3D Printing Blog

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.

Raise3D announced a comprehensive “Green” project to reduce the company’s ecological footprint.

Stratasys announced the acquisition of quality software startup Riven.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi believe 3D printing could greatly assist the growing practice of vertical farming.

Water-washable 3D printer resin is increasing in availability, but what are the real advantages of using it?

In my recent visit to GE Aerospace I was able to see how truly large-scale additive manufacturing should be done.

Snapmaker announced a new and advanced dual extrusion 3D printer, the Snapmaker J1.

This week’s selection is “Practical Electronics for Inventors” by Paul Scherz and Simon Monk.

There’s often said to be a “race to the bottom” with desktop 3D printers. What happens when we get there?

A new industry group seems to have been formed earlier this year, the ColdMetalFusion Alliance.

Startup company Axtra has developed an unusual hybrid 3D printing process they call “Hybrid Photosynthesis”, or “HPS”.

This week’s selection is the astounding chain mail 3D print by CGTrader contributor Antonelli.f.

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 a webinar from the Additive Manufacturing Coalition.

The eternal question of those new to 3D printing is “what kind of 3D printer should I get?”

Investments are being made in 3D print companies every day, but they may not be very visible.

Earlier we published a thought piece on the notion of using carbon fiber rods for 3D printer frames.

The collaboration combines Desktop Metal’s user-friendly AM platform with Siemens’ hardware, software and digital services.

So you’ve decided to buy a desktop 3D printer, but when is the best time to do so?