2024 3D Printing Trade Awards Winners Introduced

It’s time to search out out who gained the 2024 3D Printing Trade Awards. 

This yr, we have fun probably the most modern 3D printing functions, the main 3D printing startups, and extra established corporations, such because the 3D printing business firm of the yr.

The awards endeavor to signify the wealthy variety throughout the business; this yr’s winners, honorable mentions, and nominees span the market from desktop to industrial. We’re at all times in search of methods to enhance, so please get in contact with any ideas.

Winners of the 3D Printing Trade Awards are chosen by readers and likewise the 3DPI Knowledgeable Committee. Would you want to hitch the committee to pick out the winners for 2025 and form the way forward for the 3DPI Awards? Apply right here.

Winners of the 2024 3D Printing Trade Awards

3D Designer of the Yr

Winner: Divergent 3D

Honorable Point out: Andreas Vlahinos – Optimized Warmth Exchanger

3D Scanning or Metrology Firm

Winner: Shining3D

Honorable Point out: Artec

Tutorial, analysis staff, or venture

Winner: Singapore Centre for 3D Printing

Honorable Point out: ADAPT Middle, Colorado College of Mines

“Within the yr that we’re celebrating our 10^th anniversary this an vital milestone and the popularity of our function in creating, selling and pushing the boundaries of additive manufacturing,” mentioned Prof. Paulo Jorge Bártolo, Govt Director, Singapore Centre for 3D Printing (SC3DP). “Along with a lot of industrial companions we’re shaping the way forward for additive manufacturing, creating sooner, extra dependable, and sensible additive manufacturing programs and utilizing additive manufacturing as a platform to develop novel supplies with improved and managed properties for aerospace and protection, biomedical engineering, constructing and building, electronics, and marine & offshore functions,” added Prof. Bártolo.

Aerospace, Area, or Protection Utility

Winner: NASA JPL with REM Floor Engineering, PBF-LB/Ti-6Al-4V Crush Lattices for Mars Pattern Return Mission

Honorable Point out: Sintavia – AM for the Subsequent-Technology of Hypersonic Propulsion

Dr. Ryan T Watkins, PhD, Analysis Scientist, Supplies Growth & Additive Manufacturing at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Expertise, mentioned, “Doing one thing new is at all times exhausting. Doing one thing new on a flagship NASA mission is even tougher. The staff has carried out an amazing job making this 3D printed crushable lattice a actuality, starting from the event of UnitcellHub, a brand new opensource lattice design software program instrument, to the event of a novel chemical etching postprocess with our associate REM Floor Ending to allow ultra-low density crushables. In some ways, this work exemplifies our work within the 3D printing business, and NASA as an entire, utilizing it to create gentle, excessive efficiency constructions in ways in which had been by no means earlier than potential.”

Justin Michaud, CEO at REM Floor Engineering, mentioned, “For REM, being part of profitable this award is a validation and celebration of the work that we’ve been doing within the metallic AM business for the previous ~15 years.  A lot of what we do, supporting AM functions with our floor ending expertise, is very confidential, and, in consequence, we frequently don’t get to share or focus on the developments and capabilities that we assist to allow.  As an organization, we frequently say that we’re the parents to come back to with the exhausting challenges, and Dr. Watkins actually did!  From concentrating on wall thicknesses of ~100 µm to executing >80% as printed mass reductions with tolerances of <0.5%, this work actually pushed REM to extend our capabilities. However, NASA JPL is certainly one of our longest-running and most constant clients, and we’re happy with the belief we’ve gained and the partner-like relationship we share with them.  So, to be part of profitable this award in help of NASA JPL’s crush lattice venture is exceptionally rewarding.”

“The idea of lattice constructions was envisioned for the reason that very starting of the 3D printing revolution. Sadly, their complexity has slowed their adoption. My hope is that this work emboldens others to push into this rising design area to do issues in ways in which we’ve by no means carried out them earlier than,” added Dr. Watkins.

REM Floor Engineering’s Justin Michaud continued, “The work that Dr. Watkins has led and that we’ve supported in creating light-weight crush lattices has doubtlessly broad functions throughout a spread of industries.  Defending the Mars Samples is clearly a really difficult utility, however the potential to use these ideas to aerospace, automotive, and different functions is important.  For REM particularly, the elevated course of management that this work drove inside has already led to a number of of latest functionality enhancements and related work in areas corresponding to advanced warmth exchanger functions.  There aren’t many applied sciences that may controllably take away free and partially sintered powder from advanced, multi-domain inside floor functions, however a lot of the work we did with JPL on these crush lattices has led to and aided in our capacity to handle the inherent cleanliness points of those printed elements.  Typically, working with JPL and different NASA branches has been an enormous profit to each REM and the metallic AM business as they fund the analysis that’s wanted to push these superior manufacturing capabilities ahead.”

Group Advocate of the Yr

Winner: Duann Scott, Director 3MF Consortium

Honorable Point out: Teula Bradshaw, Sanjay Mortimer Basis

Duann Scott, Director of the 3MF Consortium and winner of the 2024 3DPI Award’s Group Advocate of the Yr mentioned, “Because the additive manufacturing business grows via it’s painful adolescence and matures into turning into a productive a part of the broader manufacturing ecosystem, contributing extra than simply naive enthusiasm and attractiveness, it’s vital that the software program we use to create the designs assist direct this brash upstart to actually begin paying it’s means in society. That the data/information we feed the machines have the entire nutrient wealthy information required for wholesome and sustained progress into manufacturing maturity.

I’m grateful for the chance via the CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, 3MF Consortium and MIT AMX to assist construct the neighborhood of individuals able to nurturing this progress, the optimistic impacts it would have on our society for generations, and the popularity from 3DPI with this award that displays extra on the folks I’ve labored with and realized from alongside the best way, than something I’ve carried out to assist them,” added Duann Scott, Director 3MF Consortium.

Teula Bradshaw, CEO Sanjay Mortimer Basis, mentioned, “We’re deeply honoured to obtain this recognition from the 3D Printing Trade Awards. For the Sanjay Mortimer Basis (SMF), this excessive rating by readers and consultants serves as a strong validation of our mission: to empower younger neurodiverse engineers and makers to understand their potential and thrive in industries like 3D printing.

This acknowledgment displays not solely the eagerness we pour into our work but in addition the business’s shared perception within the distinctive contributions neurodiverse people carry. By supporting them, we goal to make sure that no expertise slips via the cracks and that these sensible minds can entry alternatives to innovate and develop.

This recognition amplifies our mission and demonstrates that the 3D printing neighborhood values inclusivity and various views. We’re extremely grateful for this help, which inspires us to proceed fostering creativity, confidence, and empowerment in future innovators.”

Bradshaw added, “The Sanjay Mortimer Basis believes that neurodiverse minds are uniquely suited to the ever-evolving world of 3D printing. Their capacity to suppose in another way, problem conventions, and discover artistic options aligns completely with an business that thrives on innovation and speedy change.

By offering mentorship, assets, and alternatives, we goal to construct a pipeline of proficient people whose distinctive views can drive the subsequent wave of breakthroughs in 3D printing. These younger engineers and makers not solely carry recent concepts to the desk but in addition signify an important step towards making a extra inclusive and dynamic workforce throughout the business.

This honourable point out by the 3D Printing Trade Awards reinforces our perception on this mission, and we’re excited to see how the people we help will form the way forward for additive manufacturing.”

Firm of the yr (Enterprise)

Winner: Autodesk

Honorable Point out: Nikon SLM Options

Alexander Freund, Director Product Administration, Fusion Manufacturing at Autodesk mentioned, “Being chosen as Firm of the Yr (Enterprise) for 2024 is an amazing honor for us, particularly given the energy of the nominees. It reaffirms our perception that our strategy—creating an inexpensive, easy-to-use, but extremely highly effective mass-market platform like Fusion—is actually driving Additive Manufacturing towards turning into a mainstream expertise.” 

Firm of the yr (Private)

Winner: Bambu Lab

Honorable Point out: Prusa Analysis

Desktop FFF 3D Printer of the Yr

Winner: Bambu Lab A1 & AMS

Honorable Point out: Prusa Analysis XL

Desktop non-FFF 3D Printer of the Yr

Winner: Formlabs Kind 4

Honorable Point out: Elegoo Saturn 4 Extremely

Dávid Lakatos CPO at Formlabs mentioned, “Kind 4 is an enormous leap in our mission to allow anybody to carry their concepts to life. We invested  years of improvement into creating Kind 4 to usher in a brand new period of resin 3D printing, with blazing quick speeds and unprecedented reliability. We’re honored the skilled committee and readers on the 2024 3D Printing Trade Awards acknowledged Kind 4’s affect by naming it the Desktop non-FFF 3D Printer of the Yr.”

The Formlabs CPO added, “We made 3D printing inexpensive and accessible, and Kind 4 has accelerated 3D printing exercise and adoption. The printer’s excessive speeds and reliability have caught the eye of consumers at high manufacturers together with NASA, Ford, and Microsoft, and we count on this quick printer to proceed to broaden 3D printing functions throughout new industries and use circumstances. 3D printing has traditionally by no means had the speeds and reliability to outpace injection molding, and Kind 4 is the primary 3D printer that permits innovators, producers, and product designers to reimagine merchandise with versatile design and quick print instances at an inexpensive worth.”

Enterprise 3D Printer of the Yr (Metals)

Winner: Meltio M600

Honorable Point out: EOS M290

Lukas Hoppe, Meltio‘s Analysis & Growth Director, mentioned, “We thank the whole viewers and the 3DPI AM household for the award given this yr 2024 to Meltio and its new and strongest industrial metallic 3D printer, Meltio M600. This recognition is a help to all of the innovation effort of all of the groups which can be a part of Meltio. The design temporary for the brand new Meltio M600 was to think about what the right 3D printer for the machine store would appear like. The overwhelming majority of metallic 3D printed elements require post-processing which is carried out within the machine store and since our ambition is to push the large-scale adoption of metallic additive manufacturing we’ve a really clear imaginative and prescient that the fashionable machine store is the perfect level of entry. Manufacturing faces many challenges globally, from lengthy lead instances and stock-keeping prices brought on by lengthy and fragile provide chains to an ever-growing stress to decrease prices and scale back emissions.

3D Printing has large potential to handle these points because it helps scale back lead instances, and manufacturing dependencies by printing elements in-house, reduces warehouse stock because the uncooked materials could be remodeled into the ultimate half on demand, and reduces prices by making use of materials solely the place it’s wanted.”

Meltio’s R&D Director added, “The Meltio M600 for us was actually the subsequent logical step on our steady journey in the direction of mass adoption of Wire-Laser DED, the method all Meltio programs are based mostly on. We started this work in earnest in 2019 once we began to depart the prototyping area with the launch of the Meltio M450. After studying from and bettering the expertise for 3 years, the time was lastly ripe for us to work on the subsequent system. Our aim with the Meltio M600 was to strike the suitable steadiness between machine dimension, price, and productiveness whereas being uncompromising on high quality, reliability, and ease of use. To realize this, we didn’t simply create a “scaled up” M450, as a substitute, we developed each single a part of the machine from scratch to take the expertise to the subsequent degree, based mostly on the learnings of getting manufactured and put in over 400 Laser Meltio DED programs around the globe from 2019.”

Enterprise 3D printer of the yr (polymers)

Winner: EOS FORMIGA P 110 FDR

Honorable Point out: Axtra3D Lumia X1

Rajeev Kulkarni, Chief Technique Officer, Axtra3D mentioned, “Receiving an honorable point out for Enterprise 3D Printer of the Yr (Polymers) is a proud recognition of the dedication, innovation, and dedication we’ve invested in advancing additive manufacturing with our Hybrid PhotoSynthesis (HPS) expertise.

At Axtra3D, our mission has at all times been to allow photopolymerization-based manufacturing with out compromises, delivering a seamless steadiness of print throughput, floor high quality, accuracy, decision, and half dimension. By merging the most effective attributes of laser-based SLA and projector-based DLP into one cohesive system, we’ve set a brand new normal for manufacturing 3D Printing.

This recognition is a testomony to the transformative worth our Lumia X1 brings to clients, serving to them push the boundaries of what’s potential with additive manufacturing. It conjures up us to proceed driving innovation and empowering producers to surpass the constraints of standard SLA and DLP applied sciences.”

Axtra3D’s CSO added, “Our mission is to allow a future the place manufacturing is smarter, sooner, and extra sustainable. By integrating cutting-edge expertise with the enterprise components that matter most to our clients, we goal to not solely advance the business but in addition equip our clients with the instruments they should thrive in a quickly evolving panorama. We’re proud to assist form the way forward for 3D printing, creating pathways for innovation and enterprise success.”

Innovation of the yr

Winner: MIT 3D Printed Glass Bricks

Honorable Point out: xolo Volumetric 3D printing

Stephan Kühr, Chief Business Officer at xolo GmbH, mentioned, “This recognition highlights the rising pleasure round utilizing 3D printing for superior functions like fabricating lenses and optical components in seconds. It’s validation from the 3D printing neighborhood that our Xolography expertise is addressing actual market wants and creating new potentialities. This acknowledgment conjures up us to collaborate with much more innovators desirous to push boundaries.”

Persevering with xolo’s CCO added, “Xolography is among the only a few applied sciences that may really scale 3D printing. Its layer-free strategy permits quick and exact manufacturing of isotropic constructions, making it uniquely suited to large-scale manufacturing in functions like optics, bioprinting, and past. As we refine and broaden our capabilities, we goal to shut the hole between prototyping and mass manufacturing, unlocking groundbreaking potential throughout industries.” 

Materials Firm of the Yr

Winner: Metallic Powder Works

Honorable Point out: 6K Additive

John Barnes, CEO, Metallic Powder Works mentioned, “This was a real David and Goliath story from the outset. My Co-Founder Chris Aldridge and I got down to re-think what feedstocks wanted to be for metallic AM, and consistency was on the high.  We solely began producing powder for patrons in 2022 and now to be nominated in the identical group as final yr’s winner BASF, and this yr’s nominees is unimaginable! That is really a testomony to our staff, who’ve labored so exhausting to carry the DirectPowder™ programs on-line and supply 16 metallic powders which can be probably the most constant, the very best high quality, worth aggressive, and emit much less CO2.”

The Metallic Powder Works CEO added, “AM wants extra manufacturing of extra powders and our expertise accomplishes this with a really excessive effectivity and low powder dimension distribution.  Beginning with premium bar inventory, our modern expertise converts these alloys for patrons and would be the ONLY devoted home supply for the total vary of copper and bronze alloys.”

Medical Dental or Healthcare Utility

Winner: Stryker’s Infinity Complete Ankle System

Honorable Point out: Lithoz & Profactor INKplant – First Ceramic Jaw Implant

Mobility or Vitality Utility

Winner: Basic Motors – Cadillac Celestiq EV with 100+ 3D Printed Elements

Honorable Point out: Oak Ridge Nationwide Lab & DoE – Hydropower Technology with Speedy RUNNERS

Brennon White, Technical Specialist – Superior Manufacturing, Basic Motors, mentioned, “It’s extremely particular for our staff to win this award given the effort and time we’ve put into increasing our technical experience in additive manufacturing. With greater than 100 3D printed elements within the manufacturing automobile, the CELESTIQ demonstrates GMs broadest use of additive manufacturing which is extraordinarily distinctive.”

GM’s White added, “The funding GM has made in additive manufacturing is a transparent indicator of the corporate’s confidence on this expertise and its potential. We undoubtedly see important alternative for using this expertise in further packages sooner or later.”

Software program instrument or firm of the yr

Winner: Orca Slicer

Honorable Point out: nTop

Li Jiang (aka Softfever) founder and maintainer of the OrcaSlicer venture, Noisyfox, most important contributor, and Ioannis Giannakas(aka igiannakas), most important contributor, instructed us extra about what profitable the 3DPI Award means, “It’s really a blast! Successful this award means an amazing deal to our open-source neighborhood and me personally. It’s a testomony to the exhausting work and dedication of all contributors who’ve performed their half in making Orca Slicer what it’s at the moment. This recognition displays our dedication to innovation and excellence within the 3D printing business, in addition to our mission to offer accessible and high-quality software program that meets the varied wants of the neighborhood, from new customers to the geeks.”

The Orca Slicer staff continued, “We’re tremendous enthusiastic about pushing the boundaries in 3D printing! We plan to maintain innovating and making Orca Slicer even higher, so it will probably assist everybody—from newbies to consultants—create wonderful issues. Whether or not it’s for off-the-shelf printers or DIY printers, we need to make certain Orca Slicer makes 3D printing extra accessible and enjoyable for all customers.”

Begin-up of the Yr

Winner: Hyphen Improvements

Honorable Point out: 3D Spark

Sustainability in Additive Manufacturing

Winner: 6K Additive

Honorable Point out: WASP & United Nations

Worth-added Reseller of the Yr

Winner: MatterHackers

Honorable Point out: Strong Print3D

Lars Brubaker, CEO of MatterHackers mentioned, “Successful the Worth-added Reseller of the Yr award is an unimaginable honor for all of us at MatterHackers. It’s a testomony to our staff’s dedication to offering distinctive service, modern options, and complete help to our clients. This award displays our dedication to empowering makers, educators, and companies by making 3D printing accessible and sensible for everybody. We’re deeply grateful to the neighborhood for his or her help and recognition, because it validates our efforts to not solely meet however exceed the expectations of the 3D printing neighborhood. This award conjures up us to proceed contributing positively to the business’s progress and improvement.”

Brubaker added, “At MatterHackers, we envision our work as a catalyst for innovation and creativity within the 3D printing area. We’re dedicated to increasing the attain and potential of 3D printing by offering cutting-edge merchandise, instructional assets, and unparalleled help. We’re significantly proud to be increasing our enterprise by providing print companies and upkeep packages/restore, which be sure that our clients can depend on their 3D printing gear to carry out optimally. These companies permit us to help a broader vary of functions and industries, making certain that 3D printing stays a viable and environment friendly resolution for advanced challenges. Our aim is to proceed driving developments in expertise that can allow new functions throughout varied industries, from healthcare and schooling to aerospace and manufacturing. By fostering a neighborhood of makers and innovators, we goal to encourage and equip the subsequent technology of creators to push the boundaries of what’s potential with 3D printing.”

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