3D/Additive Manufacturing - March 2025

PHOTOS COURTESY OF RESPECTIVE COMPANIES

AddUp has received the ASTM Additive Manufacturing Safety (AMS) Certification, becoming the first original equipment manufacturer (OEM) in the additive manufacturing (AM) industry to achieve this milestone.

As an industry leader, AddUp played a pivotal role in the creation of the AMS certification program. During the past few years, AddUp has partnered closely with ASTM, helping define the safety protocols and guidelines ensuring safe operation in AM facilities. These efforts were crucial to establishing a roadmap for other manufacturers entering the additive space, ensuring safety is at the forefront of the industry’s growth.

The comprehensive audit process for this certification included a detailed evaluation of AddUp’s AM facility, with specific attention to personal protective equipment (PPE), machine installation and grounding, powder handling, hazardous waste disposal, and facility cleanliness. AddUp’s team guided ASTM through the various safety measures needed in an AM facility, drawing on their own experiences from their North American headquarters in Cincinnati.

This audit, conducted by the Safety Equipment Institute (SEI), was a first-of-its-kind for AM. AddUp volunteered to be the inaugural company audited for AMS certification and worked closely with SEI auditors to ensure each requirement was not only met but thoroughly understood. The audit served as an opportunity to educate and provide feedback to SEI, reinforcing why each safety protocol is essential for AM operations.

AddUp
https://addupsolutions.com/

Mimics platform to accelerate adoption of personalized medical care

The fully integrated Materialise Mimics platform is for enhanced efficiencies in advanced 3D planning and personalized device creation, providing accessible patient care for medical device companies and hospitals globally. The platform leverages Materalise’s medical engineering software, Mimics, used to create virtual and 3D-printed patient-specific anatomical models for pre-procedural planning, as well as the design of patient-specific implants and surgical guides.

The end-to-end solution provides hospitals with a single integrated platform to enable personalized patient care and medical device companies to gain access to a workflow enabling all phases of the medical device design process – from research and development through clinical trials to full scale-up and commercialization.

The release incorporates Mimics software projects into a unified Mimics platform – including desktop and cloud applications, enabling better collaboration, automation, and easier access to new technology, including unified case management, artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled segmentation, and visualization of surgical plans and models via augmented reality and extended reality.

Clinicians and engineers can work together to quickly, effectively, and securely plan their cases within the platform. The cloud and desktop applications sync with ease while offering advanced traceability through ongoing activity and version logs, improving quality control and reducing lead times by allowing a patient’s medical team and their medical technology suppliers to work in files simultaneously. Sharing of case information can be completed in compliance with data privacy standards such as HIPAA, ISO 27001 (data security), and ISO 27701 (data privacy).

Materialise
https://www.materialise.com/en/healthcare/mimics/whats-new/2024