Next week, a number of additive manufacturing specialists will be among the exhibitors at Farnborough Airshow in the UK, one of the most important dates in the aerospace and defense industry. For many…
Introducing CUDA: the 3D printed underwater jetpack
Archie O’Brien is a design student at Loughborough University. For his final project, in collaboration with service bureau 3D Hubs, O’Brien has applied 3D printing to the creation of a novel, pa…
Vanderbilt University strikes gold on 3D printed defects
Defects in 3D printed parts can cause tremendous failures in a finished component. Luckily, new research from Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, has gleaned a new way of detecting faults. By introducin…
Xaar and Stratasys go into business with new HSS 3D printing company
Xaar PLC (LON:XAR), a UK headquartered supplier of inkjet printheads, has announced that it is forming a 3D printing company with industry giant Stratasys. The new company, Xaar 3D Limited, will hold …
FIT Additive Manufacturing Group teams up to save the reefs
Boston Ceramics, a member of the FIT Additive Manufacturing Group, has released an update of its work for an initiative using 3D printing to help save the world’s coral reefs. Building upon seve…
Lufthansa joins Oerlikon additive manufacturing standards initiative
Lufthansa Technik, the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) division of aerospace company Lufthansa, is to join Swiss technology group Oerlikon in establishing standard additive manufacturing practi…
U.S. Government lifts ban on Cody Wilson’s 3D printed guns, Senvol joins armaments consortium
In a seismic decision from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and U.S. Department of State (DOS), Cody Wilson’s open-source 3D printed firearm file sharing site Defense Distributed is no longe…
3D Systems completes first ever UNESCO restoration with roarsome 3D printed dragons
The Great Pagoda at Kew, on the outskirts of London in the UK, is now alive with seventy-two 3D printed dragons. In the original project for the Royal Botanic Gardens, 3D Systems has applied large-sca…
Review: 3D Printing Industry puts Fiberlogy filaments to the test
Avon Engineering Services Ltd is now the UK distributor/supplier for Fiberlogy, an FFF/FDM 3D printer material manufacturer headquartered in Poland. Recently, the engineering team at 3D Printing Indus…
Prodways 3D printing selected for multibillion dollar opportunity by Schneider Electric
Industrial 3D printers from machine manufacturer Prodways have been selected as the driving force of a project seeking to boost the turnaround of commercial electrical components. Global energy manage…