DOE Funds Automotive Industry Printing for Sensors and Fault Detection
University of North Texas has just received a couple of Department of Energy (DOE) grants to push forward their ongoing research into 3D... read more »
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Additive Drives Gets 1.5 Million Dollars Seed Funding for AM Motor Components
Manufacturing coil windings for motors (and other components) is fantastically labour intensive, requiring many steps for converting the raw material into the end-use... read more »
Kywoo Tycoon 3D Printer Launched on Kickstarter
Today at 9:00 a.m. EST, 3D printer manufacturer Kywoo launched their first 3D printer on Kickstarter. The Tycoon will be available for pre-order... read more »
AM-Flow Raises $4 Million to Automate 3D Printing Factories
3D printing and automation go hand in hand. After all, 3D printing is a type of automated manufacturing. The drive within the industry... read more »
Loctite 3D IND405 Clear Material Now Available to Carbon Customers
Carbon, the California-based DLS 3D printer manufacturer, and Henkel, the globally operating adhesive and sealants conglomerate, have announced a partnership agreement to collaborate... read more »
3D Printing Glass Fixtures for Facades
Building glass facades help to create a smooth aesthetic for buildings, often concealing structure underneath to create something more visually fitting for the... read more »
Tuneable Stiffness from Crosslinked Polymers
Tunable stiffness is highly desirable in the world of medical implant manufacture. When 3D printing prosthetics (especially bone replacements) it’s important to get... read more »
Turn an Xbox Controller into a HOTAS Flight System with this 3D Printed Extension
With the release of Microsoft’s Flight Simulator 2020, it seems like everyone is a flight sim expert. The immersive game can be played... read more »
3D Printing Metal and Plastic in One Go
Metal and plastic hybrid 3D printing has long been the aim of those wishing to print PCBs and rudimentary electronic components, such as... read more »
3D Printed Tensegrity Soft Robots
Additive manufacturing and tensegrity and robots? Soft ones? These are three of our favorite things. A South Korean research team from Ulsan National... read more »
Fraunhofer Fusion Factory Unveiled at IFAM
The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM) in collaboration with XERION BERLIN LABORATORIES has shown off their new Fusion Factory... read more »
ICON gets Contract for Moon Printing
US-based architectural 3D printer company ICON has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract including funding from NASA, which will help them... read more »
Wilhelmsen and thyssenkrupp to 3D Print Ship Spare Parts
In a joint venture just announced, Wilhelmsen and thyssenkrupp will examine ship supply chains to look for ideal applications to 3D print replacement... read more »
AM Checklists Assist with Quality Medical Printing During COVID
It is no secret that COVID has put a strain on medical device production. Items ranging from PPE equipment to nasal swabs to... read more »
Hexcel Launches HexPEKK SLS Material with EM Shielding and Radar Absorption
Hexcel, an advanced materials supplier, has recently launched HexPEKK EM, formulated specifically to meet the static electricity management, electromagnetic shielding, and radiation absorption... read more »
Researchers Demonstrate Multi-Material Micro SLA
Last week we covered a new additive manufacturing method for printing multiple materials into a single part. But whereas the Fraunhofer Institute printer... read more »
Digital Twins and 3D Printing for Army Helicopters
We are seeing more and more stories at the intersection of 3D printing and Digital Twin / VR technology recently, especially it seems... read more »
mHUB Launches Incubator for Hardtech Startups
Prices are still higher than normal on a wide range of goods in the US due to breakdowns in global supply chains that... read more »
Multi Material Printing With Micro Dosed Slurry Drops
There are countless examples of 3D printers capable of printing one or two polymers. But what if you want to print more than... read more »
Graphite-laced ESD Material for SLS Hits Shelves
A couple of months ago we took a look at a range of 3D printing materials with various electrical and thermal properties. The... read more »
