An Overview Of Silicone 3D Printing
Silicone is a relatively new material in 3D printing, though not due to a lack of demand as its mechanical properties are ideal... read more »
3D Printing Use Cases & Applications
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.
3D Printed Lenses for Smart Glasses
Remember Google Glass? It was a nose-mounted smart product that offered the moon and delivered ridicule and paranoia. And do you remember the... read more »
3D Printing in Education
Applying 3D printing in education has a wide variety of important uses in primary and secondary schools, universities, libraries, technical colleges, and other... read more »
Sierra Turbines 3D Prints Microturbines that are 40% More Efficient
While some in the manufacturing world are slow to adopt metal 3D printing, Roger Smith is not one of them. As the CEO... read more »
Thermally Conductive Polymer Materials for 3D Printing
Over the last few weeks we have been taking a look at various polymers with added engineering functionality. So far we have looked... read more »
3D Printed Liquid Rocket Injector Head Reduces Weight, Heat, and Lead Times
When the engineers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, or DLR) Institute of Structures and Design were tasked... read more »
Classic Car Carburetor Replica by Tecron & Markforged
Markforged has released a report highlighting a whole bunch of case studies from users of their range of machines, both carbon composite and... read more »
Electrically Conductive Polymer Composites for 3D Printing
Last week we took a look at ESD safe materials for 3D printing. These are materials that are safe against electrostatic discharge, and... read more »
ESD Safe Materials for 3D Printing
The mechanical properties of 3D printed thermoplastic materials have been fairly well explored at this point. Sure there is always room for improvement…... read more »
Atherton Bikes 3D Printed Titanium Lugs
They say poachers make the best gamekeepers, so you could probably extend that idiom to bike manufacturing, especially where it comes to UK... read more »
Create Isotropic Parts With 3D Systems’ Figure 4
As anyone who has ever touched a 3D printer knows by now, many different additive manufacturing processes result in anisotropy of the part.... read more »
Miele Offers 3D Printables on Thingiverse
German appliance manufacturer Miele are offering CAD files for the 3D printing of extra components for their own range of appliances. According to... read more »
3D Printing for Spines
Medical 3D printing news of the last few months has been dominated largely by coronavirus-themed stories. Masks, ventilators, valves… even vaccine discovery aided... read more »
3D Printing and COVID-19
As countries around the world grapple with the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), there have been several 3D printing-related occurrences worth reporting. Last... read more »
3D Printed Submarine Parts Ready for Serial Production
Our recent article on a 3D printed underwater scooter ended with a prediction that we’ll be seeing a 3D printed submarine soon. While... read more »
3D Printing Copper
We’ve all heard of the Bronze Age and the Iron Age but what of the Copper Age? Bronze, an alloy consisting mostly of... read more »
3D Printing Spare Parts On-Demand
A notable portion of production 3D printing is dedicated to supplying replacement parts, and I say replacement parts rather than spare parts because... read more »
3D Printing a Mold to Repair a Seal with Epoxy Resin
While production 3D printing has certainly stepped into the limelight, the DIY and household 3D printing community is still active and growing. Some... read more »
Intro to Ceramic 3D Printing
The modern 3D printing space is a far cry from the days of plastic prototypes. Today’s users have their choice of materials, from... read more »
Intro to Continuous Fiber 3D Printing
The range of materials available in 3D printing, even just within Fused Deposition Modeling, has grown considerably in the last few years. Not... read more »
