BigRep Release ABS and ASA Filaments
BigRep recently expanded its already-extensive portfolio of materials with the addition of ABS and ASA. These materials are similarly strong and heat resistant so they pair well with the ...
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Tutorial: 3D Printing Reusable TPU Molds for Epoxy Resin
In our review of BigRep’s flexible TPU filament, we discovered that the material works remarkably well for making epoxy resin molds and we promised a tutorial on how to to make them. Epoxy ...
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Hands-On Review: Ultimaker S5
For all of our BigRep filament reviews we used the Ultimaker S5 with mostly default print profiles in Cura in order to generate results that the typical user can expect. We also promised a ...
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Addm.io Kickstarting an Online 3D Printing Entrepreneurship Course
There are more and more courses on 3D printing, most of them centered around how the technology works, the way it’s disrupting markets, and how to operate the printers. There are also plenty ...
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Evonik Releases World’s First PEEK Filament for Medical Implants
Medical and surgical applications make up a growing share of the professional 3D printing market and some companies are leaning into that fact. German specialty chemicals company Evonik just ...
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SondaSYS SLS 3D Printers Now Available in North America
Polish SLS 3D printer manufacturer SondaSYS has partnered with LeoSparq Ltd to distribute and support their model SL02 SLS 3D printer in Canada and the United States. SL02 stands for ...
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Stratasys Releases Office-Friendly Full-Color 3D Printer
There’s been a surge of office-friendly 3D printers hitting the market recently, mostly driven by a shift in the economics of outsourcing prototyping. Until recently, it was more cost ...
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Hands-on Review: HI-TEMP Filament
If a poll was taken of makers around the world asking what one characteristic of 3D printing filament they’d like to be improved, there’s a good chance that higher heat deflection would be ...
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Military-spec Filament Produces Stronger 3D Printed Objects
The US military is no stranger to 3D printing, having supported and developed a plethora of AM breakthroughs. Though they certainly work with metal 3D printing, officers like the ...
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Hands-on Review: PLA Filament
Exotic 3D printing materials are great and I’ve had a lot of fun reviewing BigRep’s flexible, high-temp, fast-printing, and transparent materials. Today, though, we’re going back to ol’ ...
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3D Printing Amorphous Metals
Heraeus and Trumpf have partnered to develop amorphous metal 3D printing technology. Also known as glassy metal and metallic glass, these materials exhibit mechanical properties that are ...
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Hands-on Review: PETG Filament
When it comes to 3D printing filament, PETG is probably the third most popular material behind PLA and ABS. It’s generally easier to print than ABS but has a higher heat deflection ...
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Hands-on Review: TPU Filament
Of all the materials from BigRep that we’re reviewing, I was probably the most anxious about TPU, a highly flexible material. I’ve used several brands of TPU in the past and had a lot of ...
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Modix Releases BIG-120Z Large-format DIY 3D Printer Kit
Modix has made a name for themselves in the world of XL 3D printing with their large-format self-assembly 3D printers and they’re going for the trifecta with their new BIG-120Z. Much like ...
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Bolstering the Stability of Supply Chains with 3D Printing
It’s easy to think that modern supply chains are as efficient as they’ve ever been considering how the resources of so many countries and companies can be leveraged through instant ...
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Hands-on Review: PLX Filament
As previously mentioned, we’re working our way through reviewing most of BigRep’s filament offerings. Today, we’ll be looking at PLX, a PLA-derived material that’s engineered to be ...
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Tractus3D T2000: XL 3D Printing for Every Office
XL 3D printing continues to grow into a large chunk of the AM market, but most XL printers are housed in machine shops, warehouses, and factory floors. That doesn’t help the designers and ...
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Increase Metal AM Productivity with Velo3D’s ‘SupportFree’ System
As we’ve previously outlined, there are significant time and monetary costs associated with post processing of metal 3D prints. Much of those costs are incurred around support material as it ...
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Hands-on Review: PRO HT Filament
BigRep recently sold their 500th printer to JAMADE, maker of the 3D printed underwater scooter AMAZEA. BigRep now has customers in dozens of countries across the world. To provide the most ...
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3D Systems Completes ASTM and ISO Testing on Figure 4 Materials
To ensure that their customers get the most out of their 3D printers, 3D Systems has completed testing of the materials for the Figure 4 system in ASTM and ISO standards. The Figure 4 is ...
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