Clinical Reliability of FFF Printed PEEK Implants Quantified
Machined PEEK plastic has been used in custom cranial implants for some time, as it is strong, light, and biocompatible. Recent efforts have... read more »
3D Printing News
Bringing you the latest 3D printing news from industry, academia and government projects all around the world. From press releases to research papers - come join us, and learn about the hottest trends in additive manufacturing.
3D Printing a Drill-Powered eScooter
When you need to commute a short distance, there’s hardly a better choice today than an electric scooter; they’re fun, practical, and affordable.... read more »
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 »
Baseball Glove Gets the AM Treatment
The Olympics is almost over, having brought many stories of 3D printed sporting goods to the public eye. But the world of sports... read more »
3D Printed Handlebar Fails During Olympic Race
This years’ Olympics in Tokyo have seen a boom in 3D printed sporting goods employed over a range of competitions. Cyclists in particular... read more »
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 »
Adidas Unveils 20 gram Lattice Sunglasses
How many new ways are there to mount eyewear to your face? Probably not many more...after several centuries of eyewear manufacturing, it’s definitely... read more »
Largest Plastic Aircraft Part Printed
Aerospace is gradually looking at new ways to replace metals with plastics, and existing plastics with even better, modern plastics, composites, and manufacturing... read more »
Webinar: Advancing Productivity with Figure 4 High Density Stacking
How do you get the best value from additive manufacturing, while scaling from prototyping up to larger production runs? One way to do... read more »
Printed Titanium Bike Handlebars Debut at Olympics
It’s Olympics time in Japan, and that means it’s time for sports equipment manufacturers to show off their wares to the sports-spectating public... read more »
Thermally Conductive Plastic Molds Reduce Mold Cycle Times
Molding composites in autoclaves can be very time consuming. Finding the right balance of heat and temperature to apply while maintaining a reasonable... read more »
Polish Race Team Gets Lightweight AM Upgrades
A kart racing team in Poland has made use of additive manufacturing to further reduce the weight of their already lean PMT-03 racing... read more »
Rotterdam Port Installs 3D Printed Bollards
Bollard is a strange word and is not widely used outside of the UK and America. So just to clarify, a bollard is... read more »
Webinar: How to Reduce Metal 3D Printing Costs with a Reduced Support Strategy
Post-processing of metal AM parts can account for a significant portion of the total cost of making the part, with figures ranging from... read more »
Two New 3D Printed Bridges Unveiled to the Public
3D printed bridges are apparently like buses in the sense that you wait a lifetime for one to materialize, and then two show... read more »
Super Quiet Drone Propeller Design Wins Contest
Canada-based aerospace company Delson Aeronautics has won engineering support to assist with the development of their new super quiet drone propellers, which are... read more »
3D Printed Brace Helps Dutch Hockey Team Win European Championship
The Dutch national hockey team very nearly found themselves without a captain recently, when triple Olympic medallist Eva de Goede fractured her wrist... read more »
3D Printed Magnetic Microfilter Can Be Controlled Remotely
Microfluidic devices are already small, which is why they’re so often 3D printed, but the particles suspended in the fluids that go in... read more »
Aussie Subs to Get Cold Spray Repairs In-Situ
Over the last year we have seen wider adoption of AM processes for use in repairing items, particularly in the marine and aerospace... read more »
Two Teams Win NASA’s Vascular Tissue Challenge Using 3D Printing
NASA started a competition in 2016 challenging entrants to “create thick, vascularized human organ tissue in an in-vitro environment to advance research and... read more »
