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3D Printing News Briefs, August 24, 2022: New Hires, Metal 3D Printers, PCBs, & More https://ift.tt/9bzyhiN We’re starting off with business in 3D Printing News Briefs, as both Evolve and PostProcess Technologies have added new executives to their teams, and Multiphoton Optics is now a Heidelberg Instruments subsidiary. The group of corporations called Automotive Trim Developments has acquired two EOS M 290 metal 3D printers. Finally, InnovationLab has announced a breakthrough in 3D printing circuit boards. Evolve Additive Solutions Appoints Industry Veteran as COO3D printed production parts leader Evolve Additive Solutions (EAS), which developed selective thermoplastic electrophotographic process (STEP) technology, announced that it has hired industry veteran Jeff Blank to join its leadership team as Chief Operating Officer. Blank spent two decades delivering printers for Xerox Corporation and Tektronix, before moving to 3D Systems to run its global engineering and product delivery organization; most recently he was the COO at NanoVox / Vadient Optics. His experience in scaling cost-effective, reliable products from concept to commercialization will be useful as he leads Evolve’s engineering and operation teams and delivers a strong product roadmap to improve company growth.
PostProcess Hires New Chief Marketing OfficerNext, automated and intelligent post-3D printing solutions provider PostProcess Technologies has appointed another industry veteran, Melissa Hanson, as its Chief Marketing Officer. Hanson has over 17 years of experience in market-driven strategy deployment, most recently serving as Vice President of Product Marketing at Nexa3D and Global Vice President of Marketing for Trimble’s transportation sector, as well as holding several marketing leadership roles at Stratasys. Reporting directly to PostProcess CEO Jeff Mize, Hanson will lead the company’s Global Marketing and Inside Sales, developing and executing strategies that speed up its global reach and position as a top automated post-printing solutions provider.
Multiphoton Optics Becomes Heidelberg Instruments SubsidiaryWürzburg-based Multiphoton Optics GmbH, which manufactures 3D laser lithography equipment for subtractive, ablative, and additive manufacturing processes based on two-photon polymerization (2PP/TPP), will become a subsidiary of Heidelberg Instruments Mikrotechnik GmbH starting on January 1st, 2023. This merger will allow for closer cooperation between the two technical departments, and make the focus stronger on the Multiphoton site for future product developments based on 2PP. For example, Multiphoton Optics introduced its MPO 100 system this winter, and it’s already in production at Heidelberg Instruments for the first customers.
Automotive Trim Developments Acquires Two EOS 3D PrintersA UK group of corporations called Automotive Trim Developments (ATD), which focuses on engineering and manufacturing full inside trim and electromechanical assemblies for the automotive and transportation sectors, has acquired two EOS M 290 metal 3D printers for its Warwick unit. The group was working on a high-quality, complex component for a luxury car’s interior electromechanical module, and found that it was extremely visible, as well as too lightweight. Metal 3D printing was determined to be the ideal solution, as ATD could then achieve the target weight, as well as ensure a cosmetically and functionally high-quality component. The technology was new for ATD, but the group was able to implement a complete turnkey solution—including 3D printer training, installation, and setup, and transforming the production help—with the help of the EOS Additive Minds team. The adoption of industrial metal 3D printing marks a change in ATD’s continuing evolution and commitment to the best engineering and manufacturing standards.
InnovationLab Announces Breakthrough in 3D Printing PCBsInnovationLab, an expert in printed and organic electronics, announced that it’s made a breakthrough in additive manufacturing of printed circuit boards, or PCBs. The Horizon 2020-funded research project SmartEEs2 is providing acceleration support to companies for the integration of flexible and wearable electronics technologies, and within this project, InnovationLab and its partner ISRA developed a novel manufacturing process for copper-based solderable circuits that will help reduce costs and meet environmental standards for electronics production. In the process, the circuits are screen printed in an additive process that doesn’t use toxic etchants, and because it runs at lower temperatures of around +150ºC, energy consumption is reduced. Additionally, the PCBs are compatible with conventional reflow processes, and the substrates used to additively produce the PCBs are up to 15 times thinner, which means less material is used. The process is able to print both standard and flexible PCBs with up to four layers, and can also be used for hybrid electronics product and process development. InnovationLab has successfully produced a physical prototype using the process.
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