3D Printing Blog

1000 Kelvin announced today they have established a very intriguing partnership with Fieldmade.

This week’s selection is “A Beginner’s Guide To Using A Circular Sock Knitting Machine: Machine With Metal Needles” by Harry Rogers.

A reminder to readers that Fabbaloo has launched our annual reader survey for 2024, with a big prize at stake.

There’s been an interesting chemical development that may affect 3D printing in the far future.

Some very interesting developments at One Click Metal.

This week’s selection is the massive Triceratops Skull by Prusa Research.

Once again we take a look at the valuations of the major 3D printing companies over the past week.

Charles Goulding and Valentina Alzate consider the impact of the failed Adobe-Figma acquisition on 3D printing innovation.

As usual, my recent conversation with Xact Metal revealed some interesting insights into the metal 3D printing industry.

Researchers have developed an effective way to 3D print shape memory objects.

There are now multiple construction 3D printer manufacturers on the planet, and one of them is RIC Technology.

MIT researchers use additive manufacturing to produce a key mass spectrometer component for just a few dollars and in less than a day.

Do you know how to easily re-spool 3D printer filament?

Velo3D published an interesting set of statistics regarding security in additive manufacturing.

Sinterjet has developed a precious metal 3D printer.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi emphasize 3D printing in four powerhouse cities.

Controversy erupts over community-built replacement firmware for Bambu Lab 3D printers.

Interesting news from Formlabs yesterday: they’ve introduced a resin pumping accessory for large prints.

Wayland Additive has been busy expanding their operations.

According to research at Loughborough University, led by Dr. Simin Li, the novel digital workflow significantly increases accessibility and production speed.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi discuss the transformative impact of 3D printing on the aviation Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) industry.

Many have asked, so here’s my thoughts on the new year of 2024 and 3D printing.

Could Mingda be making a switch towards larger, professional 3D printers?

There’s more evidence of microplastics causing negative effects, which will eventually affect 3D printing.

This week’s selection is “Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want” by Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, Gregory Bernarda, and Alan Smith.

6K Additive is set for expansion.

I had a chat with Replique, a German additive manufacturing network.

NASA announced they’ve 3D printed a very different type of rocket engine.

This week’s selection is Hìtëkw, a 3D Printed Metal Tennis Racket by All Design Lab and Protolabs.

Once again we take a look at the valuations of the major 3D printing companies over the past week.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi examine the role of 3D printing in the context of weight loss medications.

The latest 3D printers offer a slew of new features, but which ones are important?

There’s an elastomeric twist to the digital inventory concept I hadn’t heard previously.

AM-FLOW has an interesting concept for handling completed 3D prints that beats the robots.

An Inventor tutorial.

Our look at the Bambu Lab A1 desktop FFF 3D printer concludes with software, print results and final thoughts.

Our look at the Bambu Lab A1 desktop FFF 3D printer continues with a look at setup, calibration, and operations.

We had the opportunity to test out the brand new Bambu Lab A1 desktop FFF 3D printer, and it’s quite a machine.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi discuss recent trends in consumer discretionary spending and how 3D printing can play a role.

It’s 2024, and many people are making predictions.

I’m reading an interesting post by 3D Alliances about the hope for 3D print company stocks in 2024.

I had an interesting visit with CEAD to learn about their massive robotic 3D printing system.

The update brings significant enhancements in material compatibility, user collaboration, and printing flexibility to the Bambu Lab ecosystem.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi examine what Poly Risks mean for the 3D printing industry.

Fabbaloo has launched our annual reader survey for 2024, and there is an incredible prize available for participation.

We caught up with Jellypipe, and learned they are doing some interesting things with AI.

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have developed a 3D printed “body on chip”.

3D printer operators tend to be creative types. That’s the purpose of the device, to create new things. Once an operator learns how to design their own objects in CAD tools,…

This week’s selection is the 2024 Shutter Shades by Printables contributor Teque5.

Once again we take a look at the valuations of the major 3D printing companies over the past week.