By Michele Pavan, Research Engineering Manager, Materialise A KU Leuven research team has demonstrated something the metal AM industry has been pursuing for years: the ability to locally influence microstructure within a single printed part during the build itself, without…
Liqcreate’s Bio-Med Flex Now Enables Flexible and Sterilizable 3D Printed Parts
Netherlands-based independent 3D printing resin manufacturer Liqcreate has launched Bio-Med Flex, a clear flexible photopolymer resin designed for sterilizable, biocompatible medical and biomedical applications. This matters because being able to meet this set of requirements in clinical prototyping labs has…
New SUNLU AMS Lite Heater Keeps Filament Dry for Better Print Quality
A twelve-hour overnight print can turn out fine, or it can come back stringy and inconsistent with no change to the slicer settings that would explain why. The usual cause is moisture. A spool left in an open holder for…
3D Printing Industry Preparing Website Upgrade Following Reader Feedback
3D Printing Industry is preparing a significant upgrade to its website, with a redesigned platform set to launch in the coming weeks. The update follows our earlier reader survey, which gathered feedback on how audiences use the site and where…
A new silicone lets 3D printers turn out custom-fit contact lenses
A team at the University of Waterloo has built a digital manufacturing system that prints custom contact lenses in roughly 20 minutes, raising the prospect that a patient could be measured, have a lens designed, and walk out wearing it…
MIT optimizes concrete 3D printing for manufacturability
Researchers at MIT have developed a design framework that optimizes concrete structures while accounting for the physical limits of 3D printers. The research also reveals that printer hardware, not concrete, is the key bottleneck to achieving lighter structures. Concrete is…
SWISSto12 Raises $70M to keep pace with multi-orbit demand
Swiss satellite and payload maker SWISSto12 has closed a $70 million (€61 million) Series C, funding it says will expand manufacturing as orders climb across commercial and government customers. The Series C lands after a stretch of steep revenue gains.…
Concordia researchers use 4D printing of composites to produce wind turbine blades on flat molds
Researchers at Concordia University have developed an inverse 4D printing of composites method for producing curved vertical-axis wind turbine blades from carbon fiber-reinforced epoxy. The process forms the blades on a flat mold, removing the need for tooling that matches…
Solukon launches SPR-Pathfinder PRO for complex LPBF depowdering simulation
Solukon, a German manufacturer of automated depowdering systems, has launched SPR-Pathfinder PRO, an upgraded software package for planning and simulating powder removal from complex laser powder bed fusion parts. The software is intended particularly for components with fine internal channels…
EPFL’s 3D Printed Elastomer Resists Both Fracture and Fatigue
A new study in Science Advances finds that a rubbery material first engineered for 3D printing may resolve a problem that has long dogged materials science: producing printable elastomers that are simultaneously tough and durable. Researchers at EPFL’s Soft Materials…
SkyDefense Unveils CobraJet, a 3D Printed VTOL Interceptor
Colorado-based defense company SkyDefense has introduced CobraJet, an AI-controlled vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft designed to detect, identify, track, and destroy hostile drones at speed. The autonomous multirole jet targets the growing threat that unmanned systems pose to critical…
Print Your Own Gear: Inside the Insta360 × Bambu Lab Luna Ultra Challenge
Insta360 and Bambu Lab’s MakerWorld have teamed up on the Luna Ultra Design Challenge, a global call for makers, designers, and creators to dream up fresh accessories, mods, and concepts for the Luna Ultra, Insta360’s flagship dual-lens 8K gimbal camera.…
USS Essex Prints Its Own Parts at Sea: RIMPAC 2026
At sea, a broken component can’t simply be reordered and delivered the next morning. Some items take weeks to reach a deployed ship, and others are no longer produced at all. To ease that strain, the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship…
Designtech, Caracol, and LAMÁQUINA Open Robotic AM Hub in Milan
Designtech, Caracol, and LAMÁQUINA have partnered to open Milan’s first permanent hub dedicated to large-format robotic additive manufacturing (LFAM) for the design sector. According to the announcement, the space gives designers, studios, and brands ongoing access to large-scale robotic fabrication…
