3D Printing Blog

On July 16, 2021, the Biden administration warned companies about the risks of doing business in Hong Kong. 

Desktop 3D printers have evolved significantly in the 10+ years they’ve been on the market, but there are many more features they need to include.

3D printing of certain reflective metals is a difficult challenge for some processes.

Raise3D announced a new line of professional 3D printers, the Pro3 series.

Charles R. Goulding and Randall Rothbort examine the development of puncture-proof 3D printed vehicle tires.

A new tabletop 3D scanner is about to provide outstanding scanning performance at a very low price.

A report details a new, accessible method of detecting VOCs in the nearby atmosphere, which could be quite useful in many 3D printing situations.

Scientists have developed a method of 3D printing highly-desirable Wagyu beef.

This week’s selection is “Programming with OpenSCAD: A Beginner's Guide to Coding 3D-Printable Objects” by Justin Good and Marius Kintel.

There are now many sources of “tough PLA”, but what is this mysterious material and why is it gaining popularity?

Flashforge announced a new desktop 3D printer, the Adventurer 4.

nFRONTIER signed a partnership deal with Stratasys to develop advanced 3D print applications.

This week’s selection is the Automated Pringles Can by Dylan Mandelbaum.

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

CarbonTech is a wide variety of products that can be made from CO and CO2 emissions captured from power plants, biomass or direct air capture.

Essentium is set to reveal a milestone device at the upcoming Rapid+TCT exhibition.

Desktop Metal announced the availability of 316L steel for their Shop System.

ICON, one of the few construction 3D printing companies, has raised a startling US$207M in new investment.

Incorporating lattices has not only enhanced the quality of Rawlings’ baseball gloves, but stands to improve players’ performance.

Trilab has launched AzteQ, a powerful new family of delta 3D printers.

A detailed research report has been published that shows in extreme detail the usage of metal additive manufacturing techniques in the aerospace sector.

Researchers have found a way to print liquid crystals with iridescence and polarization patterns.

Charles R. Goulding and Mindy Zhu look at the relationship between country demographics and additive manufacturing futures.

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have 3D printed a working cancer tumor.

We received an invitation to the grand opening of Massivit’s new “Americas Experience Center”.

There’s a very interesting new feature in Rhino 7: Grasshopper Player.

For the very first time, you can now purchase 3D printer filament that follows NCS color definitions.

A California company seems to have figured out how to take construction 3D printing to the next level.

A notable software misconfiguration temporarily allowed users of the Spaghetti Detective to 3D print on other people’s equipment.

I was surprised to find a story about 3D printed housing in The Economist.

This week’s selection is “The 3D Printing Cookbook: Tinkercad Edition” by David Seto.

Anycubic is preparing to launch a new desktop resin 3D printer, the Photon Ultra.

Intel announced it is exiting the RealSense depth camera business.

There’s been an explosion in the popularity of metal additive manufacturing, and that means more use of steel.

This week’s selection is the 3D Printed Radio Controlled Drink and Snack Boat by Alister Laidlaw of electrosync.

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 3D printing of toys has taken off during the pandemic.

Sakuú announced the launch of a new pilot facility to manufacture 3D printed batteries.

Researchers have successfully installed 3D printed parts into a nuclear reactor.

The multi-material CLAD process is designed especially for electronics applications.

OPT Industries is a 3D print startup company that is developing quite a number of innovations.

3D printing is thought to be a relatively safe activity, but is it really?

Stratasys announced a consolidation of their PolyJet services.

A report from ASME describes a unique “uncrushable material”.

Dassault Systèmes announced a new low-cost SOLIDWORKS offer for makers.

FAME 3D announced yet another toolhead for the LulzBot line of 3D printers: the H175.

Markforged is shutting down — for a week.

Management Execution Systems make things easy, but under the covers there are many challenges

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi envision a new application for 3D printing.

Thor 3D announced several very intriguing new software features for their 3D scanning system.