3D Printing Blog

3D Systems made a very interesting corporate move this week by acquiring dp polar.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi examine a tragic applications of 3D printing and consider how things could have worked out for the better.

Carbon fiber is a more frequently seen material in 3D printing, but should it be in all materials?

Researchers at the University of Amherst and Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a unique metal alloy that could prove highly useful in additive manufacturing.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at how 3D printing technology could assist the UK economy.

This week’s selection is “FreeCAD 0.20 Learn by doing: Sketcher, Part Design, Assemblies, Technical Drawings” by T Kishore.

It seems to me that Prusa Research is gradually moving into professional and industrial 3D printing markets.

Stratasys made an extremely bold move by announcing they’ve acquired the additive manufacturing materials business of Covestro.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at how 3D printing could aid consumer repair activities.

This week’s selection is the GnoMon 3D printed fashion collection by designer Ganit Goldstein.

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

Charles Goulding & Andressa Bonafe look at Adobe's innovations in the 3D print world.

Among the most common questions asked is “how does a 3D printer work?”

Several new AM materials were announced in the past week.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi examine how PepsiCo was able to leverage advanced 3D printing technology.

FrAMEwork developed by J.A.M.E.S is part of a growing global movement to disrupt the electronics industry.

Recently we had the opportunity to tour the LulzBot 3D printer production facility.

Formlabs just published a very interesting piece on how one of their clients leveraged 3D printing to produce movie props that would otherwise be impossible.

EOS has made arrangement with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for collaboration on advanced 3D printer research and development.

Charles R. Goulding and Julia Wallace review thoughts from a panel discussion on the use of AM in the automotive industry.

Creality released a sweeping set of announcements that describe multiple new 3D printers and accessories.

Researchers have developed a unique and very powerful FFF extrusion technology they call “MF3”.

We took a look at the ENESKApostpro workstation.

Charles R. Goulding and Julia Wallace review the findings of a recent panel discussion on use of AM technology in the US military.

Anycubic announced a very different kind of 3D printer, one that’s based on microLED technology.

Charles R. Goulding and Julia Wallace review some of the latest developments in construction 3D printing with CEMEX and COBOD.

Sygnis announced the acquisition of ZMorph, a 3D printer manufacturer.

This week’s selection is “Additive Knowledge: Everything you need to know about 3D Printing, 3D Scanning and 3D Modeling” by Adam Řehák.

There are moves underway to develop additive manufacturing operations in Ukraine, and we believe everyone should pitch in to help.

Cubee is a new manufacturing network that hopes to pick up the demand for makers to produce 3D objects.

Grid Logic has developed a unique process that can 3D print metal and ceramic in the same job.

This week’s selection is the 3D Printed Falcon 9 Rocket by T-Zero Systems.

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

Charles R. Goulding & Preeti Sulibhavi look at how 3D printing can produce BBQ accessories.

Here we present ten 3D print companies that just might be of interest by other, larger companies.

Researchers have developed a method of 3D printing extremely small structures using copper.

Dyze Design has some interesting new hardware.

3D printing training program aims to help victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation prepare for a career in additive manufacturing.

3DQue announced a new service, AutoPrint3D, which provides the software necessary to drive continuous 3D printing.

A fascinating experiment at the Historical Museum of the City of San Francisco in Argentina showed it’s possible to obtain high quality 3D scans through glass.

A report from Pitchbook suggests investment patterns in 3D print companies is shifting upwards.

This week’s question is about how one might go about operating an ancient 3D printer.

Snapmaker announced a new 3-in-1 desktop 3D printer, the Artisan.

Filament Innovations’ flagship 3D printer is the huge ICARUS generation 5 device.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi examine the incredible growth and recent acquisitions of Nano Dimension.

The women of R&D Tax Savers discuss their observations and insights into 3D printing.

A most interesting 3D printer experiment could show how desktop 3D printers may work in the future.

Fusion3 announced an interesting deal with ActivArmor to place equipment directly at healthcare operations.

This is ultra-corporate stuff, but it is certainly interesting and fits in with events that have already taken place.

This week’s selection is “Troubleshooting 3D Printers” by Carty Binn.