3D Printed Bearings and Tribo-filaments
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 ...
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Turning Ocean Trash into Filament
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 ...
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EIBOS Launching Cyplopes Filament Dryer on Kickstarter
3D printer manufacturers are increasingly directing their attention to professional and industrial users, making their hardware more robust to improve repeatability and reliability. That ...
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Tested: colorFabb Filaments with Active Foaming Technology
3D Printers continue to improve year after year, but the fundamentals of the technology haven’t really changed much over the years. What I find to be more exciting is the new materials ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Hands-on Review: PRO HT Filament
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. ...
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Hands-on Review: colorFabb XT
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 ...
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Post-Processing FDM 3D Prints
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 ...
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Hands-on Review: Carbodeon uDiamond PLA Filament
While PLA and ABS are great, there’s a lot of interest in the 3D printing world for more functional materials. Material scientists have been hard at work creating new copolymers, alloys, and ...
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Hands-on Review: BASF Ultrafuse 316L Stainless Steel Filament
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. ...
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Pengraff UK 3D Prints Wall Mounting Solutions For Consumer Electronics With Recycled Materials
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 ...
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Graphene-Filled 3D Printing Filament In The Works
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 ...
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Stratasys Releases More Production-Grade Materials
Stratasys recently unveiled a selection of high-performance, production-grade materials intended for manufacturing, aerospace, and automotive applications. The new offerings are especially ...
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