The Nokia Lumia 820 story continues: the first functional print is born!
After all the nonfunctional prints, it’s now time for our good news show: the first functional Nokia Lumia 820 shell is alive and kicking!
After day one and two of the tests, it was very clear to everyone: The Nokia file needs engineering to work correctly. So our engineering team was sweating off a lot the past few days, but now it’s official: i.materialise can release the first 3D printable ánd functional Nokia Lumia 820 shell!
To be correct: we can actually show you two shells in different materials (resin and polyamide) that passed our test.
Dries, one of the engineers, can tell you exactly how they prepared their work: “We used 3-matic software to perform the needed design operations on the STL file, such as cutting the shell in two parts and thicken the outer shell (from 0.9 to 2 mm). Then we changed the tolerance on the buttons of our resin design because we needed more space between them. On the picture you can see that the buttons are loose, printed in transparant
Will it print? Taking the Nokia Lumia 820 shell tests a level higher
Yesterday we did a few tests to print the Nokia Lumia 820 shell on our printers (in ABS, resin and polyamide). Today we’re comparing the other materials. Check it out and stay tuned to find out our next steps!
As we found out yesterday there are big errors when it comes to the functionality of the 3D printed Nokia shell files: the buttons don’t function as they should, the wireless charging function disappeared and you need to be careful with your material choice.
Now take a look at our next tests and see what came out of our printers today:
1. Transparent resin: it looks smooth, it feels nice in your hand and gives the phone a more sophisticated look. If we had to give an award for the best looking shell, this would be the winner. But do the buttons work? Unfortunately.
2. Prime gray: the shell fits, but again: no functioning buttons!
3. High detailed resin: to make the file printable, the engineer made the wall of the design thicker by adding an extra millimeter. Ano
Featured Friday: Showing your 3D printed designs
It’s the end of the week so that means it’s time for our weekly Featured Friday!
Because we shortened the printing time of polyamide this month, we want to inspire you with some new polyamide models. 3D Materialize Ltd is ready to conquer the world with his 3D printed Samsung Galaxy covers. This one is printed in natural white polyamide.
Community member david made a selection of sculptures based on hand gestures. Below, you can see the well-known victory hand gesture printed in polyamide (of course).
The last design is a 3D printed logo, designed by Erik.
Do you want your design to be featured on the blog? Put them in the gallery or contact me via e-mail: tatiana.dewee@i.materialise.be
Featured Friday: Showing your 3D printed designs
Happy Friday! The holidays are getting closer and the gallery is getting more colorful: check out the newest designs.
The first design we want to show you is from George Hlavacs. He designed the Higgs Boson Necklace in gold plated and polished brass. Hlavacs: ‘Wearing this beautiful jewelry will not only make you feel more attractive. It is also a a statement to trigger people to pay attention to small fascinating things which are invisible to our eyes, but determine our life so fundamentally. The picture you see is not a render, but the real product. This production technique is just unbelievable accurate.”
We love the colors Mark Bloomfield uses for his designs. This time he designed some Flower Machine Charms in polyamide: all the flowers can spin, so it’s perfect for some 21st century stress relief!
The next design is created by David, a small desktop figure called Adam Bomb, printed in prime gray. Enjoy!
That’s it for this week, hope you have a good weekend and
Tweak it, build it: unique 3D printed trophies by Twikit
Enough with the generic, uninspired metal medals. Three friends, Martijn, Gijs and Georges, just introduced their company Twikit. Winning will now be even sweeter thanks to their 3D printed personalized trophies.
Winning is great. But everytime I see the medals and trophies I can’t help myself thinking: ‘Again?’ For years, there haven’t been big changes or innovations in the trophy market to supply the winners with a hip and glam -3D printed- medal they deserve. Till now! Belgian based company Twikit is ready to change that industry. Martijn Joris, one of the founders: “We see ourselves as an exponent of the ‘makers’ era with a strong consumer oriented point of view. We want people to tweak and build products in the easiest way possible. Everybody can tweak our designs by using our online configurator.”
The Twikit team created an online platform through which anyone can personalize and order their very own 3D printed award. The company takes care of the production and finishing o
Featured Friday: Showing your 3D printed designs
Happy Friday! We hope you had a nice week, we certainly did. To end the week in beauty: check out the newest designs in our gallery.
To start with we want to show you a design created by 5D_Stoke. This ballast train model is made in prime gray and originally built between 1870 and early 1900.
The second picture is showing some realy nice silver earrings, created by unusual.shark.creations. It’s perfect for anyone who loves the sea and its starfish!
Last design is a silver pendant inspired by the Celts and made by Badra Designs.
That’s it for this week, hope you have a good weekend and have fun designing!
Do you have a question concerning your design? One address: contact@i.materialise.com
Don’t forget to participate in our Valentine Challenge, read all about it on the challenge page.
Featured Friday: Showing your 3D printed designs
Happy friday everyone! We hope you had a nice week, we certainly did. To end the week in beauty: check out the newest designs in our gallery.
Stil looking for a unique Christmas gift? Stop looking! We designed some really nice Christmas balls in polyamide for your christmas tree. Check out the other models in the gallery.
The second design we want to show you is a small pensive monkey bust for your desk or anywhere else you need a little monkey inspiration. It’s printed in polyamide and designed by unusual.shark.creations.
As a final featured design we want to show you one of the new trainmodels in the gallery. Check out this prime gray design, hand painted by Guido Mandorf.
Well that’s it for this week, hope you have a good weekend and have fun designing!
Have a question concerning your design? One address: contact@i.materialise.com
3D printing meets Vintage
3D printing is starting a new industrial revolution. But does that mean we have to throw away all the rest? Not at all. Quentin de Coster, a Design student from Brussels, created a wonderful design by making a perfect blend between 3D printing and vintage.
Every year the Belgian non-profit organisation Petits Riens/Spullenhulp organizes a massive fashion and design show. Big Belgian names like Delvaux, (Edouard Vermeulen) Natan, Dirk Wynants, Elvis Pompilio and a bunch of young Belgian talents are challenged to design new creations out of recycled materials and clothes. After the show people can bid for two hours on the items while they are being displayed on big screens.
Quentin de Coster was one of the designers and started thinking how to reuse objects with new techniques. He used 3D printing to design special handle for an umbrella. de Coster: “I designed the umbrella Branch as an open invitation to share it with other people. When you’re walking in the rain with a friend
Building A 3D Printing Jewelery Brand: We visited Monomer
What started as a coincidental meeting through shared friends, grew into a very strong German brand that’s synonymous with unique 3D printed jewellery design. We met up with Thomas Mrokon from monomer. (more…)
Sinterklaas Meetup: 7th of December
Did you always want to know more about 3D printing your designs? We’d love to welcome you to our next Meetup at i.materialise.
WHO
Every designer, independent business owner, working professional,…. that’s interested in 3D printing. Journalists are welcome as well to meet our designers and follow a tour through one of the biggest 3D printing facilities in the world.
WHY
It’s a great opportunity to meet fellow designers and share your experiences, so don’t forget to bring your 3D printed design. You’ll get to know more about the services we offer, you can see all te materials you can print in and ask all your questions concerning 3D printing to our support engineers.
PROGRAM
- Welcome
- Presentation and see materials
- Tour
- Drink & Talk
WHERE
Materialise
Technologielaan 15
3001 Leuven
WHEN
Friday 7th of December 2012, 14.00-18.00 GMT +1 (Belgium time)
REGISTER
You can register on this website!
QUESTIONS
You can always contact tatiana.dewee@materialise
