Metal AM Medical Implants Taking off in China
China is embracing metal additive manufacturing for the large scale manufacture of medical implants. Beijing-based AK Medical have been in the implant game... read more »
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YouTuber Makes Metal Terminator Skull with Lost PLA Casting
YouTube recommendations can lead down some strange rabbit holes sometimes. My own recommendations mainly consist of videos of people eating 50-year old MRE... read more »
Mosaic Launches Array, An Automated 3D Printing Platform
Mosaic has made a name for themselves in the multi-color 3D printing world with their popular Palette system, a sophisticated device that turns... read more »
AM Prototypes and Generative Design Builds a better Bow
When we hear the term generative design, our minds often turn immediately to 3D printing. This is totally understandable, the two technologies do... read more »
Baubot Construction Robot Can 3D Print And More
At this point, construction-scale 3D printers that can print houses aren’t exactly new. Most of those house printers are essentially just very large... read more »
3D Printed Supercapacitor for Space Exploration
Storing energy on space missions can be tricky. Batteries do not like the cold of space and so have to be heated in... read more »
20ft Rocket Stage 3D Printed and Ready for Test
California-based space company Relativity Space has shared a bunch of new pictures on their social media showing the progress of their metal AM... read more »
Saab Tests AM for Battle Damage Repairs on Gripen Fighter
Most of our aviation-related 3D printed stories focus on internal components hidden deep inside aircraft machinery, and most of those stories focus on... read more »
3D Printing Fixtures and Masking Just Got Easier
Approximately 10% of all plastic AM goes into the manufacture of plastic fixtures ranging from brackets to jigs. And apparently, only 1% of... read more »
Polaroid’s Candy Printing Pen
Hey, remember Polaroid? Polaroid used to make cameras until Industry 4.0 came along and replaced film with memory cards. In the last decade... read more »
Researchers Grow Brain in 3D Printed Microfluidic Bioreactor
Microfluidic systems may be small, but they’re likely to be among the fastest growing applications for 3D printing in the coming years due... read more »
3D Print Ceramic And Use Your Home Microwave As A Kiln
Chinese ceramic printer company Cerambot has just announced the release of their new ceramic printer, dubbed the Cerambot Eazao, following on the success... read more »
Ford and HP Recycle 3D Printing Waste Into Molded Car Parts
End of life waste management of automotive materials is a huge task, with the auto vehicle recycling industry is the 16th largest sector... read more »
Metaplas Foldable Multimaterials
A team of researchers from the Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London (UCL) has recently shared their 3D printed multi-polymer design... read more »
Plasma-based AM Powder Manufacture may Reduce Powder Costs
PyroGenesis, a Montreal-based company with experience in advanced plasma processes and products has figured a way out to reduce the manufacturing costs of... read more »
Self Assembling Mini Factory Makes Sandwiches
If you have ever wondered if your 3D printer can make you a sandwich and fold your shirts then you’ll be pleased to... read more »
Plybot Successfully Completes Crowdfunding for SCARA-type Arm Printer
For anyone bored of the current array of cartesian, H-Bot or CoreXY printers available on the market, you may be please to know... read more »
Building to get Freeform 3D Printed Composite Facade
A building facade has been printed in Chattanooga, USA, and will be mounted onto the front of a local branch of the Tennessee... read more »
Warner Bros Partners up to 3D Print Licenced Toys
Warner Bros are teaming up with toy printing 3D printer manufacturer Toybox to allow users to print licenced toys from the WB roster... read more »
3D Printed Face Fools Facial Recognition Software
Olaf Diegel is a familiar name in the world of additive manufacturing, largely thanks to his collection of self-designed/manufactured 3D printed guitars. When... read more »
