3D Printing Blog

I just noticed there was a new release of Meshlab, version v2020.12.

Charles R. Goulding and Joseph Castine take a look at 3D printing for glasses and why the two might interest an influential figure.

Dr. Satya Ganti is the technical leader for Baker Hughes additive manufacturing technology center located in Houston, TX and our Women in 3D Printing Guest #270!

In discussions with Mosaic Manufacturing I learned more about their revolutionary “Array” 3D printing factory.

In a very surprising announcement, Mosaic Manufacturing announced a series of revolutionary products that will utterly transform the company and its clients.

Impossible Objects has partnered with Ricoh 3D to offer strong, lightweight 3D printed composite parts to European customers.

Essentium announced a new team that will work directly with clients.

This week’s selection is “Why Buildings Stand Up: The Strength of Architecture” by Mario Salvadori.

Formlabs appears to be looking for someone to lead their engineers.

Researchers have developed an approach for measuring 3D printed part quality over multiple machines.

A new patch will celebrate Girl Scouts learning about additive manufacturing.

DNV announced new service specifications for use of additive manufacturing in the energy sector.

This week’s selection is the 3D Printed Washing Machine by designer Enos Camare.

I just came across something called “the Overton window”, and realized it explains the struggles of 3D printing.

ExOne announced a new atmosphere-controlled version of their massive X1 160Pro metal 3D printer, opening up the possibility of using many different metals.

Evonik announced a new material, and I had a thought while reading through their announcement.

The 26th annual edition of the seminal Wohlers Report has been released, detailing (some) ongoing expansion in additive manufacturing even during a global pandemic.

A new consortium in the UK has been established to develop and promote the use of WAAM 3D printing technology for commercial applications.

Charles Goulding, Jr. considers safety when it comes to 3D printing for our pets.

New chemical recycling process preserves material performance without downgrading.

I’m reading a case study from Farsoon and it showed a not-so-direct route leading to additive manufacturing for production applications.

Inkbit announced a partnership with the United States Air Force.

Formnext revealed more details about their precedent-setting in-person 3D print event this fall.

Charles R. Goulding and Adam Friedman consider how 3D printing has helped build up Skydio drones.

This has been a question of mine for some time, so I decided to investigate using science.

Jabil introduced a new engineering filament for professional 3D printing, PA 0600.

I’ve been thinking about Stratasys’ new SAF 3D printing process.

Selective Absorption Fusion technology is at the heart of the new Stratasys H Series Production Platform.

I encountered a 3D printer manufacturer I hadn’t heard from before, MINGDA.

Andrea Clark is the president and CEO of Gefertec LLC and our Women in 3D Printing Guest #269!

Essentium announced a series of HR moves and said they’ve doubled their staff since last year.

VELO3D officially announced they are going public.

One of MakerBot’s clients demonstrated a very unusual method of using 3D printing.

Charles Goulding Jr. considers the potential for 3D printing construction to aid in the affordable housing crisis.

This week’s selection is “Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies” by Charles Perrow.

Nano Dimension partnered with L3Harris to produce a 3D printed circuit board that is currently in orbit.

In the course of doing some online 3D print shopping, I discovered a very large vendor: Walmart!

3DGence announced a new industrial 3D print for their INDUSTRY line, the F350.

Fictiv announced a very interesting addition to their manufacturing service: quality inspections.

This week’s selection is the Pen Shaped Mouse by Murat Çonay.

A new report from The Economist describes the state of 3D print crime.

Charles R. Goulding considers the business side of Renishaw’s search for a buyer.

3D Control Systems announced a partnership with HP, and this indicates how the manufacturing workflow service will proceed.

Formlabs announced a new scan-to-print feature that demonstrates how 3D printing should really be approached.

Sintavia published an excellent document describing the condensate problem at many metal 3D print operations.

Charles Goulding Jr. takes a look at the latest habitable construction project made using 3D printing technologies.

3D printing company introduces the Inj3ctor to allow everyone access to injection molding of rubber parts.

Additive Industries announced the appointment of two new leaders, including a new CEO.

Making business sense of a proposed 3D printing application can be a lot more complex than you might imagine.

Among the many enduring repercussions of last month’s disastrous winter storm in Texas is a plastics supply chain shortage that could impact filament raw suppliers.