During the digital 8th edition of the Additive World Conference, Chairman of the Jury, Ultimaker’s Steven van de Staak, announced K3D and Younes Chahid as winners of the Additive World Design for Additive Manufacturing Challenge 2020. All finalists, three in the student category and three professionals, pitched their designs in a video for the 6-member jury. After careful deliberation they made a unanimous and well-advised selection in both categories. The winning designs, a ‘Laser Welding Head’ and a ‘Hip Implants Stem Design’, are inspiring use cases of industrial 3D metal printing. The honorable mention goes to SMS Group. Please find our press release, a visual of the winners, and a visual of the finalists below:
- Press Release winners Designs Challenge 2020
- Press Release winners Designs Challenge 2020
- Visual winners Designs Challenge 2020
- Visual Additive World
- Visual Finalists Designs Challenge 2020
The finalists designs are (from left to right, first top row then bottom):
- “Laser welding head” from Jaap Bulsink, K3D Bihca (Netherlands, professional category)
- “Media block” from Nina Uppenkamp, SMS Group (Germany, professional category)
- “Expandable intervertebral cage” from Donatien Campion, 3DMedLab (France, professional category)
- “Hip Implant Stem Design” from Younes Chahid, BiomimeticAM (UK, student category)
- “Stabilizer mount” from Dong Zhang, SCUT Robotlab, (China, student category)
- “Brake caliper” from Samir Mulgaonkar, Sunriser (US, student category)
- Press Release winners Designs Challenge 2020
- Press Release winners Designs Challenge 2020
- Visual winners Designs Challenge 2020
- Visual Additive World
- Visual Finalists Designs Challenge 2020
The finalists designs are (from left to right, first top row then bottom):
- “Laser welding head” from Jaap Bulsink, K3D Bihca (Netherlands, professional category)
- “Media block” from Nina Uppenkamp, SMS Group (Germany, professional category)
- “Expandable intervertebral cage” from Donatien Campion, 3DMedLab (France, professional category)
- “Hip Implant Stem Design” from Younes Chahid, BiomimeticAM (UK, student category)
- “Stabilizer mount” from Dong Zhang, SCUT Robotlab, (China, student category)
- “Brake caliper” from Samir Mulgaonkar, Sunriser (US, student category)
