Engineer Kai Parthy is hugely responsible for the boom in 3D printing filaments we’ve been experiencing over the past few years. With the 2012 invention of Laywoo-D3, a composite of sawdust and copol…
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Update: Live on Kickstarter, the 1.75/3 mm All-Metal Hotend from Kai Parthy & ReprapUniverse
After having transformed the world of desktop 3D printing with his original wood and stone filaments, German inventor Kai Parthy has teamed up with 3D printer manufacturer ReprapUniverse to create a h…
Kai Parthy Releases Clear, Flexible 3D Printing Filament
3D printing materials inventor Kai Parthy has had one small niche missing from his every-growing line of filaments. He may have invented Laywood and Laybrick, resulting in a number of other manufactur…
Kai Parthy’s Latest Experimental Filament: LAYCeramic
The inventor of Laywoo-D3, Laybrick, and an increasing number of other filaments, Kai Parthy, has just released his latest invention. The ceramic filament, titled LAYCeramic, is the first filament mea…
The Journey of Laywoo-D3: An Interview with Wood Filament Inventor Kai Parthy
From that first mysterious video of the wood filament, Laywoo-D3, being printed, I was intrigued by the mysterious person behind the camera, writing the white text against a blue background. And when…
Kai Parthy Gets Felty, Foamy and Porous with PORO-LAY Line of Filaments
Merry Christmas from Kai Parthy! After inventing the concrete-like LAYBRICK and wood-like LAYWOO-D3 filaments, the man has proven himself a whiz with textures and material engineering once again with …
The Last Wood-Bender, Kai Flexes His New Wood 3D Printing Filament
It’s almost been three years since Kai Parthy, a German inventor with quite a story, brought wood and plastic together as filament. Released in September, 2012, his Laywoo-D3 was the first filam…
Biodegradable GROWLAY 3D printer filament can be used to grow mushrooms or make cheese
Readers of 3D Printing Industry may remember Kai Parthy from our earlier interviews and coverage of the 3D printer filaments made by the German inventor. Now Kai Parthy is back with another novel fila…
3D printing news SLICED Carbon, DARPA, Hypercars and a new metal 3D printer
This edition of 3D printing news SLICED brings you information about a supersonic 3D printer, a new 3D printable material from Kai Parthy, software to improve additive manufacturing and much more. 3D …
LAY-AWAY, a series of un-ordinary support filaments for FDM
The market for 3D materials building was continuing. There are now in every industrialized country at least one major manufacturer, and many small traders for FDM filaments. What there is not a…