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Topology Optimization for 3D Printing Hits the Cloud with Generate

As a manufacturing technology, 3D printing is only as powerful as the designs that it is used to create.

GrabCAD Print Makes Public Debut

Earlier this year, Stratasys announced the launch of a new software for streamlined print management called GrabCAD Print.

Carbon Dives into Ultra-Fast CLIP 3D Printing

With a stunning reveal during a TED Talk last year, Carbon quickly became the apple of the 3D printing industry’s eye.

Siemens Launches 3D Printing Software Suite

There’s no more need to say that 3D printing has finally “made it” in the world of industrial manufacturing. Now, it’s time to really make it work and to fully integrate it into the manufacturing supply chain.

Deloitte Discusses 3D Printing and Commercial Real Estate

Technological advancements don’t simply affect the lives of individuals, but actually reshape entire societies. What could be more indicative of this power than the change that happens to the buildings in which we live and work?

Corporate Behemoth and U.S. Billionaire Square Off Over Metal 3D Printing

GE shook the world of 3D printing last month when it announced a bid to acquire leading metal 3D printer manufacturers Arcam and SLM Solutions for a combined $1.4 billion.

DLP 3D Printing Does Metal with Prodways

It’s no secret that metal 3D printing is becoming big business.

Optomec Introduces Hybrid Metal 3D Printing at Half the Cost

At the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) 2016, it was clear that 3D printing was no longer a tool for prototyping, but something capable of aiding in the manufacturing process—whether it be the 3D printing of tooling or end products themselves.

What Does Facebook Want with a 3D Printing Hardware Company?

Last week the world’s largest social media company bought a small startup with a unique offering: 3D-printed, modular electronics.

A First Look at Figure 4, Industrial 3D Printing from 3D Systems

As the industrial 3D printing market shifts into fifth gear, all of the major 3D printer manufacturers are unveiling new systems best fitted for end part production.

Johnson & Johnson Adopts Cutting Edge 3D Printing for the Future of Medical Devices

Healthcare is one of the industries to most dramatically see changes occur due to the use of 3D printing technology.

Four Lasers Are Better Than One with New EOS Metal 3D Printer

Ahead of the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS), the largest manufacturing trade show in North America, some 3D printing companies are already spreading their feathers.

LLNL Sheds Light on 3D Printing Next-Gen Metamaterials

U.S. government labs have become involved in 3D printing in a big way, necessarily adopting the technology for research and development purposes since the technology’s inception, but also pushing the boundaries of what 3D printing is truly capable of.

Carbon Expands 3D Printing Service Bureau Network

Given the speed and materials possible with continuous liquid interface production (CLIP)—the groundbreaking 3D printing tech developed by Carbon—it’s not surprising that large manufacturers such as BMW and Delphi Automotive have taken the tech on board for prototyping and short-run production.

The Ceramaker 3D Printer: A Specialty Machine for Specialty Materials

While ceramics may be among the oldest and most widespread of materials used by humanity, ceramics 3D printing has a much more narrow set of applications.

Russian 3D Printing Goes Nuclear

While Russia has its fair share of 3D printing–related businesses and research activities, the country may be farther behind in adoption when compared to the United States, Europe and the rest of Asia.

Hacking the TSA’s Master Keys: 3D Printing Adds a New Dimension to Privacy and Security

Another year, another hacker conference, another method for 3D printing keys to previously unhackable locks.

Nano Dimension Adds Electricity to Multimaterial 3D Printing

About 30 years ago, 3D printing began as a technology for rapid prototyping, allowing designers, engineers and manufacturers to quickly produce physical mockups of their designs.

Sigma Labs Introduces Much-Needed In-Process Quality Assurance to Metal 3D Printing

Metal 3D printing enables the production of new, more efficient and intricate geometries, with the potential to reduce costs and increase the performance of a given product.

Desktop Metal Raises $52 Million in Funding from GE Ventures, Saudi Aramco and More

While polymer 3D printing has its place in the production of end parts, metal may be where the real value lies for disrupting the manufacturing industry.

Juno’s 3D-Printed Parts Survive Trip to Jupiter

After a five-year journey, NASA’s Juno spacecraft has arrived at its destination: the orbit of Jupiter, where it will collect data about the solar system’s largest planet.

DWS DigitalWax 020D

Italian firm DWS has been manufacturing vat photopolymerization 3D printers since 2005, first with the name Next Factory, and then as Digital Wax Systems (DWS) starting in 2007.

Russian Team Aims to Send Carbon Fiber 3D Printing to Space

When the first 3D printer in space landed at the International Space Station (ISS), it could 3D print with ABS, the plastic found in LEGO bricks.

Is a Giant Paper 3D Printer on the Way?

With the worlds of 2D and 3D printing starting to blend together, the world’s largest printing equipment exhibition, drupa, is starting to see 3D printer manufacturers demonstrating their wares to drupa attendees.

EnvisionTEC Unveils Continuous DLP 3D Printer

Once Carbon broke the Internet with its ultra-fast continuous liquid interface production (CLIP) technology in 2015, the race was on for other manufacturers of vat polymerization 3D printers to demonstrate their own rapid 3D printing processes.

Fast Radius Introduces Virtual Inventory for 21st-Century Manufacturing

The industrial revolution paved the way for massive technological progress, but left in its wake an innumerable list of problems that run the gamut from ecological to social woes.

Prodways Releases Its First Sub-$115,000 SLS 3D Printer

The ProMaker P1000 3D printer is Prodways’ entry-level industrial-grade SLS 3D printer. (Image courtesy of Prodways.)

3Discovered Offers Secret of Eternal Life for Spare Parts with 3D Printing

In the 3D printing industry, nothing may be more wasteful than an idle 3D printer, particularly when it comes to industrial systems that can cost tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Dubai Seeks to 3D Print 25 Percent of Its Buildings by 2030

The United States launched its pilot institute for 3D printing, America Makes, in 2012, following up with several more in the proceeding years.

Plural AM Leverages Low-Cost Industrial Systems for Additive Manufacturing in the U.S.

Stratasys invented fused deposition modeling (FDM) in 1989, establishing itself as a leader in the field with its brand of plastic extrusion.

MIT Team 3D Prints Functioning Robot in a Single Step

Though the field of robotics is evolving at a rapid pace, there is a good deal of progress to be made on almost every front.

3ntr’s Industrial 3D Printers Enter the U.S. via Plural AM

For quite some time, the only manufacturer of industrial thermoplastic extrusion, or fused deposition modeling (FDM), 3D printers was Stratasys, a leader in the 3D printing space that only became more powerful after merging with Israel’s Objet in 2012.

Divergent Wants to Be World’s First 3D Printed Supercar

Kevin Czinger wants to completely change the way automobiles are built.

Who Knew Replicating a Functional BB-8 Would Be So Hard?

Most moviegoers leave the special effects to the professionals. Firefighter Ed Zarick, however, was not content with seeing BB-8 rolling around the silver screen of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

High-Rise Prefab Housing Looks to 3D Printing

The scale of what 3D printing may be used for continues to grow. The Singapore Centre for 3D Printing, based at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), is currently initiating a project to construct high-rise public housing using concrete 3D printing.

3D Printer Goes into Beast Mode

Origin Laboratories promised to go into beast mode. They sold the idea that they could guarantee the authenticity of a line of Beast Mode footwear with an electronic tag, but now they had to produce it.

Sciaky Brings Tighter Precision to Metal AM

Sciaky has announced the introduction of a closed-loop control system named IRISS for its electron beam additive manufacturing (EBAM) system.

Fraunhofer’s Metal 3D Screen Printing Achieves Mass Production of Intricate Metal Parts

Critical to the adoption of additive manufacturing in the aerospace, automotive and defense industries, metal 3D printing is poised to see significant advances in the near future.

AM Provides an Answer for ESD-Safe Aerospace Parts

Outer space is an isolated place. Whether you’re an astronaut on an EVA, a satellite in orbit or a deep space probe traversing the solar system, one thing’s for sure, you’re completely cut off from Earth, its resources and the engineers that can solve any unexpected problems that may arise.

Siemens Opens Metal AM Facility in Sweden

Siemens has announced a $23.98M investment in a new metal additive manufacturing facility in Finspång, Sweden.

Graphene 3D Labs’ Magnetic Material for 3D Printing

Graphene 3D Labs has announced a newly available 3D-printable PLA filament that’s magnetically conductive.

3D Printer Carves Out Niche for Big Parts

At first glance, 3D printing is a broad, horizontal technology. But each industry will have its unique needs for 3D printing. A 3D printing manufacturer can turn a specialized technique into a large niche market.

Metal 3D Printer Monitors Its Own Builds

EOS was on hand at Formnext in Frankfurt, Germany, to emphasize its expertise in industrial 3D printing and its ability to make larger, faster, smaller and higher-quality 3D-printed parts.

3D-Printed Ceramics Withstand Ultrahigh Temperatures

Ceramic materials are ideal for a wide range of applications from jet engine components to intricate microelectromechanical parts.

Manufacturing Wearable Computers with 3D-Printed Textiles

Did you know that the first wearable electronic computer was built to cheat at roulette?

Printable Concrete: Coming Soon to a Construction Site Near You

We’ve reported on 3D printing concrete before, but 2016 looks to be the year that will finally see this production technique in widespread use.

Making High Quality Movie Props Quickly

Even with all the computer-generated imagery (CGI) in movies these days, concrete practical effects aren’t going away anytime soon.

The Objet350 Connex3

Stratasys’ Objet350 Connex3 is a mid-sized PolyJet printer that can be used for a wide variety of applications including functional prototypes, marketing, jig and fixtures and much more.

The Stratasys Fortus 250mc

If you are considering an industrial 3D printer for a lab, business or classroom the Fortus 250mc may be the right choice for you.

3D Printing Sensors onto Aerospace Components

Maintaining jet aircraft is costly and time-consuming, but a new method for printing sensors onto aerospace components could help optimize that process.

IT’S ALIVE!? 3D Printing of Micro-Organs

Printing functioning organs may still sound like science fiction, but a new process for creating embryoid bodies (EB) by 3D printing embryonic stem cells (ESC) could bring us another step closer to turning science fiction into science fact.

MIT Researchers Experiment with 3D Printed Habitats for Mars

Sustaining human life on Mars is becoming a real consideration for NASA.

Stratasys’s 3D Technology Helps Perform Medical Miracle on 5-Year-Old

The most impactful use of 3D technology in the real world comes from the medical field.

The Stratasys Objet 24 3D Printer

Using PolyJet 3D printing technology, the Objet24 features 28µ print layers and a 240 mm x 200 mm x 150 mm (9.45 in. x 7.87 in. x 5.9 in.) tray size.

Artists Get a Hand Making Colorful 3D Prints

In a major announcement at Adobe MAX, 3D printing and additive manufacturing leader, Stratasys, and design software giant, Adobe, revealed that they will be joining forces to provide high-quality, color 3D printing solutions for creative professionals around the world.

German RepRap Rolls Out New 3D Printing Filament

German RepRap’s new Carbon20 printer filament is made from 20 percent carbon fiber and has several applications.

New HASCO/Stratasys Hybrid System 3D Prints Inserts For Injection Molded Prototypes

Stratasys Ltd. and mold maker HASCO have announced a new approach to the production of low volume injection molded prototypes that could be a quicker and more cost-effective hybrid system.

More than 100 New Additive Manufacturing Machines and Materials Added to Senvol Database

A tremendous amount of information exists in the industrial additive manufacturing industry, with many companies – old and new – competing for customer dollars and attention.

Engineers Thoughts on the Impact of 3D Printing in Traditional Manufacturing

At the conclusion of the recent opening of their facility to the media, Joe Allison, CEO of Stratasys Direct Manufacturing introduced SMS Research Advisors.

MIT’s MultiFab 3D Printer Prints in 10 Materials and Embeds Components

MIT recently reported that they’ve created a 3D printer that fabricates objects from 10 different materials at the same time, using a combination of “machine vision” and 3D scanning.

Zare Reduces Manufacturing Costs by Implementing Fortus Additive Manufacturing System

Stratasys recently announced that Zare, a manufacturing service bureau based in Italy, cut its manufacturing costs by 50 percent in the aerospace and automotive industries by implementing a series of Stratasys Fortus 3D production systems.

The Renishaw AM250 Additive Manufacturing System

Utilizing a high-powered fiber laser to print 20µm- to 100µm-thick layers of fully dense metal directly from 3D CAD data, the Renishaw AM250’s fine metal powder melting process offers fast additive manufacturing for metal parts.

Binder Jetting for Investment Casting: AM Is Transforming an Age-Old Industrial Process

Investment casting is one of humanity’s oldest manufacturing technologies.

3D Scans of Lost Michelangelo Statues to Help in Their Preservation

Faculty from the Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) and the Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick in the UK are working in collaboration with art historians from the University of Cambridge.

A Glimpse at Autodesk’s Robotics Lab of the Future

A recent piece by FastCompany details the new direction that software giant Autodesk is moving at their Applied Research Lab at Pier 9 in San Francisco.

What’s the Future of High-Speed 3D Printing – The Non-Metallic Edition

A few years back it looked as though 3D printing was set to take off. For those who were new to the tech the possibilities seemed endless. And then they didn’t.

Smooth or Bumpy? New 3D-Printed Surfaces Change on Demand

An MIT team has been working on a way to make soft materials using a 3D printer.

Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Takes Off with 3D Printed Parts from Windform Materials

FLYING-CAM began the close range aerial filming concept in the 1970s, leading the way with its Flying-Cam II.

Stratasys and Creaform Enter 3D Printing and 3D Scanning Agreement

Stratasys announced an interesting joint marketing partnership in North America with Creaform, which manufactures cutting-edge 3D scanning technology.

3D Systems Announces Additive Manufacture of Heat Exchangers with Honeywell International

3D Systems announced its part in a $1.3 million contract to design, build and test an aircraft heat exchanger that is to be 3D printed.

World’s First 3D Printed Photosynthetic Wearable

Stratasys announced that its long-term collaborator, architect and designer Neri Oxman, has revealed the world’s first 3D printed photosynthetic wearable, “embedded with living matter.”

Could This Unusual Material Be 3D Printed?

Japanese plastics company Polysis unveiled a peculiar plastic that we think could be of interest to 3D printing.

Stratasys Produces 3D Printed Parts For New Airbus Aircraft

Stratasys announced that Airbus has produced more than 1000 flight parts on its Stratasys FDM 3D Production Systems for use in the first-of-type A350 XWB aircraft, which was delivered in December 2014.

Researchers Create New Class Of 3D Printed Aerogels

Using a 3D printing technique called direct ink writing, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers created graphene aerogel micro lattices with an engineered architecture.

3D Printed Component To Blast Off On The Atlas V

As 3D printing technology continues to improve, more industries and companies are analyzing how they can incorporate it into their existing production processes.

Sand Casting on a Large Scale with the S-Max 3D Printer from ExOne

The ExOne S-Max has held its place as the world’s largest sand-casting additive manufacturing system since its introduction in 2010.

Looking to 3D Print a Large Hi-Res Plastic Model? Consider the Fortus 900mc

Stratasys’ Fortus 900mc is the largest, most accurate 3D printer in the company’s Performance line-up.

Sand Casting on a Large Scale with the S-Max 3D Printer from ExOne

The ExOne S-Max has held its place as the world’s largest sand-casting additive manufacturing system since its introduction in 2010.

Conductive Graphene Filament for 3D Printing

The long awaited Conductive Graphene Filament from Graphene 3D Lab Inc. (GGG) hit the market today.

Stratasys Introduces a New 3D Printer to its Dental Line

Stratasys has introduced a new addition to its line of dental printers, the Objet260 Dental Selection. Leveraging Stratasys’ unique triple-jetting technology, the Objet260 Dental Selection raises the bar in 3D printed dental model realism to improve the accuracy and efficacy of digital dentistry.

3D Printed Parts Provide Low-Cost Alternative for Lab Equipment

The 3-D printing scene, a growing favorite of do-it-yourselfers, has spread to the study of plasma physics.

3D Printing, Scanning Bring Insights to Stegosaurus Research

While the Stegosaurus happily competes with both the Tyrannosaurus rex and the Diplodocus as being every other child’s favourite dinosaur,

Katy Perry’s Halftime Show Shows Off FDM & Polyjet Tech

Stratasys has announced that its technology is illuminating the stage in the opening song of US pop star, Katy Perry’s Prismatic World Tour with vibrantly colored 3D printed mohawks produced by leading Hollywood special effects company, Legacy Effects.