3D Printing Blog

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at how 3D printing technology may affect the future of a large European company.

The Hangprinter project seems to have been ripped off by a U.S. government contractor.

SHINING 3D has developed a very unusual 3D scanner.

The folks at Proper Printing YouTube channel decided to combine FFF and SLA 3D printing processes, with interesting results.

This week’s selection is “3D Printing in Model Aircraft Construction” by Thomas Fischer.

A French startup has developed an unusual food 3D printer, the Patiss3.

I was curious about the quantity of patents held by several 3D print companies, and decided to investigate.

An intriguing post online suggests the development of an end-to-end post processing resin 3D printing device is underway.

This week’s selection is the text embosser by Reddit contributor snitem.

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

 Charles Goulding and Warren Buzzell Jr. look at research and commercial efforts to combat brain injuries by using 3D printing appraoches.

Things aren’t looking good for Makergear, one of the original desktop 3D printer companies.

EOS announced the availability of an “extended reality” system for certain training courses.

Charles R. Goulding and Christopher Lee look at how one company thrives on the electrification shift through 3D printing.

3D printing is more involved than hitting Ctrl + P and grabbing a perfect part a few minutes later.

I’ve been wondering why PLA is still the most popular 3D printing material, and have some thoughts.

London-based Ai Build has received a significant investment to boost their manufacturing platform.

Photocentric has teamed up with CoreTechnologie to supercharge creation of 3D models for their printers.

Charles R. Goulding and Valentina Alzate look at several companies using 3D printing to help solve the growing water crisis.

Velo3D announced a new 3D printer, their largest: the Sapphire XC 1MZ.

Desktop Metal’s technology innovations continue with the introduction of a very unusual 3D print material: FreeFoam.

Artec 3D released the latest version of their scanning software, Artec Studio 17.

Charles R. Goulding and Matt Selman examine how a recent increase in robotic system sales might affect 3D printing activity.

I had a chat with Luke Taylor of Polymaker about the latest developments from the company.

I had a chat with Materialise about their new CO-AM software platform.

Wikifactory announced a new collaborative manufacturing marketplace to complement their existing services.

This week’s selection is “Real-World Stories from the Plant Floor” by Michelle Segrest.

A research team from UCLA has been able to 3D print a small robot in (almost) a single print job.

Mimaki has improved their clear 3D print material.

Desktop Metal is now leveraging all those corporate acquisitions they’ve made over the past couple of years.

This week’s selection is the TG89 Cube by Bart Smits.

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 by two large Korean companies, Doosan and Samsung.

Several new AM materials were announced in the past week.

AON3D has done something no 3D printer has done before: print solid Kapton parts.

A new nozzle for FFF 3D printers has been announced by fibtip, and it seems to have all the right characteristics.

This year’s report highlights the industry’s return to pre-pandemic growth as well as the emergence of exciting new trends.

Ultimaker announced the “Ultimaker Metal Expansion Kit”, which enables metal 3D printing on their S5 model.

Aniwaa formally announced a pivot into a B2B 3D printing marketplace.

Formlabs announced a new service that could dramatically expand their dental business.

Charles R. Goulding and Julia Wallace look at the use of 3D printing technology in the optical industry.

Our review of the Anycubic Kobra Plus concludes with a look at software, print quality and final thoughts.

Our look at the Anycubic Kobra Plus 3D printer continues with setup, calibration and operation.

Anycubic’s Kobra line has a new member, the Kobra Plus.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at Toshiba's reinvention and its new makerspace initiative.

Nexa3D has more 3D printing solutions than you might think.

I saw the biggest removable print plate ever.

Autodesk released a new version of Fusion 360, and there are quite a few new useful features.

This week’s selection is “Integrating 3D Modeling, Photogrammetry and Design” by Shaun Foster and David Halbstein.

After an announcement last week, Prusa Research has indeed raised prices on their most popular 3D printers.