- USC explores how 3D printed “egg-beaters” could clean up oil slicks (3dprintingindustry.com)
March 23, 2018
- US Military Researches Water Bottle Recycling for 3D Printing in the Field (3dprint.com)
March 20, 2018
- New Story and ICON Working Together to 3D Print Homes in the Developing World (3dprint.com)
March 12, 2018
Check out this concrete squirting extruder head! The Vulcan is capable of 3D printing a 600- to 800-square-foot home, for $4,000, in less than 24 hours in an under-served community. Seeking funding - they will build 100 homes in El Salvador.
- This start up firm tries to help wastepickers become micro-entrepreneurs; here is how (financialexpress.com)
March 12, 2018
- Creator of ZYYX 3D printer developing sub-$12K metal additive manufacturing system (3ders.org)
March 8, 2018
- Advancing the Field of Flexible Electronics with 3D Printable Liquid Metal Alloy (3dprint.com)
March 6, 2018
- Metal 3D Printing Goes Small in a Big Way (engineering.com)
February 19, 2018
- Autodesk University London: Generative design, 3D printing and machine intelligence (tctmagazine.com)
June 22, 2017
- Active-Mixing Multimaterial 3D Printhead Invented by Voxel8 CEO (3dprintingindustry.com)
September 22, 2015
Engineering with robotics and electronics has gained a lot of traction, thanks to the 3D printing revolution, but one facet that the technology has yet to greatly improve is the ability to efficiently print in multiple different materials at once. Most approaches to 3D printing with mixed materials have been passive processes, often limited to mixing thinner materials with lower viscosities and leaving thicker printing materials to mingle on their own. A new development from the Harvard lab of Jennifer Lewis, also the CEO of Voxel8, has managed to solve this issue by creating an active mixing multimaterial printhead.
- Sisma Demonstrates What Precious Metal 3D Printing Can Do (3dprintingindustry.com)
September 2, 2015
As far as powder-based technologies are concerned, I can currently count eight commercial, direct metal 3D printer manufactures in the world. One is in the UK, one is in the US, one is in Sweden, four are in Germany, and one is in Italy. Three of these are part of larger groups that are leaders in subtractive technologies in their fields. Sisma, the one Italian SLM 3D printer manufacturer, is one of these.
- AFRL Researchers Successfully 3D Print High-Temperature, Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composite Parts (3dprint.com)
March 21, 2018
- Nucor Steel Tariffs and 3D Printing (3dprint.com)
March 12, 2018
- Solar powered 3D printing aids Solomon Islands relief (3dprintingindustry.com)
March 12, 2018
Replacement parts for the pipe were designed on a laptop, whilst 3D printable pellets were made by grinding plastic waste in a manually operated crusher. The resultant 3D printed connectors fit perfectly.
- Cevotec to bring carbon fiber patch additive manufacturing to North America (3ders.org)
March 11, 2018
- Medical Device Company Uses Carbon 3D Printing Technology to Reduce Product Turnaround by 70% (3dprint.com)
March 7, 2018
- (Australia wants to 3D print bombs) Partnership Formed to Study 3D Printing of Energetic Materials (3dprint.com)
March 5, 2018
The meat and potatoes: Australia wants to 3D print bombs. The Australian government is using developing 3D printing materials such as explosives, propellants and pyrotechnics for the production of advanced weapons systems
- Iro3D's Simple 3D Metal Printing Process (engineering.com)
January 24, 2018
BRAVO!!! Iro3D's Simple 3D doesn’t use an extruder or a hot end but uses “pourers” and metal powders with a crucible. This is pretty cool! We would love to see some material strength testing on the final parts, such as impact, density, and tensile strenght per ASTM standards!
- Z3Dlab Introduces Zti-Powder, a Titanium/Ceramic Composite Material for Metal 3D Printing (3dprint.com)
September 30, 2015
The field of 3D metal printing continues to expand. Metal 3D printers are becoming more affordable, and the range of available materials is widening as researchers discover new ways to work with and combine metals. The latest news in metal printing comes out of Europe: French company Z3Dlab has created a new metal composite material that they have dubbed ZTi-Powder.
- Polymaker & Bayer Team for Desktop Polycarbonate 3D Printing Filaments (3dprintingindustry.com)
September 15, 2015
Polycarbonate material, known for its strength and transparency, has only really been utilized as a filament base for more pricey industrial 3D printers, leaving the everyday user of desktop printing with less access to this valuable material. Though there are some manufacturers of PC for desktop machines, the exclusivity of this material is being reduced even further with Polymaker’s new polycarbonate-based filament, Polymaker PC.
- 100% Recycled PET Filament Is Ready, SLS Powder Coming Soon (3dprintingindustry.com)
September 1, 2015
We had anticipated it a few months ago, but, now, the 100% fully recycled filament from B-Pet is a commercially available reality and the Argentinian startup behind it does not intend to stop there. This means that the full injection-molded-transparent-plastic-bottle to 3D-printed-transparent-plastic-bottle-cycle is now a real opportunity for the 3D printing industry as a whole, with many more interesting initiatives to come along soon, including many related to SLS technology.
- Material Testing Part 1: Tensile Strength ISO 527 (airwolf3d.com)
March 20, 2018
- Feed Your 3D Printer with Recycled Filament Courtesy of Felfil (3dprint.com)
March 12, 2018
- Cevotec to corner composite materials market with additive manufacturing (3dprintingindustry.com)
March 12, 2018
- New Zealand Researchers Develop and Characterize Micro Pellet Extruder and 3D Printing System (3dprint.com)
March 9, 2018
could this be the end of filament?
- Swinburne establishing world-first Industry 4.0 Testlab for 3D printing carbon fiber composites (3ders.org)
March 7, 2018
- 3D Systems to Conquer Dental and Move onto Every Other Vertical (engineering.com)
February 23, 2018
- High speed Carima C-CAT 3D printer to enter mass production, claims 30% faster than Carbon (3dprintingindustry.com)
July 11, 2017
- 3D Printing Fabric with Thermoplastic Polyurethane (3dprint.com)
September 25, 2015
Israeli architect David Mussaffi is more than just a 3D print enthusiast, he’s a dedicated 3D print designer with an expert eye for fashion. Last year, he won second place in the Thingiverse #TrexRemix Challenge for his T-Rex High Heel which has the wearer placing her foot in the gaping maw of the carnivore as an intimidating set of teeth bristle threateningly from the surrounding jaw bone.
- Polymaker and Covestro Introduce Polycarbonate-Based 3D Printing Filament PC-Plus and PC-Max (3dprint.com)
September 15, 2015
Since the 1950s one of the world’s most widely used thermoplastics has been polycarbonate because it is strong, rigid and easy to heatform. It is used in industrial applications as diverse as household appliances, dishes, automotive parts, DVDs, security glass and even water bottles. The material is also ideally suited to injection molding, mainly because once cooled it is remarkably strong, and can bend and deform without breaking or cracking. Unfortunately it hasn’t been widely used for 3D printing applications, mainly because its high melting temperature means that only expensive and specialized 3D printers can properly work with it.
- A Look at Taulman 3D’s Continued Innovation Within the 3D Printing Filament Market (3dprint.com)
August 31, 2015
With the sheer number of 3D printer models now available, one would think, there should certainly be a “best printer”. But as those us who follow 3DPrint.com know, while there are certainly several manufacturers, most of the units within a similar price category are very similar. Of course some do stand out for consistency, quality and performance. And sometimes even from the same manufacturer, a new model usually has either simple upgrades, fixes or a combination of both.