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Materialise Delivers Fully Functional Metal 3D-Printed Bike Frame to Kalkhoff Within Six Weeks

Using metal 3D printing, Materialise created a functional prototype of Kalkhoff's e-bike within six weeks that exceeded all expectations. 

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Personalized and Sustainable Fast Fashion for Eyewear: Odette Lunettes X Tom Boonen Collection

3D printing enabled Odette Lunettes to reduce lead times, time to market, and costs for their 3D-printed and sustainable eyewear collection. 

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Rethinking and Redesigning: Upgrading an Automotive Tool with Additive Manufacturing

After designers and engineers at Materialise recognized flaws in automotive drape forming, they took up the challenge to redesign a production tool with AM. 

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Personalized Automation: How FITme Increased Productivity by 346%

The Korean-based company specialized in manufacturing implants for facial reconstruction, FITme, decided to bring together nasal silicone implants and mass personalization to provide better and faster service. With the help of Materialise's Custom Plugins, FITme achieved higher efficiency in their production process thanks to its workflow automation features. 

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How 3D Printing Helped Morrow Shape the Future of Eyewear 

We talk to Paul Marchal, co-founder of Belgian eyewear brand Morrow, to learn more about their unique autofocus glasses and the crucial role of 3D printing. 

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How eVTOL Startup LIFT Got ‘Flight-Ready’ in Less than 13 Months with AM

Safety and speed of innovation: two concepts notoriously difficult to balance, certainly when it comes to aviation. Not so for US-based eVTOL business, LIFT Aircraft Inc. This startup is on a mission to make flight accessible to all. And they are well on their way to achieving it with HEXA — a new type of aircraft that anyone can fly.

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The Power of Materialise e-Stage: Shree Rapid Technologies Reduces Resin Material Consumption for Support Generation by 50%

Find out how Shree Rapid Technologies reduced their material consumption for support generation by 50% using Materialise e-Stage.

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phits: The World’s First Dynamic 3D-Printed Orthotics

Your movement is unique. Your orthotics should be too. Discover phits™ orthotics: the world’s first 3D-printed orthotics built using dynamic gait analysis.

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How Metal 3D Printing Helps Cool DARE’s First Liquid-Fueled Rocket Engine

How do you cool a rocket engine that burns at over 2000 degrees Celsius? That was just one of the challenges facing a group of students at TU Delft in Project Sparrow. 

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To See a Song: Materialise Designers Turn Abstract Idea to Personalized Car Speaker Grill Design

This case dives into what can be achieved when the Materialise Design and Engineering team applies their extensive design and additive knowledge to an abstract idea. Read on to discover how they made it possible to see your favorite song and make it a centerpiece in your car. 

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No More Pancake Waste! How AM Transformed Bakery Production Lines of a Favorite Food

Pancake production lines were experiencing issues with waste before K3D stepped in. See how K3D combined its expertise with robust software from Materialise and industrial printers from Additive Industries to transform bakery production lines.

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A Day’s Worth of Work in 20 Minutes: Automating 3DP Process Parameter Development

Qualifying metal materials for additive manufacturing is typically a tedious, time-consuming process. But by automating workflows with Materialise Process Tuner, the Rosswag team saves more than 20 hours of engineering time each month. 

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