Make Parts Fast: Essentium Makes 3D-Printed Face Mask with Reusable Frame April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 | The Essentium Team Share Essentium, Inc., led by the company’s COVID-19 Response Strategy Team, has been investigating how to best mobilize its resources and significant IP in materials and additive manufacturing production to aid in the fight against COVID-19. The company announced that it has designed, and is now in production of, a protective mask kit comprising a reusable 3D printed mask frame and filtration media. The first run of 500 masks will be delivered to the Pflugerville Police and Fire Department next week following an order from the City of Pflugerville’s Pflugerville Community Development Corp. Thirty pilot units were delivered this week. As Essentium redirects resources to the production of this Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), it anticipates initial production capacity to be 5,000 units per week. Read more: Make Parts Fast Share
Essentium, Inc., led by the company’s COVID-19 Response Strategy Team, has been investigating how to best mobilize its resources and significant IP in materials and additive manufacturing production to aid in the fight against COVID-19. The company announced that it has designed, and is now in production of, a protective mask kit comprising a reusable 3D printed mask frame and filtration media. The first run of 500 masks will be delivered to the Pflugerville Police and Fire Department next week following an order from the City of Pflugerville’s Pflugerville Community Development Corp. Thirty pilot units were delivered this week. As Essentium redirects resources to the production of this Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), it anticipates initial production capacity to be 5,000 units per week. Read more: Make Parts Fast
The Essentium Team February 18, 2021 3D Natives: Essentium Survey Shows That Investments in AM are Paying Off In early February, Essentium, Inc announced the results of the second in a series of findings from independent global research on the current and future use of industrial 3D printing. We previously covered the first survey published in 2019, which focused mainly on the slow adoption of additive manufacturing for mass-production. This new survey has shown significant advancements in that particular arena as well as significant benefits for users of industrial additive manufacturing while also highlighting remaining challenges to overcome, notably concerning the cost of 3D printing technologies and materials. Read More
The Essentium Team February 3, 2021 i.40 today: Essentium Survey Reveals Additive Manufacturing Gains Traction and Investments Pay Off Essentium, Inc., a worldwide leader in industrial additive manufacturing (AM), today announced the second in a series of findings from independent global research on the current and future use of industrial 3D printing. The survey found that investments in 3D printing at an industrial-scale are paying off, with companies reporting wide-ranging benefits, including high part performance [46 percent], cost reduction [46 percent], and speed-to-part [45 percent]. Read More
The Essentium Team February 3, 2021 Fabbaloo: Barriers And Benefits With Additive Manufacturing With the surge in industrial use of additive manufacturing technologies, it’s useful to know what benefits exist and which barriers still remain. Fortunately, Essentium has just released a survey that answers some of these questions. The 3D printer manufacturer has been doing extensive research, having released survey results in 2019 and 2020. Read More
