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Summary of the AMP Project: “Class I and Class II Medical Device Development with Advanced Material Technology for 3D Printing” Over $500,000 and 24 months time will be invested by a collaboration for the AMP project. The objective is to maximize 3D printing technologies in the O&P space using an advanced biopolymer. This project is…

CIFT Announces Initiative for 3-D Printed Medical Devices TOLEDO, Ohio – CIFT, the Ohio Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) affiliate for northwest Ohio, announces a collaboration with FibreTuff Medical Biopolymers, LLC (Toledo, Ohio), Whiteside Orthotic and Prosthetic Group, Inc. (Youngstown, Ohio), JuggerBot3D LLC (Youngstown), Valtronic (Solon, Ohio), Mercy Health (Toledo) and Ohio Development Services Agency to…

How Industry Professionals Use 3D Printing Sculpteo released their 3rd annual “State of 3D Printing, 2017” report last month, outlining how industry professionals invent, innovate, and produce products using 3D Printing. These professionals come from a range of industries, including the Consumer Goods, Industrial Goods, High Tech, Services, and Healthcare sectors. Some takeaways from their study include: You…

What Is Possible When Plating 3D Printed Parts? By: Dan Fernback, CEO of JuggerBot 3D Plating plastic parts is not a new endeavor. In fact, companies have been plating parts for various industries since the 1960s. The real question is, what additional value can plating bring a 3D printed part? Let’s take a quick look…

3D Printing Will Decrease Costs for Tools, Dies and Molds The Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) looks at new technologies and works with industry to bring innovations in additives and composites over into industry. Their efforts include technologies that increase deposition rates of 3D printing, new materials for 3D printing and…

Zac Divencenzo and Dan Fernback like the idea of helping manufacturers. With their company, JuggerBot 3D LLC, the two Youngstown State University graduates are hoping to do just that. “Our goal, as a company, is to help manufacturers, engineers and designers better manage their day-to-day tasks to save them money,” Fernback said. The JuggerBot 3-D…

The State of 3D Printing – The Future Looks Bright for Additive Manufacturing & Rapid Prototyping By: Dan Fernback According to Forbes and the annual Wohlers Report, the 3D printing industry, worldwide surpassed the $5B mark this year. Many new changes are taking place in medical, dental, aerospace, automotive and tool and die are here…

Women in STEM Camp at America Makes Empowering Young Women for a Future in Engineering During the week of June 13th, 2016, 3D printing aficionado Ashley Martof hosts a “Women in STEM Camp.” Ashley, a Graduate Research Assistant at Youngstown State University, holds the camp at the national accelerator for additive manufacturing – America Makes. For…

On Monday, September 19, 1977, the once thriving city of Youngstown, Ohio would experience a day all residents wish they could forget. Also known as “Black Monday” The Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company notified 5,000 workers that they no longer had jobs, catalyzing the beginning of the city’s economic destruction. Over the next 40 years,…