3D Printing Blog

I’ve been wondering about the actual logistics of using 3D printing in military settings, and its a bit more gray than black and white.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and I say that a 3D printed object is worth a billion.

A new development program has been launched for 3D printing applications involving NFCs.

This week’s selection are the Wooden Train Track Extensions models by Michal Fanta.

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

 Charles R. Goulding and Joseph Castine look at how construction 3D printing might avert future disasters.

Researchers at the Technical University of Denmark announced the development of a new volumetric 3D printing process they call “TVP”.

Do you know what a nurdle is?

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at the 3D printing activities of Zeiss.

Find out why High Area Rapid Printing is worth the hype. It just might revolutionize the way goods and products are created.

A chat with John Olhoft of FAME 3D revealed something interesting: they operate a truly massive 3D print farm.

This week Polymaker announced a partnership with AMESOS to developed what they call “FFF 2.0”, a high speed 3D printing process and associated 3D printer.

Materialise announced a partnership with Sigma Labs that could dramatically increase the reliability of production 3D printing.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at 3D printing business activity in the state of New Jersey.

Carbon announced a two new DLS 3D printers, the M3 and M3 Max.

Thor3D announced an unusual project to raise funds for a green non-profit organization.

While browsing through some 3D printing books, I came across a very suspicious situation.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at recent high-profile 3D printing activity in Italy.

We've rolled out our annual reader survey, and this year you could win an amazing desktop 3D printer if you participate.

New research has developed an incredibly powerful X-ray system that could directly show microstructures in 3D prints as they are made.

EOS launched their own manufacturing network this week.

This week’s selection is “Creating Lifelike Figures in Polymer Clay: Tools and Techniques for Sculpting Realistic Figures” by Katherine Dewey.

Minifactory announced a tool for 3D printers I hadn’t seen previously: a Nozzle Alignment Camera.

A new research paper investigates the rather long list of applications for 3D printed lattices.

Researchers have found a way to directly use photosynthesis to power a mobile rover using a 3D printed design.

This week’s selection is a life size 3D printed airplane model by Materialise Manufacturing.

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

Charles R. Goulding & Andressa Bonafe propose using 3D printing to increase the ability of drones to perform reforestation activities.

The eternal question of those using filament-powered 3D printers needs an answer.

Several new AM materials were announced in the past week.

A new belt 3D printer design is available from an open source project.

Project will investigate improving sustainability for additive manufacturing in the space sector.

I follow many 3D printing companies, but there are a few on which I’m keeping a close watch.

Fabbaloo readers are highly likely to own a 3D printer they operate themselves, but why don’t other people have them, too?

Interesting research from the Technical University of Denmark shows how to break into a new industry.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi predict areas of interest for 3D printing based on the recent CES event.

Seurat announced a major funding round for their incredible metal 3D printing technology. We found out a lot more about their incredible Area Printing process.

Formlabs announced today a partnership with an automotive company, and this has some interesting implications for the 3D printer manufacturer.

The 3D-Rotoprinter has a motion system you have to see to believe.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi examine how the U.S. military is using digital twins for helicopter development.

Many Asia-based desktop 3D printer manufacturers suffer from a key limitation that holds back their growth.

According to a report on TechCrunch, Local Motors has ceased operations.

A paper released last month describes an efficient method for splitting 3D models, enabling 3D printing of large objects on smaller machines.

This week’s selection is “Getting Started with Soldering” by Marc de Vinck.

I spoke with 3DQue representatives to find out the latest on their unusual 3D printing technology.

A new project will launch a voice controlled 3D printer.

Charles R. Goulding and Joseph Castine examine how advanced 3D printed compressors could change shipping.

This week’s selection is the Electronic Component Bender by Luigi Ruina.

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 suggest ZARA should do a lot more 3D printing.