A study out of Michigan Technological University analyzed the economic efficiency of 3D printing various sporting goods using … [Read more...]
3D Printing Use Cases
Read all about 3D printing use cases and 3D printing case studies. Stories from and interviews with companies that use 3D printing in their daily routine.
Large Scale 3D Printing Use Case: Alliant Castings
A Winona, Minnesota-based foundry called Alliant Castings is using a Cosine Additive AM1 large scale 3D printer to do pattern … [Read more...]
An Overview of 3D Printing Energy Systems
Energy production systems are highly complex and varied, full of critical components that can handle extreme conditions. In … [Read more...]
Deutsche Bahn is maintaining trains with 3D printing
Deutsche Bahn, a Berlin-based railway company, has integrated 3D printing into its maintenance network to produce … [Read more...]
3D Printing as a Production Technology
3D printing is seeing accelerated adoption in the workflow of manufacturing processes all around the world. Think of tools, … [Read more...]
Forensic Artist Uses 3D Printer to Reconstruct Remains
Samantha Molnar works with the police by reconstructing unidentifiable remains that often belong to missing persons or … [Read more...]
3D Printing: The Next Manufacturing Revolution Or A Technology Fad?
Unless you've been living in a cave for the last decade, you've probably heard about 3D printing and some of its incredible … [Read more...]
How Multi-Colour 3D Printing Helps Communicate Ideas
This guest post is written by Chris Labelle, co-founder of Mosaic Manufacturing. Mosaic creates multi-colour, multi-material … [Read more...]
How Axis Prototypes’ 3D Printing Services Advanced a Marine Technology Company’s Prototyping Time
3D printing technology offers the ability to manufacture complex prototypes in a fast and cost-efficient manner. Axis … [Read more...]
How to Print your own Wind Turbine
Earlier this week we showed you how to make your own Ultrasonic Vapor Polisher. In this post we'll show you how to print … [Read more...]
FDM Extruder Hot Ends with Inductive Heating
If you have a desktop 3D printer based on FDM / FFF technology you probably know how the extruder heating works and that the … [Read more...]
Designer in the spotlight: Joshua DeMonte
With his roots in traditional jewelry making, Joshua DeMonte is now in the spotlight because of using 3D printing for his … [Read more...]
The Cube 3D Printer: Use Case from a Mechanical Engineer
Meet Tom Meeks. A teacher, writer, video documentary and news producer, animator, video software designer, consumer software … [Read more...]
Design 3D Printed Eyewear With Tinkercad – Part 2
A few weeks ago I wrote about the 3D Printshow in London and how a seminar by Pekka from Tinkercad inspired me to start with … [Read more...]
Design 3D Printed Eyewear with Tinkercad – Part 1
A few weeks ago I was present at London's first 3D Printshow. A great event that played host to some of the biggest names in … [Read more...]
Haptic technology meets 3D printed art
With the help of haptic design tools like a Falcon or Phantom combined with the right CAD software like Cloud9, artists now … [Read more...]