Finalists Design Challenge 2018 inspire industrial 3D printing

On February 12, 2018 Additive Industries announced the finalists of Additive World Design for Additive Manufacturing Challenge 2018 in two categories: professional and student designer. From a group of 52 contestants from all over the world across different fields like aeronautics, automotive, medical industry and high-tech, 6 finalists were selected. Please find below the press release in English and Dutch, as well as a visual with the designs of the finalists:
- Press Release Finalists Design Challenge 2018 (EN)
- Persbericht Finalisten Design Challenge 2018 (NL)
- Visual Finalists' designs (from left to right, first top row then bottom):

• ‘Avionics System’ from the Intech DMLS team (India, professional category)
• ‘Medical Part Gripper’ from the 3D-medlab team (France, professional category)
• ‘Hydraulic Manifold’ from the Aidro Hydraulics team (Italy, professional category)
• ‘Gasification Burner’ from Philipp Kaindl from the Technical University of Munich (Germany, student category)
• ‘Functionally Integrated Shaft and Gear’ from Yogeshkumar Katrodiya from Fraunhofer IGCV team (Germany, student category)
• ‘Ultimaker 2+ Hot End’ from Cassidy Silbernagel, Silver Cannon Design team, the University of Nottingham (United Kingdom, student category)