3D Printing Blog

BCN3D announced an entirely new 3D printing process using resin, Viscous Lithography Manufacturing, or “VLM”.

Construction 3D printer manufacturer ICON revealed a prototype 3D printed house design they call “House Zero”.

MakerBot implemented changes to Thingiverse that make some users very unhappy.

Desktop Metal announced the first shipment of their Production system to a client, opening the door for significant changes.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at the use of Lucite and similar materials in industry and 3D printing.

This week’s selection is “Battlefields In Miniature: Making Realistic and Effective Terrain for Wargames” by Paul Davies.

There is an ongoing quest to achieve faster and faster 3D print speeds on FFF equipment. But there are a number of challenges.

Seurat published a page explaining much more about their fascinating new “Area Printing” concept.

COBOD released an online construction 3D printer Configurator, the first I’ve seen from any provider.

This week’s selection is the shocking Cryptide Sneakers by designer Stephan Henrich.

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 explain how their clients have tackled manufacturing automation.

9T Labs announced a huge US$17M investment.

3D Systems announced the surprise acquisition of not one, but two companies this week. What’s going on?

This is a bit of a surprise to me: Xact Metal has developed a dental solution for metal applications.

Students from USC’s engineering school are making free 3D-printed prosthetics for children through its USC 3D4E Freehand project.

Our testing of the CR-Scan Lizard 3D scanning system from Creality continues with post-scan processing and our summary.

Our testing of the CR-Scan Lizard 3D scanning system from Creality continues with turntable and handheld modes and software.

We were able to obtain a CR-Scan Lizard 3D scanning system from Creality and performed some testing.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at a unique use of 3D printing for prosthetics.

3DGence announced a new industrial, high temperature 3D printer, the F421.

Funding has been provided to researchers working on an “atomic” 3D printer for producing solar cells.

ICON announced yet another funding round, bringing their available cash to unprecedented levels.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at how Bell have used a variety of 3D printing technologies and services to make parts for their helicopters.

A German-Ukrainian startup has developed a new system for not only 3D printing, but multifunction manufacturing.

After considerable development, Fusion3 announced their new EDGE 3D printer.

A third-party customizer service can handle Thingiverse 3D models.

This week’s selection is “Identifying Waste on the Shopfloor”.

Modix announced two interesting new add-ons for their large-format 3D printers.

CASTOR and Ultimaker announced an agreement to integrate CASTOR’S screening software into Ultimaker Cura.

A PhD student in New Zealand is 3D printing catalysts to enable use of safer rocket propellants.

This week’s selection is the QR Code Memorial by Michael P. Bourque.

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

Charles R. Goulding and Warren Buzzell Jr. look at the contributions to 3D printing that are taking place at Stony Brook University.

After last week’s news of a coming new software release from Simplify3D, reactions have been all over the map.

Aerosint proposed an astonishing TEN material powder 3D printing concept.

It seems that Essentium could soon join the ranks of companies producing metal 3D printers.

Talk of a new method of 3D printing has been a quiet yet slowly growing buzz in the industry.

3D print enclosures are a common homebuilt accessory, but how do you know you’re doing it correctly?

This week’s question is “how would one 3D print a beak for a swan?”

AM Ventures announced an investment in startup Scrona AG. But what’s so important about this company?

Charles R. Goulding & Andressa Bonafe look at the use of 3D printing technology in the high-end fashion industry.

MakerBot released their annual “State of 3D Printing” report and as usual it includes some interesting statistics.

There are many companies now using additive manufacturing approaches, but OECHSLER seems to be doing so successfully by leveraging all the benefits.

Zortrax released a beta version of their new 3D print management software, Z-Suite.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at how media has stimulated the use of 3D printing for the sport of archery.

A chat with Essentium CEO Blake Teipel revealed something rather interesting about the additive manufacturing industry.

Artec 3D announced the 2022 Leo handheld 3D scanner, which seems to be vastly improved over the previous model.

Valve released the design files to enable custom cases for their upcoming Steak Deck device.

This week’s selection is “Practical Arduino Engineering: End to End Development with the Arduino, Fusion 360, 3D Printing, and Eagle” by Harold Timmis.