Medical Plastics News: Q and A: How Protolabs and Essentium are Helping Fight COVID-19 April 24, 2020May 11, 2020 | The Essentium Team Share MPN editor Laura Hughes reached out to Blake Teipel, CEO and co-founder of Essentium, and Gurvinder Singh, global product director, injection moulding at Protolabs, to find out how the companies were helping with the pandemic. CEO Blake Teipel shares the process of Essentium establishing a manufacturing process centre in ten days to house an Essentium High Speed Extrusion (HSE) 3D printing platform and developing the Essentium reusable mask frame using material known as Essentium TPU74D (thermoplastic urethane) which allows for easy cleaning, and is used with a single-use, replaceable filtration media. Read more: Medical Plastics News Share
MPN editor Laura Hughes reached out to Blake Teipel, CEO and co-founder of Essentium, and Gurvinder Singh, global product director, injection moulding at Protolabs, to find out how the companies were helping with the pandemic. CEO Blake Teipel shares the process of Essentium establishing a manufacturing process centre in ten days to house an Essentium High Speed Extrusion (HSE) 3D printing platform and developing the Essentium reusable mask frame using material known as Essentium TPU74D (thermoplastic urethane) which allows for easy cleaning, and is used with a single-use, replaceable filtration media. Read more: Medical Plastics News
The Essentium Team October 8, 2020 Plastics Technology: The Rise of AM and Future-Proofing Global Supply Chains Essentium will host a virtual panel discussing supply chain vulnerability; why additive manufacturing is vital for manufacturers’ self-sufficiency, agility, and innovation; and the strategic considerations for deploying AM as part of a supply chain strategy to mitigate disruption and build business resilience. Read More
The Essentium Team October 6, 2020 Fabbaloo: 3D Printing For Toolmaking: What You Need To Know One of the biggest positives of 3D printing is that no tooling is required — but it might just be perfect for making parts including jigs, fixtures, end-use parts, and even tooling. While additive manufacturing is coming into play for end-use parts and serial production, these types of parts remain largely the purview of traditional manufacturing technologies. Read More
The Essentium Team October 5, 2020 3D Printing Media Network: The Rise of Additive Manufacturing and Future-Proofing Global Supply Chains In recent months long-established supply chains have faltered leading to delays in shipments, idle assembly lines and furloughed workers. With broad-scale interruptions likely to become increasingly common – how can manufacturers deploy 3D printing as a strategic addition to a supply chain strategy to help mitigate disruption? Read More
