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Articles about RAM3D
Go to: 2025 – 2024 – 2023 – 2022 – 2021 – 2020 – 2019 – 2018 – 2017 – 2016 – 2015 – 2014 – 2013 2025 [K.P.] “To me, 3D printing just makes a huge amount of sense for framebuilding, especially if you want to make a frame that’s truly custom. [With my…
Read MoreRAM3D 2025 Student Design Contest
RAM3D 2025 Student Design Contest: WATER FEATURE Jump to… Contest Eligibility — Design Specifications — Judging Criteria — Feedback & Revision — Terms & Conditions — Contest Schedule — ENTER THE CONTEST PRIZES Winning Design – $1500 NZD … plus the winning design to be 3D printed in metal by RAM3D 2nd Place Design –…
Read MoreRAM3D Year in Review 2024
Skip ahead to: Workshop Updates — International Events — New Zealand Events — Next in 2025 Parts Printed & Materials A record year for RAM3D, in 2024 we delivered 17,000+ 3D printed metal parts to customers around the world. Our top production materials in 2024: #1: Titanium — #2: 15 5ph Stainless Steel — #3:…
Read MoreBoosting output: RAM3D gears up with machine #12
When we moved into our new premises in 2016, we had a vision of what we wanted to accomplish. To provide a state-of-the-art metal 3D printing service, offering advice on design, prototyping and full-scale production. Back then, we had just 4 additive manufacturing (AM) machines. Over the subsequent years, we had to contend with a…
Read MoreMatariki – the past and the future
On Friday 24 June 2022 New Zealand (NZ) celebrated Matariki as a public holiday for the first time. Matariki is a star cluster known in other parts of the world as Pleiades. In NZ Matariki is known as the Māori New Year as its appearance signals the start of the lunar calendar. It is also…
Read MoreTechnology Rocks!
Award Design for Year 13 Digital Technology Students 2021 The Idea: Karen Roche, Teacher of ICT, Aquinas College, requested a 3D printed metal award. Guidelines: Needs to be solid and durable for use each year. There was a preference for a shiny finish. Approximate width of 10cm with an organic curved shape. To include an…
Read MoreRAM3D and Oceania Defence
It’s no secret that RAM3D has been working in collaboration with Oceania Defence, a world leader in firearms suppressors since 2012. Oceania Defence relocated its business to RAM3D’s bespoke factory in Tauranga in July 2019, and the business relationship continues to move from strength to strength, with more exciting projects being designed and metal 3D…
Read MoreWe Really are Printing the Future!
We’ve been working in collaboration with Olaf Diegel and his team at Auckland University to print this valve block for a hydraulic system. Every now and then we are asked to print a part that simply blows us away in terms of how well it has printed and this valve block is so suited to…
Read MoreMore Small Companies Harnessing Metal 3D Printing Technology
RAM3D have noticed an increase in smaller companies willing to embrace additive manufacturing and apply lessons they have learnt on their journey for their innovative products. One of these companies is Backlanz, owned by Ethan Todd, a full-time engineer with a passion for hunting and the outdoor life. He has designed a unique detachable lightweight…
Read More3D Printing Titanium Implants for Veterinary Surgery
Kora is a Land Search and Rescue (LANDSAR) Dog and her owner and handler is Nick Petry, a volunteer with LANDSAR in Tauranga. For over seven years he’s offered his specialist skills as a highly trained volunteer to the public 24/7 as an Operational Field Member. Initially he worked without a dog and 18 months…
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