3D Print Blog – 2/22/2018

Canterbury students lock in another world first  – with 3D printed Titanium engine.

An engineering world-first has been claimed by a group of students from New Zealand. The group of engineering students from the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, have designed and built a 3D Printed titanium engine for the 2018 Shell Asia Eco-marathon in Singapore. The team also won the Design Award at last years race for their 100% recyclable car made from vacuum-formed thermoplastic, which was also a world-first. The engine runs on ethanol and will be put back in the same body of the vehicle from last year for this year’s race.

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3D printed jewelry on the rise

Auckland based UX/CX designer and now jewelry designer, Amelia Diggie, is leveraging 3D printing for the creation of her jewelry line. Using a combination of SLM 3D printing (Selective Laser Melting) and Casting 3D printed wax, “HI [Human Interface] Jewelry” creates objects dedicated to women working in the tech industry; like herself. SLM technology allows her to create pieces with moving parts and other “incredibly futuristic things.. that can’t be achieved by the more traditional sense of jewelry making.”