to use 3D printers to mass-produce protective face shields. Through Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) 3D printing technology, he also researched and developed over 5,000 types of medical assistance devices.
Did you enjoy this sharing? From construction, manufacturing, and automotive industries to healthcare, 3D printing technology has created various successful use cases. In fact, it's not just new technologies like 3D printers; technologies such as 3D scanning and laser processing can also become valuable assistants for businesses in many fields around the world. 3DMART offers more than just 3D printing. Contact us now to learn more about Ultimaker 3D printers and their application examples.
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