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Best 3D Printers 2026: Buyer’s Guide

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Best 3D Printers 2026: Buyer’s Guide

Twenty printers tested and ranked, from $169 to the H2D.

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3D Scanners 2026: The Complete Buying Guide

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3D Scanners 2026: The Complete Buying Guide

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Best AI 3D Model Generators for 3D Printing (2026)

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  • Creality K3 Goes on Sale at $849: Four Nozzles, Swapped Instead of Filament
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  • Michigan State Engineers 3D Printed Helmet Inserts to Help Quarterbacks Tackle Crowd Noise
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SWISSto12 Passes Design Review for 5G Satellite Antennas With 3D-Printed Front Ends

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SWISSto12 Passes Design Review for 5G Satellite Antennas With 3D-Printed Front Ends

SWISSto12 has cleared the critical design review for the S- and Ka-band phased array antennas on UNIVITY's 5G…

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  • Best PLA filament
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  • Best ABS and ASA filament
  • Engineering filaments
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All filament guides

Resin

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  • Tough and ABS-like
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  • Metal 3D printing

How-tos and glossary

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Latest

  • SWISSto12 Passes Design Review for 5G Satellite Antennas With 3D-Printed Front Ends
  • Bambu Lab H3C Mixes Layer Heights on the Same Surface
  • UT San Antonio Turns Sargassum Seaweed Into 3D-Printed Runoff Filters
  • Creality K3 Goes on Sale at $849: Four Nozzles, Swapped Instead of Filament
  • Robo Nine Starts Printing First Fifty Robot Leader Arms
All news

Use cases

  • Prague Firefighters 3D Print Their Own Gear on a Prusa CORE One L
  • OECHSLER Scales Carbon Lattice Production to 40 Printers Running Around the Clock
  • Reverse Engineering Without CAD Data: How the MetroY Ultra Turns Physical Parts into Digital Designs
  • Michigan State Engineers 3D Printed Helmet Inserts to Help Quarterbacks Tackle Crowd Noise
  • 3D Printed Quiet Pickleball Unveiled
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Mantle Launches Complete Solution for Metal Mold Tooling

San Francisco company Mantle Inc.is launching a complete solution for the manufacture of 3D printed metal mold tooling, and it looks very interesting... read more »

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CERN to Spin-off AM Heat Exchangers

Researchers at CERN have been awarded funding to continue development of 3D printed cooling system components as part of the AHEAD project. The... read more »

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New Titanium AM Parts Coming to Airbus A350

The Airbus A350 already has more 3D printed parts than any other civil airliner. And that list of AM components will grow further... read more »

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Printing Single Crystal Nickel with Lasers

A team of researchers at the National Institute for Materials Science and Osaka University Graduate School of Engineering in Japan, has successfully demonstrated... read more »

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India’s AM Rocket Factory Opens its Doors

Indian aerospace engineering company Agnikul Cosmos has opened their first rocket printing factory at IIT Madras Research Park, Chennai. “Rocket Factory-1” is intended... read more »

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US Navy Installs First Metal Printer Onboard Ship

The US Navy has installed a new metal printer onboard the USS Essex, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship ported in Pearl Harbor, US.... read more »

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US Military Partner’s with MELD to help produce their next line of vehicles

The US Military recently partnered with ASTRO America, the American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute (ALMII), and MELD to incorporate 3D printing into... read more »

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Nuclear Debris Filter Design Gets the AM Makeover

Power company Westinghouse has announced that they have installed two 3D printed nuclear fuel debris filters in nuclear power plants in both Finland... read more »

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AM Saves GM From Parts Shortage Pickle

Last minute design changes are a royal pain in the butt, especially when the product release is looming on the horizon. This is... read more »

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Record Set for Titanium Deposition Rate

In traditional manufacturing, it is said that when choosing a process, it’s best to opt for the one that removes the largest amount... read more »

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Load-bearing Metal Parts Certified by EASA

It is always exciting to see a new first in certified aerospace metal components, and this one is particularly significant as it is... read more »

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AM Lattice Software Company Gen3D Acquired by Altair

UK-based lattice design software Gen3D has been acquired by simulation giant Altair. This is interesting to fans of topology optimization and other geometric... read more »

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New 3D Printed Rocket Engine (Available for Order)

Colorado-based rocket engine company Ursa Major has used 3D printing to build a reusable, liquid oxygen/methane rocket engine capable of delivering 200,000 lbs... read more »

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Insights Gained into Keyhole Pore Formation

Researchers at Heriot-Watt University working alongside collaborators from Carnegie-Mellon University and Argonne National Laboratory have published an article in Nature Communication detailing new... read more »

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Sennheiser Releases Space-grade AM Headphones

3D printed products that you can put inside your ear are not a new thing. The majority of hearing aid devices have been... read more »

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Alpine F1 Team uses AM to Manufacture Titanium Accumulator

Alpine has been working with 3D Systems on the production of a titanium hydraulic accumulator for their F1 car. The accumulator is part... read more »

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New Process Allows Multiple Metals on Single Printer

A team of Russian researchers from the The National University of Science and Technology MISiS Catalyst laboratory in Moscow have announced the development... read more »

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New Process Allows Multiple Metals on Single Printer

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 »

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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 »

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Indian Partnership Yields Country’s First AM Aero Engine Part

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 »

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Prusa XL (5-toolhead)

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Polymaker PolyMide CoPA

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Bambu Lab H2D

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Bambu Lab P2S Combo

~$699-$749
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Creality Hi

~$369
  • CoreXY motion with 500 mm/s speeds and a 300°C all-metal hotend in an open-frame desig…
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Prusament PA11

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