3D Printing Blog

This week’s selection is the War Rig Truck by the folks from Honeybadger 3D print and paint.

These days there are dozens of good choices for desktop 3D printers, but there’s one huge question to be asked first: do you want a resin or a filament 3D printer?

Charles Goulding Jr. considers the use of 3D printing in a different sort of pharmaceutical development.

A new open source tool could greatly aid the simplification of basic 3D scans.

Now that Formnext 2020 is a wrap, in the digital form of Formnext Connect, we can take a step back and gauge the value of a massive virtual event.

I had a chat with Adrian Maier-Ring, Investment Manager at AM Ventures, to find out more about his company.

Charles Goulding Jr. dives into 3D printing used for thermal desalination applications.

Autodesk announced during its recent Advanced Manufacturing Summit that some of its powerhouse manufacturing tools would be added to Fusion 360, including PowerMill, PowerShape and PowerInspect.

Additive Industries announced a partnership with Makino, and this should enable the company to provide significant additional functionality.

Stratasys and nTopology execs share a look at their new collaboration, starting with an impressive FDM Assembly Fixture Generator.

A startup company has developed a unique method of certifying the quality of 3D printed metal parts.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi consider innovation in 2020, when many are returning to their own garage setups.

If you’re a user of multiple CAD platforms and 3D creation apps…

Researchers have been experimenting with techniques to 3D print objects that can be unfolded into their full size after printing.

Prusa Research has released an extremely interesting and highly useful materials table.

The biggest event in additive manufacturing looks a bit different this year, as Formnext Connect connects us virtually.

Continuing on its mission to bring 10 million colors to 3D printing, Mimaki has just announced a new “baby” in its family: the 3DUJ-2207 UV-LED 3D printer.

Adam Friedman and Ryan Donley examine AI-driven conversational commerce, which was growing technology in 2018 and 2019 and is experiencing rapid growth in 2020 due to the pandemic.

In a briefing earlier today I learned about INTAMSYS’ plans for 2021, and they are quite ambitious.

SLM Solutions has released a breakthrough metal 3D printer, the massive NXG XII 600.

Sintering is a necessary step in metal 3D printing, and a new software application targets accurate compensation for distortions.

It is quite challenging trying to fathom how two industrial techniques are used to create delicate jewelry. 3D printing is an additive process and CNC machining uses a subtractive technique, but…

This week’s selection is “Parametric Solid Modeling Projects” by Prof. Sham Tickoo of Purdue University.

Ultimaker announced a new entry-level 3D printer, the Ultimaker 2+ Connect.

Bondtech and Slice Engineering announced the immediate availability of a series of upgrades designed for most of the Creality line of 3D printers.

3D systems announced their 2020Q3 financial results, and there were some interesting elements in the report.

Charles R. Goulding and Peter Favata look at how the solar panel industry could make use of 3D printing technology.

After a chance call from a reader, I wondered about the apparent unavailability of carbon fiber reinforced 3D printer resin, and learned a great deal.