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Who’s The Biggest In 3D Printing, February 13, 2022

Who’s The Biggest In 3D Printing, February 13, 2022

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

Steel Mills, Scrapyards and 3D Printing

Steel Mills, Scrapyards and 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at the implications of scrapyard metal recovery efforts.

PowerBelt’s TinyBelt 3D Printer To Launch Soon

PowerBelt’s TinyBelt 3D Printer To Launch Soon

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

AM Ventures Adds Materials Startup

AM Ventures Adds Materials Startup

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

Desktop Metal Rebrands EnvisionTEC to ETEC

Embracing Circularity in Manufacturing with Carbon Fiber Recycling

Embracing Circularity in Manufacturing with Carbon Fiber Recycling

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

CONFIRMED: Simplify3D V5 IS ON THE WAY

CONFIRMED: Simplify3D V5 IS ON THE WAY

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

3D “Capture” App Goes Down

3D “Capture” App Goes Down

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

Authentise Acquires Elements

Authentise Acquires Elements

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

2022 Predictions for 3D Printing

2022 Predictions for 3D Printing

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

How Can a 3D Printer Company Persuade New Customers?

How Can a 3D Printer Company Persuade New Customers?

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

The Five Great Challenges Additive Manufacturing Must Overcome

The Five Great Challenges Additive Manufacturing Must Overcome

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

Pedego, Cycling, and 3D Printing

Pedego, Cycling, and 3D Printing

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

Design of the Week: Steampunk Light Switch

Design of the Week: Steampunk Light Switch

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

Who’s The Biggest In 3D Printing, February 6, 2022

Who’s The Biggest In 3D Printing, February 6, 2022

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

New Residential Plant Appliance and 3D Printing

New Residential Plant Appliance and 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at how interest in home gardening has increased could generate more 3D printing activity.

The Basics of Choosing 3D Printer Filament

The Basics of Choosing 3D Printer Filament

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

New AM Materials Round Up, February 4, 2022

New AM Materials Round Up, February 4, 2022

Several new AM materials were announced in the past week.

Restructuring Asian Toy Supply Chains

Restructuring Asian Toy Supply Chains

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

FGF Printing Advances May Be a Game Changer

FGF Printing Advances May Be a Game Changer

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.

Desktop Ceramic 3D Printing At Home

Desktop Ceramic 3D Printing At Home

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

Green 3D Printing On The Rise

Green 3D Printing On The Rise

There is increasing interest in green 3D printing.

HP Enters the Bottle Business

HP Enters the Bottle Business

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

Advancements in the Development of Living 3D Printed Bioinks

Advancements in the Development of Living 3D Printed Bioinks

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

New Cura Enables Much Faster 3D Printing

New Cura Enables Much Faster 3D Printing

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

Last Call For Our Annual Survey: Win A 3D Printer

Last Call For Our Annual Survey: Win A 3D Printer

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’s Einstein 3D Printers

Desktop Health’s Einstein 3D Printers

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

Flooring, Tiling, and 3D Printing

Flooring, Tiling, and 3D Printing

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

Prusa Discusses 2021 and Beyond

Prusa Discusses 2021 and Beyond

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

Are These Really The Best 3D Printers of 2022?

Are These Really The Best 3D Printers of 2022?

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

All Objects Could Be Identified: 3D Printing Invisible Labels

All Objects Could Be Identified: 3D Printing Invisible Labels

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

Book of the Week: 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing

Book of the Week: 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing

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

Can The Military Really Use 3D Printing?

Can The Military Really Use 3D Printing?

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.

3D Printed Objects are Worth a Billion Words

3D Printed Objects are Worth a Billion Words

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

New Program For 3D Printed NFC-Powered Parts

New Program For 3D Printed NFC-Powered Parts

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

Design of the Week: Wooden Train Track Extensions

Design of the Week: Wooden Train Track Extensions

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

Who’s The Biggest In 3D Printing, January 30, 2022

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

3D Printed Concrete for Tornado Protection

3D Printed Concrete for Tornado Protection

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

New Volumetric 3D Printing Process Developed: TVP

New Volumetric 3D Printing Process Developed: TVP

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

All Your 3D Printing Is Based On Nurdles

Zeiss: Powder to Performance with 3D Printing

Zeiss: Powder to Performance with 3D Printing

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

What is High Area Rapid Printing (HARP) Technology?

What is High Area Rapid Printing (HARP) Technology?

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

Could This Be The Second Biggest 3D Print Farm In The World?

Could This Be The Second Biggest 3D Print Farm In The World?

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

Polymaker and AMESOS To Develop High-Speed FFF 3D Printing Process

Polymaker and AMESOS To Develop High-Speed FFF 3D Printing Process

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 Announces MCP-PrintRite3D Technology

Materialise Announces MCP-PrintRite3D Technology

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

New Jersey and 3D Printing

New Jersey and 3D Printing

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

Carbon’s New M3 3D Printers

Carbon’s New M3 3D Printers

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

3D Scanning Company Launches NFT Fundraiser

3D Scanning Company Launches NFT Fundraiser

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

Beware Of Questionable 3D Print Books

Beware Of Questionable 3D Print Books

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

Gucci and 3D Printing in Italy

Gucci and 3D Printing in Italy

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