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Kalisz From 3D Systems Earns AMUG Innovators Award
The Additive
Manufacturing
Users Group
(AMUG)
announced Diana
Kalisz, vice presi-
dent of materials
for 3D Systems, as the recipient of its Innovators Award, which recognizes those who have cultivated innovative ideas that have advanced the additive manufacturing (AM) industry. The Inno- vators Award will be presented at the 2023 AMUG Conference, March 19-23 in Chicago, IL, following Kalisz’s onstage appearance during the conference’s Innovators Showcase.
Kalisz has spent her entire 30-year- plus AM career with 3D Systems follow- ing work in the aerospace industry. She joined 3D Systems as a project manager for the large-format SLA 500, the second stereolithography machine ever offered by the company. Kalisz has managed the engineering and development programs for the company’s hardware, software and materials solutions. Prior to her cur- rent position, she served as vice presi- dent of engineering.
Previous recipients of AMUG’s presti- gious Innovators Award include Chuck Hull, Scott Crump, Carl Deckard, Fried Vancraen, Gideon Levy, Hans Langer and Andy Christensen.
For details and to register for the 2023 AMUG Conference, visit www.amug.com.
New From EOS:
AM Contract Manufacturing Network
EOS announced the launch of the EOS Contract Manufacturing Network, designed to connect end customers with established AM production partners for rapid and reliable AM-part production. The network initially will be set up in the
Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region with the following partners: FKM, Erpro, Volum-E, Pankl, Materialise, Oer- likon and Hasenauer & Hesser. It then will be expanded globally, with more partners joining over coming months, according to EOS officials.
The new network builds on EOS’ offerings in its existing partner networks, as customers searching for a trusted AM partner to produce their parts, rather than manufacturing inhouse, can approach the network for support—from rapid prototyping to small-series vol- umes of 1000 parts.
Dyndrite Announces Support for OVF Open Data Link
Dyndrite has announced support within its Dyndrite laser powder-bed fusion (LPBF) software for the new Open Vector Format (OVF), an open- source data format developed by scien- tists at RWTH Aachen University Chair Digital Additive Production DAP in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Insti- tute for Laser Technology ILT. OVF pro- vides a streamlined data link between the digital and physical process, enabling robust and efficient manufac- turing processes and offering a number of advantages over existing formats, such as CLI and 3MF, according to Dyn- drite officials. It reportedly provides an open, flexible format for controlling a laser in combination with a galvanome- ter scanner, and supports multi scan- field arrays as well as additional machine axis controls.
“We developed OVF because there was no satisfactory format for 2.5-D data that was both open-readable and con- tained additional information besides the actual toolpath,” explains Moritz Kolter, group manager of digital produc- tion at RWTH Aachen University Chair Digital Additive Production DAP. “OVF can process data after slicing in a perfor- mant, readable manner and also can link other information such as 3D part data
or metadata. This is especially important in order to have a fully linked end-to-end data chain that will drive the industrial- ization of AM.”
A standard format for the output data of the LPBF process currently does not exist, according to Dyndrite officials. Instead, they explain, numerous formats, either proprietary or developed for other production processes, are used—thus they lack the relevant information for production using LPBF. OVF reportedly solves this challenge.
FDA Clearance for ulrich Ti Cervical Interbody Device
ulrich medical
USA, Inc. announced
that it has received
FDA 510(k) clearance
for its Flux-C porous titanium cervical interbody device, printed via direct metal laser sintering. The interbodies are avail- able in multiple parallel and lordotic options in various heights, with each device designed with a large graft win- dow and a side window to allow for improved radiographic imaging.
“Surgeons have many options for cer- vical interbodies,” explains Dr. Patrick Maloney, the newest member of ulrich Medical USA’s Surgeon Advisory Board and its recently established director of deformity. “The Flux-C porous titanium device offers one of the best in class with superior endplate contact and spaces for generous interdevice bone grafting.
A privately held medical-device com- pany focused on developing and com- mercializing musculoskeletal implant technologies in the United States, ulrich medical USA recently announced that it is relocating its U.S. headquarters from Chesterfield, MO, to Plano, TX, effective in early 2023.
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