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Polypropylene (PP) is one of the most important plastic materials, combining excellent recyclability with advantageous properties in terms of mechanics, chemical resistance and biocompati...
Read More »When we hear the phrase “3D printed bearing” the first thing that may come to mind are the many videos of YouTubers testing if you can print balls in-situ inside a bearing case. The answer ...
Read More »Plastic waste is a huge problem for the oceans of planet Earth. Humans produce over 300 million tons every year and at least 8 million tons of that ends up in the ocean. 80% of all ocean ...
Read More »3D printer manufacturers are increasingly directing their attention to professional and industrial users, making their hardware more robust to improve repeatability and reliability. That ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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’ ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »BigRep has customers in dozens of countries across the world. To provide the most consistent results for that massive network, they also make their own filament in 10 different materials. ...
Read More »In our efforts to empower our readers, we’ve reviewed another popular filament, colorFabb XT. This is a product of the Netherlands, a hotbed of 3D printing activity and development, so we ...
Read More »FDM 3D printers excel at quickly getting objects in hand. But often those objects aren’t the right color or they’re a bit rough. Sometimes that’s okay because it’s a very early-stage ...
Read More »Ever since BASF announced their Ultrafuse 316L a couple months ago, we’ve been itching to get our hands on this filament that promises fully-metal objects using most desktop 3D printers. ...
Read More »A collaboration between filament manufacturer Filamentive and wall mounting solutions producer Pengraff UK has resulted in a new sustainable business model that takes into account ...
Read More »A joint development agreement between Terrafilum and XG Sciences seeks to produce graphene-enhanced filament and coatings. Carbon fiber is a popular additive in materials to make them extra ...
Read More »Stratasys recently unveiled a selection of high-performance, production-grade materials intended for manufacturing, aerospace, and automotive applications. The new offerings are especially ...
Read More »Researchers at Washington State University have developed a composite mixture of PLA and coffee ground waste that is both tough and environmentally friendly. The project aims to illuminate ...
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