3D Printing Blog

polySpectra founder and CEO shares his quest for the Holy Grail of additive materials.

PrusaSlicer 2.6 has been released, and it includes quite a number of very useful new features.

We’ve learned quite a bit more about the “surprise” offer from 3D Systems to merge with Stratasys. 

Mosaic Manufacturing seems to be executing to plan.

Nora Touré interviews Ruba Hasan of 3Dinova.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi consider whether 3D print technology investment and innovation could be affected by interest in AI tech.

I finally got around to reading a post by Prusa Research about open source licensing, and have some thoughts.

3D Systems announced a partnership in Japan that reveals a side effect of corporate acquisitions.

If you need an update on Xact Metal’s progress, we have one.

The technique has now been used to print the world's smallest wine glass – although it holds hope for a range of more useful, industrial applications.

Charles Goulding and Valentina Alzate consider the potential for 3D printing in filtration technology.

A new service hopes to help you select 3D print colors.

3D print communities are migrating due to the Reddit controversy.

We had an interesting discussion with Markforged about their recent acquisition, Digital Metal.

This week’s selection is “Digital Gastronomy: From 3d Food Printing To Personalized Nutrition”.

Polystruder adds to their suite of filament production equipment.

Essentium’s in-house 3D print service is up and running.

I’m reading an interesting report from KPMG that ends up discussing additive manufacturing.

This week’s selection is the Fully 3D Printable Pirate Ship by Conner Sinewe.

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 look at how 3D printing can impact the consumer side of the automotive business.

One of Creality’s latest resin 3D printers has won an award.

Slice Engineering has released a powerful new professional-grade hot end, the Mosquito Prime.

How to balance speed, cost, and impact to leave a lasting impression at your next industry event.

Where are all the high speed 3D printers?

We had a chat with Creative 3D to learn about their latest professional 3D printer, the EVO.

Snapmaker announced a series of new products and hardware.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi consider IKEA's expansion plans as a way to increase their use of 3D printing.

We had a chat with the folks from Co Print to find out the latest on their interesting 3D printer accessories. Co Print is an Istanbul-based company that’s been around for…

Nano Dimension issued an extraordinarily aggressive press release regarding their latest proposal to take over Stratasys.

SUN METALON announced new funding and a new partnership.

Including comprehensive landscape assessments, detailed workshop analyses, targeted expert interviews, and more.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at the growing usage of 3D printing at Men's Sheds.

Pantheon has been making big strides forward with their incredible high-speed carbon fiber 3D printer, the HS3.

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a new way to use 3D printing for wound dressings.

A new alliance of providers could provide an easier way to develop and produce 3D printed medical implants.

This week’s selection is “Everything You Need to Know About Buying Your First 3D Printer” by Y. S. Parham.

AI is upon us, but what might it affect in the 3D printing universe?

Modix has developed an intriguing strategy to connect with 3D printer buyers.

There’s a new document from UL describing how to work with 3D printers in a safe manner.

This week’s selection is the detailed reconstruction of the Divje Babe Bone Flute by Matt Gilbert.

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 suggest 3D printing could greatly aid the progress of cobots.

I had some further thoughts on Anycubic’s latest FFF 3D printer, the Kobra 2.

There is an incredibly simple way to recycle dirty IPA from resin 3D printing.

How Sun Tzu’s advice helps drive success in metal 3D printing for production applications.

In the ever-evolving landscape of 3D scanning, 3DMakerPro has made another significant stride forward with the launch of their Lynx handheld 3D scanner. 

Prusa Research has issued its first ever sustainability report.

There may be significant changes in the way polymers are made and used in future 3D printing systems.

Zortrax recently completed a project for ESA that involved significant use of 4D printing.