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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.

Formlabs Rounds Out Their Dental 3D Printing Portfolio

Formlabs Rounds Out Their Dental 3D Printing Portfolio

Formlabs announced a new resin for their dental 3D printing portfolio, making it an even more powerful option for dentists.

Stratasys Broadens Carbon Fiber Capabilities

Stratasys Broadens Carbon Fiber Capabilities

Stratasys announced a new carbon fiber material for use in their F123 series 3D printers.

Book of the Week: Artificial Intelligence Revolution

Book of the Week: Artificial Intelligence Revolution

This week’s selection is “Artificial Intelligence Revolution: how AI Will Change Our Society, Economy and Culture” by Robin Li.

The Institute For Advanced Learning And Research Sets The Bar High With A $25.5 Million Center For Manufacturing Advancement

The Institute For Advanced Learning And Research Sets The Bar High With A $25.5 Million Center For Manufacturing Advancement

The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) has built a Center for Manufacturing Advancement (CMA) that spans 51,250 square feet on the IALR campus.

Dassault Systèmes And EOS Collaborate To Improve Additive Manufacturing Digital Workflow

Dassault Systèmes And EOS Collaborate To Improve Additive Manufacturing Digital Workflow

Leveraging their 3DEXPERIENCE platform, Dassault Systèmes has been developing a set of dedicated applications for Powder Bed additive manufacturing processes, from design to build job preparation and simulation.

Purdue Investigating Methods To Enhance Construction 3D Printing?

Purdue Investigating Methods To Enhance Construction 3D Printing?

A news release from Purdue University indicates the institution has been quietly developing new methods of automated construction.

SynDaver Launches Axi 2 Desktop 3D Printer

Design of the Week: Tourbillon Mechanica

Design of the Week: Tourbillon Mechanica

This week’s selection is the Tourbillon Mechanica by Dan / @Mechanistic.

Software For Self-Built 3D Scanners?

Software For Self-Built 3D Scanners?

Polyga is offering powerful software that can be used with self-built 3D scanners.

3D Printing Hunting Equipment

3D Printing Hunting Equipment

Charles R. Goulding and Peter Favata gather 3D printing ideas for hunters.

MIT’s LaserFactory: One Step To Produce Functional Objects

MIT’s LaserFactory: One Step To Produce Functional Objects

MIT has developed a device that can literally produce a fully functional object in one step, with no human intervention.

Xact Metal Makes Major Step Forward With GoEngineer Partnership

Satori Assisting Artists With 3D Print Technology

Satori Assisting Artists With 3D Print Technology

Satori described an innovation collaboration with designer Ganit Goldstein.

3D Printing For The Two-Way Electric Smart Grid

3D Printing For The Two-Way Electric Smart Grid

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi consider upcoming 3D printing applications in a change to the power grid.

Tackling Food Insecurity Through Urban Farming Technology

3D Printed IKEA Designs Bring Some Magic To Home Sound Systems!

3D Printed IKEA Designs Bring Some Magic To Home Sound Systems!

IKEA and Teenage Engineering have come up with a stylish audio and light system collection that can be downloaded and 3D printed!

Lost Air Casting: From Popsicles To Ironworks

Lost Air Casting: From Popsicles To Ironworks

Janne Kyttanen’s 3D printed popsicle process is a lot more powerful than I realized.

3D Print Materials Count: A Field Test Of Lightweight PLA

3D Print Materials Count: A Field Test Of Lightweight PLA

An RC flyer has performed a very real test of a lightweight 3D printing materials.

Supply Chain Constraints And 3D Printing

Supply Chain Constraints And 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding and Ryan Donley consider how 3D printing can help overcome large companies' supply chain woes.

Ian Davis Shows Off His Two-Fingered, Ninja Turtle Hand Prosthetic

Ian Davis Shows Off His Two-Fingered, Ninja Turtle Hand Prosthetic

We’ve all seen how prosthetics help folks with missing limbs, but we don’t always get to see them made by the same people who wear them.

Stratasys Expands J8 Series Of 3D Printers

Stratasys Expands J8 Series Of 3D Printers

The newest addition to the J8 lineup of PolyJet 3D printers is the enterprise-class J850 Pro.

SOLIDWORKS For Students And Makers Coming Later This Year

SOLIDWORKS For Students And Makers Coming Later This Year

Dassault Systèmes announced some changes to SOLIDWORKS pricing that will be of interest to both students and makers.

3D Printing Accessible Designs Helps Private Findings Stay Private

3D Printing Accessible Designs Helps Private Findings Stay Private

Designs for accessibility can be rethought with 3D printing so something as personal as a pregnancy test can stay private.

Commercial Construction 3D Printing Erupting In The US

Commercial Construction 3D Printing Erupting In The US

Three announcements foreshadow increased construction 3D printing in the US.

The 3D Printing Industry And AI/Machine Learning

The 3D Printing Industry And AI/Machine Learning

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi consider a few examples of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and 3D printing combining for more powerful solutions.

Are Partnerships With Chemical Companies Required For 3D Printer Manufacturers?

Are Partnerships With Chemical Companies Required For 3D Printer Manufacturers?

I’ve been looking at several material announcements lately from 3D printer manufacturers and am noticing a trend.

Rapidia-ExOne Deal Shows Challenges And Opportunities

Rapidia-ExOne Deal Shows Challenges And Opportunities

The partnership involving ExOne and Rapidia highlights some of the problems in 3D printing these days.

3D Control Systems Announces ZAP

3D Control Systems Announces ZAP

3D Control Systems formally announced their new ZAP system today.

Roboze Introduces Flexible Subscription 3D Printing Plan

Roboze Introduces Flexible Subscription 3D Printing Plan

Roboze announced a unique method of using their equipment: by subscription.

Book of the Week: The Art of Doing Science and Engineering

Book of the Week: The Art of Doing Science and Engineering

This week’s selection is “The Art of Doing Science and Engineering” by Richard W. Hamming and Bret Victor.

ExOne Enters The Office Metal 3D Printing Scene

ExOne Enters The Office Metal 3D Printing Scene

There’s a new office-friendly metal 3D printing system on the market as ExOne and Rapidia introduce the Metal Designlab 3D printer and X1F furnace.

Could Casual 3D Printing Go Large?

Could Casual 3D Printing Go Large?

A new video shows the potential of large-format home 3D printing.

Impactful 3D Printing Innovation To Be Awarded

Impactful 3D Printing Innovation To Be Awarded

Startups employing to develop impactful applications are eligible for a major new award backed by big names and big prizes.

Vaccines, Drones, And 3D Printing

Vaccines, Drones, And 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding and Ryan Donley find common ground in advanced technologies and vaccine distribution efforts.

Design of the Week: Bernie (In Color)

Design of the Week: Bernie (In Color)

This week’s selection is a fully colored model of US Senator Bernie Sanders.

Finally: Method Discovered To Easily Decompose 3D Print Material

Finally: Method Discovered To Easily Decompose 3D Print Material

Researchers have identified a method of easily — and ecologically — disposing of PET thermoplastics.

Combining Forces In 3D Printing: The US And UK Navies

Combining Forces In 3D Printing: The US And UK Navies

Charles R. Goulding and Ryan Donley consider two navies' applications of additive manufacturing.

New Technique Could Be The “Belt Printing” Equivalent For Resin 3D Printers

New Technique Could Be The “Belt Printing” Equivalent For Resin 3D Printers

Researchers at Northwestern University have developed an incredible new approach for 3D printing with resin materials.

Antennas: 3D Printing Application Of The Future, Or Today?

Antennas: 3D Printing Application Of The Future, Or Today?

Recently I’ve seen several projects using 3D printing to produce highly advanced antennae, and this is likely to be a significant application in the future.

Wematter’s New Atmosphere System Increases SLS Part Quality

Wematter’s New Atmosphere System Increases SLS Part Quality

Wematter announced a new system that increases 3D printed part quality significantly.

GE’s $9 Billion Stake In Baker Hughes And 3D Printing

GE’s $9 Billion Stake In Baker Hughes And 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding considers financial implications of GE’s relationship with Baker Hughes and where 3D printing comes into the picture.

Catching Heat for Metal Additive Manufacturing

Catching Heat for Metal Additive Manufacturing

Engineers, scientists, and manufacturing experts around the world are in a frustrating spot when it comes to additive manufacturing (AM).

In-Body 3D Printing Under Development

In-Body 3D Printing Under Development

There may soon be a way to 3D print bones directly into patients.

A Set Of Basic 3D Print Benchmarks

A Set Of Basic 3D Print Benchmarks

3D Platform has published a set of simple benchmarks that anyone could easily use.

Bacteria Could Provide Eco-Friendly Plastics

Bacteria Could Provide Eco-Friendly Plastics

Researchers have found a way to persuade cyanobacteria to produce larger quantities of a certain thermoplastic.

President Biden’s “Buy American” Executive Order And 3D Printing

President Biden’s “Buy American” Executive Order And 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding and Randy Rothbort examine 3D printing implications of the U.S. government-backed “Buy American” strategy.

Watch As This Artist Fills Broken Wall Structures With A 3D Filament Pen

Watch As This Artist Fills Broken Wall Structures With A 3D Filament Pen

One of the biggest strengths of an artist is being able to see the world in a different light and to bring their vision into reality.