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3D Printing Industry is collective work of several authors in our editorial team. Our dedicated team of writers all have a background in technology and are keen to provide news, views and insight into the latest trends in 3D printing across the board including the pioneering home users, the maker community and industrialists.

You’re Pricing Wrong: How to Better Price Your 3D Printing Projects

By Mike Moceri, founder and CEO, MakerOS If you’re running a 3D printing service, or a product development company where you’re quoting customers on digital fabrication services, there’s a good chance that you’re pricing wrong. Here’s how I know. In…

Modix launches extra large MAMA 3D printer, capable of making parts up to 5m tall

Modix a global developer of large format 3D printers has announced the launch of its new extra-large 3D printer, with variable print volume between 1 x 1 x 1 meter to 2 x 5 x 1 meter (XYZ). The printer, Modix…

VoxelDance Additive, a powerful data preparation software for 3D printing

VoxelDance, a Shanghai-based software company, has developed a powerful data preparation software for 3D printing named VoxelDance Additive. Applicable to a number of 3D printing technologies including DLP, SLS, SLA and SLM, this software includes functions such as CAD model…

The Virtual Foundry quietly prints its way across the periodic table using common 3D printers

Building on its patent issued on August 13, 2019, The Virtual Foundry continues to expand its 3D printable materials offerings with an impressive trip across the periodic table of the elements. The Virtual Foundry currently stocks about 20 materials, including…

Q1 2019 3D Printing Industry Index

The 3D Printing Industry Industry Index for the first quarter 2019 is now complete. This is the fourth time that our team of analysts have run this survey collecting sentiment from industry stakeholders. It is included in our 3D Printing…

The Virtual Foundry’s 3D metal printing solution takes off

One of the worlds largest OEM auto parts manufacturers ZF has successfully 3D printed large scale press-dies using The Virtual Foundry’s materials. Made with a desktop Prusa 3D printer the parts are used for the fabrication of sheet metal. This same result can…

How long do you need to wait for a desktop SLS 3D printer?

When 3D Printing Industry reviewed Lisa Pro last year, Sinterit was delivering the first printers to the customers. Now it has become an ongoing process with two months lead time for every new customer. The first deliveries started in September,…

Disrupting the Disruptors, Low Cost 3D Metal Printing

The Virtual Foundry’s newly patented high metal composite filaments create pure metal 3D Prints with common, off-the-shelf FDM printers. This novel solution to a complex problem has sparked a movement in low-cost, high quality, 3d metal printing. TVF customers are…

Builder Extreme 2000 PRO 3D printer, technical specifications and pricing

Today at Formnext 2018, hall 3.1, booth J80, Dutch machines manufacturer Builder 3D Printers launched the Extreme 2000 PRO, the company’s “most advanced large scale 3D printer yet.” With its giant build volume of 700 x 700 x 1700 mm (XYZ),…

Fillamentum teams with Tomas Bata University designer to build 3D printed electric bike

Czech 3D printer materials manufacture Fillamentum has worked with industrial designer František Dvořák to make a 3D printed electric motorcycle hood. Presented at this week’s Formnext exposition in Frankfurt from 13 – 16 November 2018, Dvořák’s motorcycle won an award for its…