Statesmen: Pflugerville-based 3D-printing Company Creating Masks for First Responders April 3, 2020July 9, 2020 | The Essentium Team Share Essentium, Inc., a Pflugerville-based 3D-printing company, plans to provide thousands of reusable protective masks for first responders and area workers to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. Essentium, Inc. delivered 30 pilot units this week and plans to deliver 500 more next week through an order from the Pflugerville Community Development Corp., according to a company news release. The masks will be used by first responders in Pflugerville, including police officers, firefighters and paramedics. Essentium CEO Blake Teipel said in the release that while the supply chain for personal protective equipment has faltered, the company chose to act as a “second-tier responder” in the fight against coronavirus. Read more: Statesmen Share
Essentium, Inc., a Pflugerville-based 3D-printing company, plans to provide thousands of reusable protective masks for first responders and area workers to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. Essentium, Inc. delivered 30 pilot units this week and plans to deliver 500 more next week through an order from the Pflugerville Community Development Corp., according to a company news release. The masks will be used by first responders in Pflugerville, including police officers, firefighters and paramedics. Essentium CEO Blake Teipel said in the release that while the supply chain for personal protective equipment has faltered, the company chose to act as a “second-tier responder” in the fight against coronavirus. Read more: Statesmen
The Essentium Team November 23, 2020 Forbes: A Look How This Texas Startup Is Helping The Air Force Use 3D Printing To Replace Parts A Texas-based startup with $22.1 M in funding helps the U.S. Air Force 3D print replacement parts. Elisa Teipel, Ph.D., Chief Development Officer and Co-founder of Essentium said that more than 10,000 replacement part requests are delayed or unfilled each year despite a willingness to pay premium prices. Read More
The Essentium Team November 23, 2020 Additive Manufacturing: 3 Design Techniques for High Speed Extrusion 3D Printing “High Speed Extrusion” (HSE) is Essentium’s rapid deposition process for 3D printing polymer parts at production speeds. It is fused filament fabrication (FFF), but the speed means even the design considerations appropriate to FFF may not be sufficient for this process. Tom Mulholland describes the design considerations for HSE. Read More
The Essentium Team November 22, 2020 Manufacturing Tomorrow: 3D Printing Will Soon Be a Game-Changer in the Manufacturing Industry – Here’s Why Until now, manufacturers have been dipping their toes and getting familiar with AM technology, using it to create prototypes rather than final products. But that is changing. It’s only a matter of time before AM makes the leap from prototyping to manufacturing on the factory floor. And this leap will happen a lot sooner than most people think. Read More
