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Prusa Enables Soluble Support

Prusa Research took an expected, but nevertheless interesting step forward this month by announcing a feature usually found on professional machines.

Sculpteo’s Strange New Material: PEBA

Every once in a while, a new material appears on the 3D printer scene. Now Sculpteo introduces one: PEBA.

Formfutura Joins the Engineering 3D Print Materials Gang

The trend towards professional desktop 3D printing continues with another materials announcement.

Is “Carbon Fiber” 3D Print Material Really “Carbon Fiber”?

Recently a number of 3D print companies have announced what’s described as “carbon fiber” materials, but are these really as strong as carbon fiber?

Least Dense 3D-Printed Graphene Structure Enabled by New Technique

At one-atom thick, graphene is the lightest and strongest material in the world. Harnessing its power, however, has not been easy as it’s not a simple process to manipulate the world’s toughest material. Additive manufacturing (AM) may hold the answer.

High Temperature Capabilities Could Lead to new 3D Print Materials

Historically, desktop 3D printers used only a select few materials, but that has changed recently, and could change a great deal more.

3D Printer Filament Specifications: Who Can You Believe?

I’m reading an interesting story from Prusa Printers that reveals a rather shocking fact about 3D printer filament.

Does Every 3D Print Filament Maker Need a Chemical Giant Partner?

There are literally dozens of 3D printer filament manufacturers these days, but there may be a powerful way for them to take a step up.

MakerJuice Labs’ 3D Printer Resin Pigment System

Shopping for just the right resin color? MakerJuice has a solution for you.

Hands on with Four Fiberlogy Filaments

Fiberlogy is a Polish company producing high quality 3D printer filaments, and we had the chance to test not one, but four of their materials.

3D Print Filament Producer Polymaker Makes Hardware, Too

Polymaker is a well-known provider of high quality filament in many different materials and formats, but they’re also becoming known for their associated hardware products.

NanoSteel Introduces Case-Hardening Metal Powder

As interest rises in 3D metal printing, so do the metal powder material options for it.

BigRep Makes a Speedy 3D Printing Filament

BigRep’s focus recently has been all about print speed, and now they’re using a new filament technology to achieve more rapid prints.

Using Third Party Materials for Stratasys 3D Printers?

I’m looking at the new material offerings from Triton 3D, who claim to produce Stratasys-compatible filament spools.

Polyproplyene for SLS 3D Printing?

An announcement of a new polypropylene powder for SLS 3D printing suggests a different workflow for product designers.

Putting PEKK in the 3D Printing Spotlight with Oxford Performance Materials

According to market research firm Markets and Markets, the 3D printing materials industry will be worth $1.4 billion by 2021.

Another Water-Soluble Support Material Hits the Market

With the increase in the number of dual-material 3D printers recently, it’s no surprise there are new support materials emerging.

3D Platform Leading New Filament Standards Project

3D Platform has a problem they’d like to solve, but they really need the cooperation of others in the 3D printing industry.

This Modular Furniture System is a Nod to ‘The Universal Brick Making Machine’

While not feasible for every product out there, ceramic materials are one of the few natural materials available to us that can be formed into just about anything.

An Unusual 3D Printing Filament from 3dk.berlin

There’s plenty of competition in the 3D printer filament market these days, so it takes a lot to stand out among the crowd. It seems that 3dk.berlin has done so with their new “k-top” product.

BigRep Solves Their Own Problem and Everyone Else’s Too

BigRep introduced a new 3D printer filament that could make life much easier for many 3D print operators.

3D Printing Supplies that Are Not Printing Materials

I’m reviewing the product list from an Australian company, 3D Formulations, which provides a number of non-printing supplies for 3D printing operations.

Some Very Strong 3D Print Materials from Arevo Labs

I’m looking at Avero Labs’s collection of unusual 3D print materials today.

DuPont Unleashes Their Polymer Portfolio

I just noticed that chemical giant DuPont released new materials specifically for 3D printing. Everyone has heard of DuPont; they have been around since 1802 (that’s 18-02, not 19-02!) and have over the decades grown to one of the world’s largest chemical companies. Among the many products they produce is polymers, which are of course… Continue reading DuPont Unleashes Their Polymer Portfolio

Toner Plastics Developing 5mm 3D Printer Filament

There hasn’t been much change in the standard diameter of 3D printer filament for years now, but perhaps that’s going to change.

Windform’s Specialized 3D Print Materials

There are plenty of vendors of common 3D print materials, but far fewer offering unusual composite materials.

HP and SIGMADESIGN Launch Material Development Kit for 3D Printing

Key to HP’s Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) 3D printing technology is its open materials platform

3D Printing Filaments: What’s the Deal with ULTEM and PEEK?

In the world of fused deposition modeling (FDM), or fused filament fabrication (FFF) as the technology for non-Stratasys-branded systems is called, one family of materials may be considered king of the crop

A Useful 3D Printer Material Chart

With the continual introduction of new 3D printer filament materials, it’s become hard to keep track of them all. Until you see this terrific chart.

Verbatim’s New Filaments Support That Professional Notion

Recently we spoke with representatives from Verbatim and found out about some new filaments they are working on.

New 3D Print Materials Now Possible: 3D4Makers Develops Air-Cooled Filament Production System

Netherlands-based 3D4Makers seems to have broken through a major barrier to producing unusual 3D print filaments in engineering materials with a new production system.

Carbon Expands Material Lineup for Ultrafast 3D Printing

When Carbon finally launched its M1 3D printer last year, the system came with a portfolio of several exciting photopolymers for use with the company’s continuous liquid interface production (CLIP) technology.

Essentium Develops Revolutionary 3D Printing Process

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen something this revolutionary: Essentium has created a completely new filament-based 3D printing process.

EVO-tech Can 3D Print Real Metal Objects with Filament!

Hidden in the back of EVO-tech’s booth at FormNext was a very significant spool of material.

Sintratec’s Flexible-Flexible Powder System

Sintratec is a Swiss company that produces SLS-style 3D printers and now they’ve developed a very interesting way to 3D print flexible objects.

Inspecting Polymaker’s Smoothing System

I was able to take a close look at Polymaker’s new smoothing system and found it to be very impressive.

MakeShaper Addresses The Replicator+

A filament producer now offers filament specifically for the new MakerBot equipment.

Polymaker’s Simplified 3D Casting System

Polymaker is one of those interesting plastic filament companies that keeps inventing unusual products. One of them is their casting solution.

Who Knew? Nylon PLA!

Is it nylon 3D printer filament or PLA. Actually, this product is both!

Formlabs’ New Engineering Resins Hide a Powerful Secret Weapon

Today Formlabs announced a trio of new “engineering” resins for use in their desktop 3D printer, but one of them has a very special property.

New Functional 3D Printer Material from Avante

Yet another interesting 3D printer filament has been announced by Avante Technology: Injection Molding Grade Filament.

Two 3Dwox Updates

The increasing popularity of the amazing 3Dwox desktop 3D printer from Sindoh tells me readers may be interested in two subtle updates about the device.

BigRep Releases Long-Awaited Large-Format Plastic

BigRep has solved a major barrier to large-format 3D printing in a very ingenious way.

Two 3D Printer Companies Offer New Innovative Materials Products

There’s much competition in the world of 3D print materials, given the vast number of devices loose in the world. Innovation is key and two companies announced new products along that line.

Hands on With Fiberlogy’s new FiberFlex 40D 3D Printer Filament

We obtained a small sample of Fiberlogy’s new FiberFlex 40D 3D printer filament and performed some basic testing.

BREAKTHROUGH: World’s Darkest Material, Vantablack, Successfully Applied to a 3D Print

Surrey Nanosystems, producers of the amazing Vantablack dark material informed Fabbaloo they have successfully coated a 3D printed object with the world’s darkest material.

Proto-Pasta’s Surprising Matte Fiber PLA

Proto-Pasta has introduced a curious new line of PLA-based 3D printer filament: Matte Fiber HTPLA.

Another Major Player Enters the 3D Printing Filament Market

Nexeo Solutions has begun marketing a line of 3D printer filament, marking the first venture into 3D printing by the global chemical distributor.

It Appears CX5 is a Success

CX5, a sculptable 3D printer filament, appears to have surpassed their launch goals and will become a product.

Have You Tried ASA 3D Printer Filament?

Among the small explosion of new 3D print materials is a substance you may not have considered: ASA.

Filamentive’s Sustainable 3D Printer Filaments

I met with representatives of Filamentive to find out more about their interesting series of sustainable 3D printer filaments.

Believe It: Carbon Nanotube 3D Printer Filament is Pretty Strong

A new video from a supplier of carbon nanotube-infused 3D printer filament demonstrates amazing strength.

ThreeD Materials Offers 3D Printer Filament By Subscription, But is This a Thing You Should Do?

New materials vendor ThreeD Materials has a new subscription-based method for distributing 3D printer filament, but is it something you should do?

Nano Dimension Adds Electricity to Multimaterial 3D Printing

About 30 years ago, 3D printing began as a technology for rapid prototyping, allowing designers, engineers and manufacturers to quickly produce physical mockups of their designs.

NinjaTek’s Two New 3D Printer Filaments

NinjaTek is most well known for their flexible filament, NinjaFlex, but two new products might change that notion.

Carbon’s True Focus: Materials

Carbon’s new M1 3D printer has been announced, but I feel the more interesting part of the Carbon story is the materials they’re offering – and will offer for the machine.

Need a Custom 3D Print Material? Call ADVANC3D Materials!

There are many companies producing materials for 3D printing applications, but this one has an interesting speciality: custom materials.

MALPRO Breaks the Filament Price Barrier

I’ve always been suspicious of low-cost 3D printer filament, as it can often be of questionable quality. However, MALPRO may have broken that barrier.

colorFabb Announces Steel 3D Printer Filament

True to form, Netherlands-based colorFabb introduced yet another pioneering 3D printer filament, this time based on Steel.

Innofil3D’s Super-Strong PRO1 3D Printer Filament

Netherlands-based Innofil3D has released a video showing their new “Pro1” 3D printer filament that has some very strong characteristics.

The Unusual Properties of PCL 3D Printer Filament

I’m looking at a plastic I haven’t seen before for 3D printing: PCL.

Yet Another Composite Filament Idea: Reflectivity

Taiwan-based BotFeeder has launched a new “reflective” 3D printer filament on Indiegogo.

Formfutura’s Almost-Entirely Metal 3D Printer Filaments

Netherlands-based Formfuture announced a pair of new composite metal 3D printer filaments today, but there’s a surprising twist: they’re almost entirely metal!

Stratasys’s Very Focused FDM Enhancements Keep With The Theme

There seems to be an interesting theme emerging from Stratasys these days, and it’s not simply announcing hardware.

Could E3D’s New Edge Material Top PLA and ABS?

The folks at E3D are most well-known for their very popular hot-ends, which are installed on many desktop 3D printers. Now they’ve taken a step out of bounds to produce a pretty amazing filament.

Formfutura Releases Not One, But Three Specialized 3D Printer Filaments

Long-time 3D print filament maker Formfutura announced the availablity of no less than three different specialized filaments, each with some very interesting properties.

WASP’s 3D Printing Vision Continues to Inspire

Today there are hundreds, if not thousands, of companies operating across the 3D printing industry, all motivated by the potential of additive technologies and/or the commercial opportunities that they offer.

Here’s A Twist On “Specialty 3D Printer Filaments”

The market is getting very crowded for 3D print filament marketers and one way to get noticed is to specialize.

Brace Yourself For Carbon Nanotube 3D Printer Filament!

A new filament from Avante demonstrates how much more advances in 3D printing filament chemistry can achieve.

PolyMaker’s Slick 3D Print Smoothing System

Shanghai-based Polymaker has developed a combination plastic filament and device to perfectly smooth 3D prints.

Today, Formlabs Begins A Profound Transformation

Today Formlabs announced new resin that demonstrates a significant product and marketing strategy change.

A Better Way To Cast 3D Prints

Casting is a way some 3D print operators transform their fragile plastic prints into more durable materials, like metal. But what is the best 3D print material to do this?

Filapack Offers A 3D Printer Material Sampling Service

Startup company Filapack has launched a new service the enables inexpensive testing of popular 3D printer filaments.

Arevo Labs’ Fascinating Materials and Software

In the middle of Silicon Valley lies the headquarters of an advanced 3D printing company: Arevo Labs, who produce some extremely interesting materials and software.

Carbon: It’s About The Materials, Silly!

Carbon’s latest move suggests their real ambition could be materials, not 3D printing.

Peasl For 3D Printing?

I ran across an unusual material called Peasl. Could it be used for – or with – 3D printing?

colorFabb Announces A Mystery High-Temperature 3D Printer Filament

Dutch filament manufacturer colorFabb announced they’re working on a new high temperature filament.

Carbon Renamed & Rolling CLIP Out to More Early Adopters

Since the announcement a year ago (almost to the day) introducing the world to the CLIP 3D printing process, from the company that was then called Carbon3D, much has been made of the speed of this process and the high levels of funding it has garnered.