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Shapr3D Introduces “Drawings”

Shapr3D Introduces “Drawings”

Shapr3D announced some big changes to their popular and easy-to-use 3D CAD tool.

3D Printing For Piping

3D Printing For Piping

Charles R. Goulding and Peter Favata consider timely 3D printing applications that could help repair damaged piping.

Jetoptera’s 3D Printed Past And Future

Jetoptera’s 3D Printed Past And Future

A startup company has leveraged 3D printing technology to produce a revolutionary new approach to aircraft propulsion.

Design of the Week: 1:100 Scale International Space Station

Design of the Week: 1:100 Scale International Space Station

This week’s selection is the incredible 1:100 Scale International Space Station print by Redditor gnome_skillet.

Could This Be The Best 3D Printer Enclosure?

Could This Be The Best 3D Printer Enclosure?

A new startup is marketing an enclosure kit for small desktop 3D printers, including the popular Prusa models.

Hexagon’s New HP-OW Sensor Could Trigger Expanded Use Of AM

Hexagon’s New HP-OW Sensor Could Trigger Expanded Use Of AM

Hexagon announced a new 3D sensor that could have implications on the future use of additive manufacturing technology.

Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies Expands Into Services

Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies Expands Into Services

Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies has announced a new Manufacturing-as-a-Service subsidiary.

Orbex Buys “Largest Industrial 3D Printer”

Orbex Buys “Largest Industrial 3D Printer”

Orbex has commissioned what will apparently be the largest industrial 3D printer in Europe.

Self-Sterilizing 3D Printing Material?

Self-Sterilizing 3D Printing Material?

Researchers have developed new polymers that can automatically disinfect themselves, including for SARS-CoV-2.

Barron’s 3 3D Printing Electric Companies And The Texas Power Outage

Barron’s 3 3D Printing Electric Companies And The Texas Power Outage

Charles R. Goulding considers three large 3D printing users that should benefit from restoration: Eaton, GE and Generac.

New Soft, Stretchable Metal Can Be 3D Printed

New Soft, Stretchable Metal Can Be 3D Printed

While attempts to develop a new material may not always pan out, a successful attempt in 2018 has led to ongoing research and new potentials.

Digital Metal Adds Copper Material To Their 3D Print Portfolio

Digital Metal Adds Copper Material To Their 3D Print Portfolio

Digital Metal announced the availability of copper material for their metal 3D printer.

MakerOS Goes Free!

MakerOS Goes Free!

MakerOS has added a free tier to their cloud-based business management system.

Mantle Emerges With Low-Cost, High-Precision Metal 3D Printer

Mantle Emerges With Low-Cost, High-Precision Metal 3D Printer

You probably haven’t heard of Mantle, and that’s because they’ve been in stealth mode until this week.

ExOne Awarded $1.6 Million Department Of Defense Contract For Portable 3D Printing

ExOne Awarded $1.6 Million Department Of Defense Contract For Portable 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding and Ryan Donley take a look at ExOne's major foray into bringing 3D printing where it needs to be.

Polymaker’s Deep Thrust Into Carbon Negative 3D Printing

Polymaker’s Deep Thrust Into Carbon Negative 3D Printing

Polymaker announced a very intriguing new 3D print material called “PolyTerra”.

3D Systems and Jabil Announce “Roadrunner” Industrial 3D Printing System

3D Systems and Jabil Announce “Roadrunner” Industrial 3D Printing System

3D Systems announced a new industrial 3D printing system designed for the aerospace and automotive industries, the Roadrunner.

Markforged To Go Public!

Markforged To Go Public!

Markforged is set to become the next $2 billion public 3D printing company.

ACEO Combines Silicone With Rigid 3D Print Materials

ACEO Combines Silicone With Rigid 3D Print Materials

ACEO announced a new multi-material capability for their silicone 3D printers.

Ciro3D And Motorcycle Lighting

Ciro3D And Motorcycle Lighting

Charles R. Goulding and Peter Favata take a look at how integrating 3D technologies can enhance motorcycle lighting.

Prusa’s Outstanding 3D Print Gluing Guide

Prusa’s Outstanding 3D Print Gluing Guide

Gluing is a practice all 3D printer operators will eventually perform, and Prusa Research has published what could be the definitive guide for it.

Some Questions About That 3D Printed School

Some Questions About That 3D Printed School

A new project hopes to 3D print a school in Madagascar.

Creality To Launch New Subsidiary For Specialized 3D Printers?

Creality To Launch New Subsidiary For Specialized 3D Printers?

I’ve learned that Creality is apparently about to open a new subsidiary to market an interesting variation of their 3D printers.

Texas’ Power Outage, Generators And 3D Printing

Texas’ Power Outage, Generators And 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding considers ways in which 3D printing can help generators keep electricity online in difficult times.

Inkbit Launches A New Additive Manufacturing System

Inkbit Launches A New Additive Manufacturing System

Inkbit announced a new additive manufacturing system, the Vista.

Book of the Week: Engineering — A Very Short Introduction

Book of the Week: Engineering — A Very Short Introduction

This week’s selection is “Engineering — A Very Short Introduction” by David Blockley.

Readily3D Attempts Volumetric Human Organ Bioprinting

Readily3D Attempts Volumetric Human Organ Bioprinting

Readily3D, one of the first companies to tackle the new volumetric 3D printing process, has adapted their process for bioprinting.

Is The Future Of Meat 3D Printed?

Is The Future Of Meat 3D Printed?

There’s a rush to produce alt-meat, and it could be that 3D printing techniques could dominate the scene.

Thangs Just Got A Little Better

Thangs Just Got A Little Better

3D model repository Thangs added some useful new features.

3D Printing In The Jewelry Industry

3D Printing In The Jewelry Industry

Charles R. Goulding and Peter Favata take a look at rising jewelry sales and new ways of making jewelry.

Design of the Week: Battle Droid

Design of the Week: Battle Droid

This week’s selection is the life-size Battle Droid by Droid Division.

Question of the Week: Can I 3D Print A House?

Question of the Week: Can I 3D Print A House?

This week’s question is about construction 3D printing.

Pentagon Robot Technology Leapfrogging

Pentagon Robot Technology Leapfrogging

Charles R. Goulding and Ryan Donley consider the Pentagon’s leadership in robotics, and where 3D printing plays a role.

New Recycled Flexible Filament From Recreus

New Recycled Flexible Filament From Recreus

Recreus has introduced the first recycled flexible 3D printer filament.

Metal 3D Printing Powders Consolidation: ALTANA Completes TLS Acquisition

Metal 3D Printing Powders Consolidation: ALTANA Completes TLS Acquisition

ALTANA has completed its acquisition of TLS, focusing on the metal 3D printing powder market.

peel 2-S Handheld 3D Scanner Announced

peel 2-S Handheld 3D Scanner Announced

Peel 3D announced the peel 2-S handheld 3D scanner.

Chemical Recycling Of Plastics And 3D Printing

Chemical Recycling Of Plastics And 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding and Joseph Castine examine the role of plastics recycling efforts in impacting 3D printing materials availability and pricing.

CREO-Tive Solution Boosts Nature in Urban Areas

CREO-Tive Solution Boosts Nature in Urban Areas

Aristotle stated that “Man is by nature a social animal.” However, social distancing due to COVID-19 has turned us into increasingly sedentary animals.

AMUG To Host 2021 Conference In Person

AMUG To Host 2021 Conference In Person

I’ve been thinking about AMUG's decision to host their 2021 event in person only a few months from now.

Fictiv’s New Investment

Fictiv’s New Investment

Fictiv announced yet another massive investment into their manufacturing network.

Stratasys Acquires RPS!

Stratasys Acquires RPS!

Stratasys continues in targeted 3D printing M&A, today announcing that it is acquiring UK-based RPS.

Mercedes To Spin-Off $35 Billion Truck Division

Mercedes To Spin-Off $35 Billion Truck Division

Charles R. Goulding and Peter Favata consider how 3D printing will come into play for Mercedes’ soon-to-be spun off truck division.

Engrave Everything With The Extremely Portable LaserPecker 2

3D Printed Alt-Meat Coming Soon: Redefine Meat Lands Major Investment

3D Printed Alt-Meat Coming Soon: Redefine Meat Lands Major Investment

Redefine Meat has scored a whopper of an investment with a new Series A round.

Triditive Fueled Up For Automated Additive Manufacturing

Triditive Fueled Up For Automated Additive Manufacturing

Triditive Additive Manufacturing has closed a major investment round.

EnvisionTEC, A Desktop Metal Company

EnvisionTEC, A Desktop Metal Company

As anticipated, today it’s official: EnvisionTEC is a Desktop Metal company following the close of the latest major 3D printing acquisition.

Implications Of NIST’s $4 Million Support For Metal Additive Manufacturing

Implications Of NIST’s $4 Million Support For Metal Additive Manufacturing

At the end of 2020, the NIST awarded almost $4 million in grants supporting metal 3D printing measurement methods and standards.

Sherry Handel: “Additive Manufacturing’s Sustainability Benefits Are Often Less Well-Understood”

Sherry Handel: “Additive Manufacturing’s Sustainability Benefits Are Often Less Well-Understood”

Sherry Handel is the Executive Director at the Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA), and our Women in 3D Printing Guest #266!

SABIC And Additive Manufacturing

SABIC And Additive Manufacturing

Charles R. Goulding and Peter Favata consider SABIC’s contributions to industrial 3D printing.

MakerBot’s Metal 3D Printing Option

MakerBot’s Metal 3D Printing Option

MakerBot announced a new way to 3D print metal on their equipment.