Read all about 3D printing use cases and 3D printing applications. Stories from and interviews with companies that use 3D printing in their daily routine.
We have taken a look at the types of machines used for 3D printing orthodontic products in this previous article. And as this writer discovered, 3D printing in the orthodontic industry is a ...
Read More »It’s no surprise that French sporting goods manufacturer Decathlon has been utilizing 3D printing for their R&D
Read More »With 3D printing spilling into sports applications ranging from custom football helmets and shoes to Formula 1 car parts, it was only a matter of time before golf got the AM treatment. ...
Read More »In using 3D printing, multiple steps of the investment casting process can be skipped. This can potentially save a lot of time and cost.
Read More »Many dental appliances require a high level of customization to ensure conform and compatibility with the patient. In comes dental printing
Read More »Silicone is a relatively new material in 3D printing, though not due to a lack of demand as its mechanical properties are ideal for countless applications...
Read More »Remember Google Glass? It was a nose-mounted smart product that offered the moon and delivered ridicule and paranoia. And do you remember the expectations versus the reality? We were ...
Read More »We hear a lot about how different industries, medical groups, educators, and hobbyists are using 3D printing technology, but it appears that the military has quickly started to embrace the ...
Read More »For businesses, the process of developing and bringing new products to the market is absolutely essential, but it can also be slow, expensive, and in some cases outright frustrating. R&D ...
Read More »Applying 3D printing in education has a wide variety of important uses in primary and secondary schools, universities, libraries, technical colleges, and other educational settings. 3D ...
Read More »While some in the manufacturing world are slow to adopt metal 3D printing, Roger Smith is not one of them. As the CEO of Sierra Turbines, he plans to completely revamp the microturbine ...
Read More »In this week’s Customer Spotlight, we hear from emergency and police vehicles upfitter, R&D engineer, and 3D Universe customer Ian Gerstein. He uses an Ultimaker 2 Extended+ to make 3d ...
Read More »Over the last few weeks we have been taking a look at various polymers with added engineering functionality. So far we have looked at those with altered electrical properties such as ...
Read More »When the engineers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, or DLR) Institute of Structures and Design were tasked with designing the liquid rocket engine ...
Read More »Markforged has released a report highlighting a whole bunch of case studies from users of their range of machines, both carbon composite and indirect metal printing. Let’s take a look at an ...
Read More »Last week we took a look at ESD safe materials for 3D printing. These are materials that are safe against electrostatic discharge, and have uses largely in electronics manufacturing. This ...
Read More »The mechanical properties of 3D printed thermoplastic materials have been fairly well explored at this point. Sure there is always room for improvement… gradually, over time, researchers ...
Read More »They say poachers make the best gamekeepers, so you could probably extend that idiom to bike manufacturing, especially where it comes to UK startup Atherton Bikes. Atherton Bikes are run ...
Read More »As anyone who has ever touched a 3D printer knows by now, many different additive manufacturing processes result in anisotropy of the part. That is to say, the part’s strength varies along ...
Read More »German appliance manufacturer Miele are offering CAD files for the 3D printing of extra components for their own range of appliances. According to Miele’s website they are “the first ...
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