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New York Fashion Week

New York Fashion Week, Materialised

Solutions: Additive Manufacturing

New York Fashion Week 2013 has come to an end. As fashion media start sharing highlights from the runway, we take a moment to look at some of the boundary-pushing contributions made by 3D Printing.

NedLight Eco LED

The Fastest Manufacturing Project Ever

Solutions: Laser Sintering

Finding themselves in a crunch after a key parts supplier backed out at the last-minute, NedLight Eco LED System turned to Materialise to help save a high-profile project in record time.

prototypes take flight with manufactured end-use parts

The Gatewing X100: prototypes take flight with manufactured end-use parts

Solutions: Rapid Prototyping, FDM, Laser Sintering, Vacuum Casting

In order to produce the X100, Gatewing uses a combination of manufacturing processes, and for parts that need the extra advantages provided by Additive Manufacturing and Vacuum Casting, they come to Materialise.

Murray Moss, the V&A

Murray Moss, the V&A, and Materialise

Have you ever asked yourself, “Where have I been?” Renowned curator Murray Moss talks about how 3D Printing inspired his own answer to this question, and how it’s shaping his vision of the future.

The Hearing-Aid Industry

How Personalization Has Changed the Hearing Aid Industry

Solutions: Magics

Today 99% of hearing aids are personalized to uniquely fit the wearer for a more comfortable fit. This example of mass customization was made through a partnership between Phonak, now part of Sonova, and Materialise. The duo created a solution with a better fit by digitizing a labor-intensive process by using custom software and 3D printing.

Midwest Prototyping team

Providing Support When it is Needed Most

Solutions: e-stage, Rapid Prototyping, Stereolithography

Wisconsin prototype supplier Midwest Prototyping discovered that sometimes when the unexpected happens, it’s not only the right people, but also the right software, that you need to get you through.

RapidFit+

RapidFit+ Bumper Measurement Fixture

Fast and accurate fixture to enable the measurement of a pre-production series of a front and rear bumper. The bumpers were already fully assembled and painted. The fixture needed to simulate the car body which the bumper would be fastened to, therefore the real guiderails had to be mounted to the fixture.