3D Printing Blog

META recently purchased a well-known 3D print company, Luxexcel. What does this mean?

Who’s going to CES 2023? We’re not.

This week’s selection is “A Victorian Handbook of Mechanical Movements” by Thomas Walter Barber.

It’s the beginning of a new year, and it’s time for predictions. Anti-predictions, actually.

Ermaksan is a 3D printer manufacturer you may not have heard of previously.

This week’s selection are the incredible titanium 3D printed bike handlebars by MYTHOS.

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

Charles R. Goulding and Valentina Alzate countdown their top ten 3D print developments for 2022.

At the close of the year, it’s time to reflect on what just happened.

Several new AM materials were announced in past weeks.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi propose some 3D printing for the Avatar franchise.

Divergent Technology gets an investment from Hexagon AB.

Our review of Carina’s CMYK resins continues with print results and final thoughts.

We were provided the opportunity to test Carima’s CMYK non-toxic 3D printer resin. 

Fortify has been developing new and quite interesting 3D printable materials.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi examine the reaction of automakers in China during the recent crisis.

We’re now on Mastodon!

3D printed outsole by BCN3D's VLM process [Source: Fabbaloo]

It might not feel like long ago when 3D printers were only accessible to big corporations, tech teams, or people with enormous amounts of money.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi reveal the way 3D print tech was used to help create this year's World Cup stadiums.

We complete our review of Simplify3D V5.0 with a look at previews, features, bugs and final thoughts.

After a wait of several years, we’ve got our hands on the latest version of Simplify3D.

This week’s selection is “3D Printing Without Prior Knowledge : 7 Days To Your First 3D Print (Become An Engineer Without Prior Knowledge” by Benjamin Spahic.

China-based 3D print companies are being hit hard by COVID-19.

This week’s selection is the Universal 3D Printable Snow Chain by SpeziLover.

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 the good and bad news of recent corporate restructuring activities.

Women in 3D Printing released their annual “Diversity for Additive Manufacturing” report earlier this month.

I spoke with Admatec about their latest 3D printer, the Admaflex 130.

Charles R. Goulding and Matthew Selman look at usage of 3D printing by several major oil & gas companies.

A 3D printing hub with dreams of push button manufacturing ends up in a fire sale.

Things are moving very quickly in the text to 3D model AI space.

I had a look at Loop 3D’s new Loop Pro X+ 3D printer.

A new video show the challenges and successes of working with construction 3D printers.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at a new economic development program that just launched in New Jersey.

Mango3D announced V5.0 of the Lychee Slicer, but with a huge surprise: it handles FFF printing as well as resin 3D printing!

Researchers have developed the incredible ability to 3D print copper at atomic scales.

3D printing at scale just might get a lot simpler with AM-Flow’s automation solution.

Charles R. Goulding and Valentina Alzate look at the state of 3D printing in Miami.

3D printer used in smuggling operation.

Meltio announced a new software ecosystem for their manufacturing solutions.

I spoke with the folks from One Click Metal and learned quite a bit about their mid-range metal 3D printer.

This week’s selection is “Dancing With Robots: The 29 Strategies for Success In the Age of AI and Automation” by Bill Bishop.

Prusa Research announced a new initiative to attract commercial brands to their ecosystem.

What’s going on inside Axtra3D’s Lumia 3D printer?

PrintFoam is a unique form of 3D printing that uses, as you might guess, actual foam.

This week’s selection are the huge Avatar sculptures produced by Gentle Giant Studios

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

Peter Saenz and Charles R. Goulding look at the progress of certified healthcare applications for 3D printing.

This week Luma AI announced a new 3D model generation technology, that while crude today, will ultimately dominate in the future.