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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3D Printing News
General Atomics Launch First 3D Printed Metal Parts
Drone manufacturer General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has teamed up with GE Additive to develop their first metal printed component. The whole process from development to first ...
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GE Produces Minimal Print Face Mask
The Covid pandemic has shown a spike in output from home 3D printing enthusiasts and industrial bodies alike. Many online designs suffer from a common feature however… they take several ...
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The Mysterious 3D Printed Part in the Tesla Model Y
Just recently on a teardown video of a Tesla Model Y, a manufacturing engineering consultancy firm made a strange discovery. The firm, Michigan-based company Munro & Associates, ...
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Wasp Releases New Concrete Printer
Italian industrial 3D printer manufacturer Wasp has just released the latest addition to its range of industrial and architectural 3D printers, the Delta Wasp 3MT Concrete. As you can ...
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Photopolymer Prints that Grow
What use could you find for a structure that grows in volume with the application of heat? Maybe some form of spacecraft structure, where volume requirements are at a premium? These are ...
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3D Printing Goes Nuclear TWICE in One Week
As 3D printing technologies, processes and standards have matured, we have seen additive manufacturing climb the ranks of technically complex manufacturing fields. We have seen additive ...
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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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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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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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3D Printing and COVID-19
As countries around the world grapple with the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), there have been several 3D printing-related occurrences worth reporting. Last month we told you about ...
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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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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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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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Siemens Adds More 3D Printers to Support 30-Year Rail Maintenance Contracts
When we first covered Siemens working with Deutsche Bahn to 3D print replacement parts for their trains, the scope was limited to German and UK rails. Now, Siemens Mobility Services is ...
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