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KB Home Supply Chain and 3D Printing

KB Home Supply Chain and 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding and Ryan Donley notice a mainstream publication directly suggest use of 3D printing for industry.

Prusa Announces Sophisticated 3D Printer Enclosure

Prusa Announces Sophisticated 3D Printer Enclosure

Prusa Research announced the availability of a new, sophisticated enclosure for their popular MK3S+ 3D printer.

Could Bambu Lab’s X1 Series Be The Smartest 3D Printer?

Could Bambu Lab’s X1 Series Be The Smartest 3D Printer?

Bambu Lab launched a new 3D printer series, the X1, designed for the prosumer market, and it has many features we've never seen before.

3D Print Industry Supports Ukraine With Silent Auction

3D Print Industry Supports Ukraine With Silent Auction

A silent auction set for next week intends on providing direct support to Ukraine.

Book of the Week: Autodesk Fusion 360 A Power Guide

Book of the Week: Autodesk Fusion 360 A Power Guide

This week’s selection is “Autodesk Fusion 360: A Power Guide for Beginners and Intermediate Users” by John Willis and Sandeep Dogra.

Biden Boosts Additive Manufacturing, But Will It Work?

Biden Boosts Additive Manufacturing, But Will It Work?

What is “AM Forward” all about and will it work?

BigRep Launches Factory Tooling System

BigRep Launches Factory Tooling System

You can now use BigRep FLOW to quickly create tooling for factories with no CAD experience.

New Admatec Sintering Furnace Enables Ceramic Production

New Admatec Sintering Furnace Enables Ceramic Production

Admatec announced a new furnace that could enable their clients to take on additional production of 3D printed ceramics.

Design of the Week: Open Source 3D Printed PUMA Microscope

Design of the Week: Open Source 3D Printed PUMA Microscope

This week’s selection is the Open Source 3D Printed PUMA Microscope by Paul Tadrous.

Who’s The Biggest In 3D Printing, May 8, 2022

Who’s The Biggest In 3D Printing, May 8, 2022

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

Large UK Defense Budget and 3D Printing

Large UK Defense Budget and 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding looks at recent defense spending changes in the UK and how that may affect use of 3D printing.

What’s Super About SuperSlicer?

What’s Super About SuperSlicer?

A fork of PrusaSlicer adds some extremely interesting features.

XJET Produces First Completely Ceramic Piston

XJET Produces First Completely Ceramic Piston

An automotive company has used XJET’s NPJ technology to produce a high performance engine piston made entirely from ceramic material.

gCreate Announces New gMax 2 PRO 3D Printer

gCreate Announces New gMax 2 PRO 3D Printer

Brooklyn-based gCreate announced a new professional 3D printer, the gMax 2 PRO.

Siemens to Advance Industrialized AM

Siemens to Advance Industrialized AM

The company recently opened its CATCH facility in efforts to streamline industrial additive manufacturing.

A Very Different Way To 3D Print Glass

A Very Different Way To 3D Print Glass

Glass 3D printing is a very challenging technology but researchers have found a different way to 3D print that common material.

Arevo Moves Into E-Bikes

Arevo Moves Into E-Bikes

Arevo announced yet another project for their continuous carbon fiber 3D print system: E-Bikes.

Nearshoring e Impresión 3D: Una Combinación Prometedora Para La Economía Mexicana

Nearshoring e Impresión 3D: Una Combinación Prometedora Para La Economía Mexicana

Charles R. Goulding y Andressa Bonafe examinan los últimos desarrollos en la fabricación aditiva en México.

Nearshoring and 3D Printing: a Promising Combination for the Mexican Economy

Nearshoring and 3D Printing: a Promising Combination for the Mexican Economy

Charles R. Goulding and Andressa Bonafe examine the latest developments in additive manufacturing in Mexico.

Have You Used BuildBee?

Have You Used BuildBee?

BuildBee is a new online tool for 3D print job preparation.

Does Ultimaker Cura 5.0 Really Change Things?

Does Ultimaker Cura 5.0 Really Change Things?

After the blockbuster announcement of Ultimaker Cura 5.0, I decided to give it a quick test.

Ukraine Army 3D Prints Adhoc Battlefield Weapons

Ukraine Army 3D Prints Adhoc Battlefield Weapons

It seems that the Ukraine army is using commonly available tools to create highly effective weapons, including 3D printing.

Lincoln Electric: Welding and 3D Printing

Lincoln Electric: Welding and 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding and Ryan Donley examine how a welding company has adopted 3D printing technology.

Stratasys Aiming at 3D Printed Fashion

Stratasys Aiming at 3D Printed Fashion

Stratasys announced a new 3D printer specialized for 3D printed fashions, the J850 TechStyle.

Replique’s New Network Optimizes Materials For Clients

Replique’s New Network Optimizes Materials For Clients

Replique announced a new partner network for authorized materials that is a bit different.

New AI-Generated Enzyme Could Get Rid of 3D Print Waste

New AI-Generated Enzyme Could Get Rid of 3D Print Waste

Researchers have used a unique process to develop an enzyme that dissolves thermoplastic.

Book of the Week: Simplifying 3D Printing with OpenSCAD

Book of the Week: Simplifying 3D Printing with OpenSCAD

This week’s selection is “Simplifying 3D Printing with OpenSCAD” by Colin Dow.

Volumetric 3D Printing Will Eventually Take Over

Volumetric 3D Printing Will Eventually Take Over

New developments in volumetric 3D printing suggest only one future for resin 3D printing: volumetric.

The Wematter Gravity 3D Printer’s New Application 

The Wematter Gravity 3D Printer’s New Application 

Wematter announced a new client that could prove to be a profitable avenue for future sales.

What Is Photometric Stereo 3D Scanning? 

What Is Photometric Stereo 3D Scanning? 

There are several basic approaches to achieving a 3D scan, but one you may not have heard of is photometric stereo scanning.

Design of the Week: VGA Plug for Apple Lightning Cable

Design of the Week: VGA Plug for Apple Lightning Cable

This week’s selection is the VGA Plug for Apple Lightning Cable by Printables contributor dmeeze.

Who’s The Biggest In 3D Printing, May 1, 2022

Who’s The Biggest In 3D Printing, May 1, 2022

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

What Honda & Sony’s Electric Vehicle Partnership Means for 3D Printing Technology

What Honda & Sony’s Electric Vehicle Partnership Means for 3D Printing Technology

Charles Goulding and Warren Buzzell Jr. look at the recent partnership between Sony and Honda, and see what effect this may have on 3D printing activity.

MyMiniFactory Gets Physical: Makes First Acquisition

MyMiniFactory Gets Physical: Makes First Acquisition

MyMiniFactory announced the acquisition of 3DC, and thereby changes everything.

New AM Materials Round Up, April 29, 2022

New AM Materials Round Up, April 29, 2022

Several new AM materials were announced in the past week.

XJET Shuffles CEOs in Strategic Change

XJET Shuffles CEOs in Strategic Change

XJET announced a surprise change at the top, along with a change in strategy.

Engineering Heavyweights React to War in Ukraine

Engineering Heavyweights React to War in Ukraine

Industry survey covers the brain drain, economics, humanitarian efforts and more.

Mindful Manufacturing: Stratasys Releases First ESG & Sustainability Report

Mindful Manufacturing: Stratasys Releases First ESG & Sustainability Report

Stratasys released their very first ESG & sustainability report, perhaps the first in the industry.

Another PLA Recycling Venture

Another PLA Recycling Venture

I’ve just noticed another PLA recycling service, specifically for 3D print waste.

Could OVF Replace GCODE?

Could OVF Replace GCODE?

A newly invented protocol just might replace GCODE for certain types of 3D printing.

Sweden: Defense Budget Increases and 3D Printing

Sweden: Defense Budget Increases and 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding & Ryan Donley look at potential military use of 3D printing in Sweden.

Creality’s CR-10 Smart-Pro 3D Printer

Creality’s CR-10 Smart-Pro 3D Printer

Creality’s latest entry in their popular CR series is the CR-10 Smart-Pro.

3D Printed Copper Rocket Engine Tested Successfully

3D Printed Copper Rocket Engine Tested Successfully

Launcher has successfully tested a unique 3D printed copper rocket engine.

African 3D Printing Grows

African 3D Printing Grows

Aside from Antarctica, Africa might be the continent with the least amount of 3D printing activity, but that’s changing.

Denmark: Defense Budget Increases and 3D Printing

Denmark: Defense Budget Increases and 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding & Ryan Donley look at Denmark's increased use of 3D printing in the military sector.

Blender Gains CAD Functions!

Blender Gains CAD Functions!

At long last, it appears that Blender will soon be able to perform proper CAD functions.

The Ongoing Puzzle of 3D Printer Settings

The Ongoing Puzzle of 3D Printer Settings

3D print parameters are a bit of a mess these days.

Could Bootleg Collectibles be a New 3D Print Application?

Could Bootleg Collectibles be a New 3D Print Application?

A maker seems to have invented a new form of 3D print application: Bootleg Collectibles.

Book of the Week: FreeCAD 0.19 Learn by doing

Book of the Week: FreeCAD 0.19 Learn by doing

This week’s selection is “FreeCAD 0.19 Learn by Doing”.

Resin 3D Print Times: Longer Than You Think

Resin 3D Print Times: Longer Than You Think

What’s your print time? If you’re using a resin 3D printer, it’s longer than you think.