3D Printing Blog

Nano Dimension has made an offer to take over Stratasys.

Highlights and observations of Onshape Live 23.

Small steps forward are taking us to an additively manufactured future.

Researchers have developed a method of 3D printing mechanochromic parts.

It’s a 3D printed heart, but not quite what you were thinking.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi review recent developments in usage of 3D printing by Indian railways.

3DMakerpro has just released a new 3D scanner, the Mole.

Authentise announced a new “RFQ Responder” feature for their ever-expanding additive manufacturing workflow system.

A very unusual, and perhaps application-opening construction 3D printing project has been announced by ICON and partners.

An exclusive interview with COBOD founder Henrik Lund-Nielsen about driving construction 3D printing innovation in infrastructures.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi review a fascinating recent webinar exploring how recent US legislation affects additive manufacturing.

This week’s question relates to a rather old 3D printer, the ideaPrinter F100.

A new project has succeeded in 3D printing with eggshells.

Sigma Additive Solutions has made more moves this week.

This week’s selection is “Sketching: Drawing Techniques for Product Designers” by Coos Eissen and Steur Roselien.

I’m reading a paper analyzing the economic effectiveness of the Green Fab Lab Network concept.

voxeljet announced the sale of a 3D printer. But it’s more than just that.

After our story about electroplating last week, we were contacted by RePliForm.

This week’s selection is the Dual Portal Desk Toy by Printables contributor Ada Cohen.

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

Wayland Additive is definitely not the biggest name in metal 3D printing, but they are growing strongly.

The Revo is catching on.

An important development in bioprinting was achieved by researchers at the University of New South Wales.

Metal 3D printing is at the heart of New Frontier Aerospace’s plans.

Forust Partners with design firm HagenHinderdael to demonstrate the beauty and sustainability of 3D printing with organics.

It’s now possible to try out the “arc overhang” technique in PrusaSlicer.

TitanCraft is now out of beta, as of today.

3D Systems announced a major restructuring program.

Could PLA be used for 3D printed prosthetics?

A new 3D print recycling service has emerged in Germany: RecyclingFabrik.

Researchers at EPFL Lausanne have discovered a technique to 3D print calcium carbonate using bacteria.

I had a chat with the nice folks from Mosaic Manufacturing to learn more about their latest endeavors.

Carbon introduced automated print preparation for dental models and new validated post-processing options with Form Wash.

Charles R. Goulding looks at a huge Chinese company, Tencent.

Fabbaloo’s annual reader survey will close tonight, and there’s some great prizes for participants!

EOS and Bauer unveiled a new application for 3D printing: personalized ice hockey helmets.

After the iPhone X was released in 2017, the general public became more aware of 3D scanners.

This week’s selection is “3D Printing Failures: 2022 Edition: How to Diagnose and Repair ALL Desktop 3D Printing Issues” by Sean Aranda.

Fabbaloo is about to close our annual reader survey, and there’s some great prizes for participants – but it will close tomorrow! We want to find out more about you, and…

Two industries have developed extremely deep usage of 3D printing, but for entirely different reasons.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at the increasing widespread use of 3D print technology.

This week’s selection is the shocking Rubber Band Mid Print Bracelet by Printables contributor NagyBig.

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 review recent examples of restaurants leveraging 3D printing robotics to provide automation.

Fabbaloo launched our annual reader survey, and there’s some great prizes for participants – but it will be closing soon!

There could be a huge problem for 3D model repositories like Printables, Thingiverse, MyMiniFactory and others in the very near future.

Hexagon released an interesting new platform that may be of interest to companies using additive manufacturing.

The space agency is studying moon-based robots and additive manufacturing to build a pipeline that transports oxygen from an extraction site to a lunar base.

Sketchfab has issued a rather interesting and futuristic update to their Terms of Use.

Two reports on sustainability were issued this week by additive manufacturing organizations.