Tag: d-printed

  • BVN and UTS invent robotic 3D-printed air cooling system

    BVN and UTS invent robotic 3D-printed air cooling system

    BVN Architecture and the University of Technology Sydney have teamed up to design what they say is “the world’s first robotically 3D-printed air-diffusion system”, called “Systems Reef 2”, or SR2. SR2 reinvents air distribution: replacing steel with recycled plastic, square corners with aerodynamic curves, and large vents with fine pores. The building sector is responsible…

  • General Motors opens new 3D printing facility

    General Motors opens new 3D printing facility

    General Motors has opened a 15,000-square-foot “Additive Industrialization Center”, a facility exclusively dedicated to productionizing 3D printing technology in the automotive industry. GM says the AIC is the “capstone” of its expertise and increased investment in 3D printing over the past several years. Audley Brown, GM director of additive design and materials engineering, says: “The…