3D Printing Blog

Belt 3D printers are becoming more popular, but they can be expensive. Can you build one instead?

Carbon has now officially released their Design Engine software.

E3D-Online clarified their position on use of their Revo hot end design.

This week’s selection is the VW Beetle Classic by Ed van der Heijden.

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 implications of scrapyard metal recovery efforts.

PowerBelt3D is set to release a very low-cost belt 3D printer, the TinyBelt.

AM Ventures announced yet another AM startup in their portfolio: Headmade Materials.

Desktop Metal did a rebrand this week.

Vartega employs a patented chemical-based process to rescue carbon fiber waste from an eternity in the landfill.

We now have concrete indications that the long-awaited version 5 of Simply3D could be released shortly.

I received a note from Standard Cyborg’s Jeffrey Huber regarding their app, “Capture”.

Authentise acquired Elements, a company providing easy access to manufacturing management services.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi have some thoughts about what might transpire in the world of 3D printing during 2022.

To what lengths must a 3D printer manufacturer go in order to convince prospects to become customers?

What are the remaining barriers to mass use of additive manufacturing?

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at the challenge and opportunities facing bicycle manufacturers.

This week’s selection is the Steampunk Light Switch by John Mulac.

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 how interest in home gardening has increased could generate more 3D printing activity.

You just cracked open your new desktop FFF 3D printer. What filaments should you use?

Several new AM materials were announced in the past week.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi suggest more use of 3D printing for toy manufacturing could be considered.

Once costly and full of limitations, fused granular fabrication (FGF) advancements are making it a viable 3D printing method for various materials, including foaming materials.

A desktop 3D printer could allow easy ceramic 3D printing at home.

There is increasing interest in green 3D printing.

HP announced a strategic acquisition that effectively puts them in the bottle-making business.

Charles R. Goulding and Randall Rothbort examine a new approach for producing bioinks using microbes.

Ultimaker announced a new version of Ultimaker Cura, which seems to offer much more rapid 3D printing.

Our annual reader survey ends this week, and there's not much time left to enter to win an amazing desktop 3D printer.

Desktop Health, a line of business within Desktop Metal, announced a new series of dental 3D printers.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at how 3D printing might affect the flooring market.

A long post from Josef Prusa held some hints at where the company may be heading next.

’ve encountered one of those “Best 3D Printers” stories, and want to tell you why they’re really not informative.

A researcher at MIT has developed a method of 3D printing invisible labels on objects.

This week’s selection is “3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing” by Chee Kai Hua and Kai Fai Leong.

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.