3D Printing Blog

MachineWorks mesh management SDK gets a serious update.

There’s an entirely new way to 3D scan objects, and it’s going to change everything.

Raise3D announced an upgrade kit for their Pro3 series that dramatically increases print speed.

Axtra3D announced their new X1 series of 3D printers that use the company’s highly unusual HPS 3D printing process.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi examine a partnership between AM and industry.

Additive manufacturing (AM) is fitting squarely into the bigger manufacturing world, as demonstrated at the IMTS 2022 – The International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago, Illinois.

Creality announced a significant upgrade to their Ender series, with the new Ender-5 S1 3D printer.

One 3D printer does not fill all application needs, and that’s demonstrated by Lithoz's product set.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at Tata Group's use of 3D printing technologies.

I tested Scanamaze, a new handheld 3D scanning app.

Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF) announced a new 3D printer, the microArch S350.

This week’s selection is “Make It Fit: Introduction to Tolerance Analysis for Mechanical Engineers” by Jason E Tynes.

AirLogic is a project to 3D print circuits. Not electronic circuits, but pneumatic circuits.

An unexpected announcement from MakePrintable indicates the service is shutting down.

EPLUS 3D announced the availability of a massive metal 3D printer, the EP-M1250.

This week’s selection is the amusing “Nose Box” by DaveMakesStuff.

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 recent developments in use of 3D print technology for repair activities.

A new Kickstarter project hopes to make Prusa MINI 3D printers a great deal better.

Global manufacturing has reached an inflection point.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at the implications to 3D printing after a recent corporate merger.

Light-sheet technology prints micrometer-sized parts in milliseconds.

Stratasys announced a major investment of US$10M in Axial3D, but why?

Researchers have found a method to enable 3D printing of biodegradable polymer objects.

Software has become increasingly important in 3D printing in multiple dimensions.

Charles R. Goulding and Andressa Bonafé look at the various ways 3D printing technology is being used to produce jewelry.

Several new AM materials were announced in the past couple of weeks.

Voxelab announced the Aquila D1, a much more powerful FFF desktop 3D printer.

6K Additive announced a massive expansion of their metal powder production capacity.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi learn that jute is a 3D printable material.

Anycubic announced a new and rather large MSLA 3D printer, the Photon M3 Premium that has a unique and powerful light engine.

Authentise announced a new feature for their MES system called “Guidelines”.

SPEE3D announced a new mobile metal additive manufacturing platform, XSPEE3D.

This week’s selection is “The Engineering Design Process: An Introduction for Mechanical Engineers” by Peter Ostafichuk, Markus Fengler, and Antony Hodgson.

Do you know what an R_E_R_F file is used for in 3D printing?

Anisoprint has set up an unusual 3D print research centre at Jacobs University in Bremen, Germany.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at the increasing use of 3D printing in transportation industries.

This week’s selection are the Halloween Pumpkins by Thingiverse contributor Javier Muñoz.

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 use of 3D printing in the battle against myopia.

Scientists have developed a method of using 3D printing to deliver powerful mosquito repellent.

The world’s largest ever 3D printed exhibition booth is set for display at Formnext, and it’s called “The AMbigram”.

I’ve learned of another advantage to manufacturing using 3D printing that I hadn’t considered.

The devil is in the details, say researchers at Autodesk University.

This week’s question is all about large-format 3D printing.

Post processing was for a long time the forgotten step in 3D printing. Now, that’s changing.

I’m looking at a new solution from Solukon that can automatically depowder 3D prints.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at the implications of new legislation in the US.

Formlabs announced a set of finishing tools that could be very useful for anyone 3D printing.