North America's largest metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing event heads to Orange County Convention Center in October 2024. FABTECH provides a convenient "one stop shop" venue where you can meet with world-class suppliers, see the latest industry products and developments, and find the tools to improve productivity, increase profits and discover new solutions to all of your metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing needs.
North America's Largest Metal Forming, Fabricating, Welding and Finishing Event
At a Houston area high school, the future of technology and innovation in manufacturing came to life for students in an engineering class.
According to local news reports, eight seniors at Duchesne Academy created a prosthetic hand using a 3D printer.
Duchesne, in Houston, Texas, is college-preparatory school for girls that is part of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools. The school’s engineering class partnered with e-NABLE, a global network of volunteers who use 3D printers to create and donate low cost prosthetic hands and arms to those who need them. The program matched the Duchesne students with a nine-year-old girl in California.
Through months of research and correspondance with the the recipient’s family and with students at Johns Hopkins Medical Center, the students printed the parts and assembled the hand. They completed the project in time to ship it to California for Christmas.
In school materials published after the project’s completion, the students expressed enthusiasm for 3D printing and it’s possibilities for helping others in need. They noted that their 3D-printed hand offered almost as much functionality as a conventional prosthetic hand and came in at a fraction of the price.
As one demonstration of the future of U.S. manufacturing, 3D printing will be among the highlights of this year’s FABTECH show. Exhibitors and events will focus on this emerging technology, as industry leaders will display the capabilities and latest innovations in the field.
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North America's largest metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing event heads to Orange County Convention Center in October 2024. FABTECH provides a convenient "one stop shop" venue where you can meet with world-class suppliers, see the latest industry products and developments, and find the tools to improve productivity, increase profits and discover new solutions to all of your metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing needs.
