3D Printed Motors Coming Soon
Electric motors are becoming very popular in the automotive world, with companies all around the globe vying for a slice of the EV... read more »
3D Printed Bee Homes to Spur Public Interest in Bees
Bee numbers are dwindling, especially in the UK, and that’s bad news for pretty much everyone who eats food. A team of researchers... read more »
Audi 3D Prints their Packaging Trash into New Parts
German automaker Audi has revealed their new in-house upcycling program that takes their own packaging materials and 3D prints them into assembly aids... read more »
US Marines Print Metal Rocket Cap for Mine Clearance
“War! What is it good for?” asked Edwin Starr. “Absolutely nothing!” was his oversimplified reply. He was partly correct. As it turns out,... read more »
NTU Singapore and Caltech Prints Stiffness-shifting Chain Mail
Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) and California Institute of Technology (US) have recently published a paper in Nature, detailing research into a new chain... read more »
Researchers Print Tunable Fluorescent Materials
A team of researchers from the Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, has published a paper detailing their experiments into 3D printable fluorescent... read more »
A Closer Look at AI Build
AI Build is a London-based software company with a line of products available to make additive manufacturing more efficient by automation. The company... read more »
Anycubic Photon Ultra DLP Launches on Kickstarter
Following on the success of their Photon resin printer series, Shenzhen-based printer manufacturer Anycubic has announced that they are launching the next iteration,... read more »
Converting your 3D Printer into a Laser Engraver
By replacing your printer hotend (or CNC toolhead) with a laser, you can make use of the XY motion to control the path... read more »
Clinical Reliability of FFF Printed PEEK Implants Quantified
Machined PEEK plastic has been used in custom cranial implants for some time, as it is strong, light, and biocompatible. Recent efforts have... read more »
Indian Partnership Yields Country’s First AM Aero Engine Part
Indian state-owned aerospace company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has partnered with Intech Additive Solutions to produce the country’s first metal AM component for... read more »
Baseball Glove Gets the AM Treatment
The Olympics is almost over, having brought many stories of 3D printed sporting goods to the public eye. But the world of sports... read more »
3D Printed Handlebar Fails During Olympic Race
This years’ Olympics in Tokyo have seen a boom in 3D printed sporting goods employed over a range of competitions. Cyclists in particular... read more »
ORNL Prints Molybdenum Alloy
Oak Ridge National Laboratory has successfully demonstrated the printing of an alloy consisting of titanium and molybdenum, the unpronounceable 42nd element on the... read more »
Adidas Unveils 20 gram Lattice Sunglasses
How many new ways are there to mount eyewear to your face? Probably not many more...after several centuries of eyewear manufacturing, it’s definitely... read more »
Largest Plastic Aircraft Part Printed
Aerospace is gradually looking at new ways to replace metals with plastics, and existing plastics with even better, modern plastics, composites, and manufacturing... read more »
Webinar: Advancing Productivity with Figure 4 High Density Stacking
How do you get the best value from additive manufacturing, while scaling from prototyping up to larger production runs? One way to do... read more »
Printed Titanium Bike Handlebars Debut at Olympics
It’s Olympics time in Japan, and that means it’s time for sports equipment manufacturers to show off their wares to the sports-spectating public... read more »
Thermally Conductive Plastic Molds Reduce Mold Cycle Times
Molding composites in autoclaves can be very time consuming. Finding the right balance of heat and temperature to apply while maintaining a reasonable... read more »
Polish Race Team Gets Lightweight AM Upgrades
A kart racing team in Poland has made use of additive manufacturing to further reduce the weight of their already lean PMT-03 racing... read more »
