Ice Cold: A New Day For Thermal Desalination And 3D Printing
Charles Goulding Jr. dives into 3D printing used for thermal desalination applications.
Autodesk Adds Powerhouse Manufacturing Tools to Fusion 360
Autodesk announced during its recent Advanced Manufacturing Summit that some of its powerhouse manufacturing tools would be added to Fusion 360, including PowerMill, PowerShape and PowerInspect.
Additive Industries Lands An Important Partnership
Additive Industries announced a partnership with Makino, and this should enable the company to provide significant additional functionality.
The Jig Is Up: 3D Printing Fixtures Is About To Be Much More Efficient
Stratasys and nTopology execs share a look at their new collaboration, starting with an impressive FDM Assembly Fixture Generator.
Additive Assurance’s Revolutionary Quality Control System, AMiRIS
A startup company has developed a unique method of certifying the quality of 3D printed metal parts.
Back To The Garage For 3D Printing Innovation
Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi consider innovation in 2020, when many are returning to their own garage setups.
CAD Exchanger Adds CATIA, DWG, U3D, FBX Support
If you’re a user of multiple CAD platforms and 3D creation apps…
Pop Up 3D Prints Of The Future
Researchers have been experimenting with techniques to 3D print objects that can be unfolded into their full size after printing.
Prusa Research’s Amazing New Materials Table
Prusa Research has released an extremely interesting and highly useful materials table.
Connecting At Formnext Connect
The biggest event in additive manufacturing looks a bit different this year, as Formnext Connect connects us virtually.
Mimaki Introduces “Accessible” Full Color 3D Printer
Continuing on its mission to bring 10 million colors to 3D printing, Mimaki has just announced a new “baby” in its family: the 3DUJ-2207 UV-LED 3D printer.
Conversational Commerce Versus Traditional Customer Sales Processes
Adam Friedman and Ryan Donley examine AI-driven conversational commerce, which was growing technology in 2018 and 2019 and is experiencing rapid growth in 2020 due to the pandemic.
INTAMSYS Has Big Plans For 2021
In a briefing earlier today I learned about INTAMSYS’ plans for 2021, and they are quite ambitious.
SLM Solution’s “Miracle Machine”: The NXG XII 600
SLM Solutions has released a breakthrough metal 3D printer, the massive NXG XII 600.
Desktop Metal Continues AM Software Focus With Live Sinter
Sintering is a necessary step in metal 3D printing, and a new software application targets accurate compensation for distortions.
Two Manufacturing Processes That Excel In The Art Of Jewellery Making
It is quite challenging trying to fathom how two industrial techniques are used to create delicate jewelry. 3D printing is an additive process and CNC machining uses a subtractive technique, but…
Book of the Week: Parametric Solid Modeling Projects
This week’s selection is “Parametric Solid Modeling Projects” by Prof. Sham Tickoo of Purdue University.
Ultimaker Upgrades Entry-Level 3D Printer
Ultimaker announced a new entry-level 3D printer, the Ultimaker 2+ Connect.
Creality 3D Printer Operators Rejoice: Powerful Extrusion Upgrades Available
Bondtech and Slice Engineering announced the immediate availability of a series of upgrades designed for most of the Creality line of 3D printers.
3D Systems Announces Q3 2020 Results
3D systems announced their 2020Q3 financial results, and there were some interesting elements in the report.
3D Printing And Solar Panels
Charles R. Goulding and Peter Favata look at how the solar panel industry could make use of 3D printing technology.
Why Is There No Carbon Fiber 3D Printer Resin?
After a chance call from a reader, I wondered about the apparent unavailability of carbon fiber reinforced 3D printer resin, and learned a great deal.