Sweden

3D printer for skin to replace animal testing

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Demand in the Swedish-developed 3D-bioprinter have gained momentum. Erik Gatenholm, President of Cellink, and his colleagues assemble the printer themselves. Photo: Ida Henriksson

3D bio printed human skin is going to replace animal experiments. This is one of the markets for a Swedish 3D-printer startup that uses ink with living cells. In March the company Cellink stepped in to this year’s 33 list, a list consisting of Sweden’s youngest and hottest technology companies that have chance to become a global giant.

3D printing is becoming common in many industries

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Everything from small dental care details to components for aircraft is today manufactured with the so-called 3D printing. The method is gaining ground worldwide.

 

Casper Rosén and Ulf Qviberg from Vastervik Sweden is 3D printer reseller. During the visit in Oskarshamn they showed both prototypes and finished products made with 3D printer.

 

3D Printed Turning Torso Skyscraper Building

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Following article is a rough translation of a Spanish blog where it describes how they 3D printed a skyscraper, namely Scandinavia’s tallest building, the Turning Torso skyscraper based in Sweden, Malmo city.

In this new installment in Slicing (for 3d printing), we will today talk about a print (or “project” as we called this building), inspired by the work of Calatrava´s Turning Torso which we printed from a machine from impresoras3d.com.

Sweden-3D Bio printer is certainly the Next Medical Industrial Wave

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In three dimensions we are already today printing implants, aircraft parts, and in some cases even clothes and food. More and more areas are moving towards this technology. Researchers also believes that it will soon be possible to print fully functioning body parts with the same method.