3D printer’s rotating 4th axis will enable more complex cylindrical structures

A new 3D printer developed in Argentina is capable of producing complex cylindrical, tubular or helical mesh structures. A team of Argentinian researchers have developed a 3D printer with a rotating 4th axis. They hope that this will allow the manufacture of more complex mesh structures that could be bioprinted and utilized as tissue scaffolds. The research was conducted by scientists from the National Scientific and Technical Research Council – Argentina (CONICET) and the Center for Research and Development in Industrial Fermentation (CINDEFI) Nanobiomaterials Lab at the National University of La Plata (Argentina). “This rotary axis is materialized by a...