KraussMaffei offers in-house on-demand 3D printing service

German plastic machinery OEM KraussMaffei is offering an end-to-end 3D print on-demand service featuring its large-format powerPrint 3D printer.     Through this service, the company provides in-house data-optimization, 3D printing, and milling.  According to KraussMaffei, this end-to-end offering enables the production…

Evolve Additive Solutions announces STEP Parts Now at Formnext 2023 to scale additive manufacturing to serial production

Minnesota-based 3D printer manufacturer Evolve Additive Solutions has announced the commercialization of STEP Parts Now, a new parts production service designed to scale additive manufacturing to meet demands in serial production. The company also introduced two new materials into its…

SAEKI raises $2.3 million to create robotics-driven on-demand 3D printing microfactories

Nominations are now open for the 3D Printing Industry Awards 2023. Who are the leaders in 3D printing? Find out on November 30th when the winners across twenty categories will be announced during our London-based live awards ceremony. Switzerland-based robotics…

Essentium launches On-Demand 3D printing services, a “win-win” for manufacturers

Essentium, Inc., a Texas-based company that makes industrial 3D printers, has started Essentium Parts On-Demand (EPOD), an in-house production service based on its High Speed Extrusion (HSETM) 3D printing technology. The service gives manufacturers access to Essentium’s engineering know-how and…

3D printed metal parts from a microwave? Virtual Foundry unveils new method

Nominations for the 2022 3D Printing Industry Awards are now open. Who do you think should make the shortlists for this year’s show? Let us know by casting your vote now. Metal filament manufacturer The Virtual Foundry has introduced a…

Oechsler and Carbon extend partnership with renewal of 120 3D printing technology contracts

Polymer technology firm Oechsler has extended its partnership with 3D printer OEM Carbon by renewing the contracts for 120 Carbon 3D printers at its production plant in Taicang, China. Established in 2004, the facility is said to house one of…

Freemelt patents ‘freezing’ technology for finishing 3D printed parts with complex internal channels

Swedish 3D printer manufacturer Freemelt has been granted patents for a novel approach to post-processing that allows excess powder to be ‘frozen’ out of complex parts.  Designed for finishing powder bed fusion printed parts, the process involves filling them with…

Fictiv secures $100M in Series E funding to push on-demand 3D printing technology

Fictiv, a San Francisco-based on-demand manufacturing service provider, has secured $100 million in Series E funding. Since its founding in 2013, Fictiv has produced and delivered over 19 million custom mechanical parts via 3D printing, CNC machining, injection molding, and…

US Air Force 3D prints spare parts to solve maintenance issues

The US Air Force (USAF) has invested in a 3D printer capable of producing spare parts for its Strategic Automated Command Control System (SACCS). When a supplier stopped manufacturing a red fault indicator lens cap to cover the lights on…

Shell reaps cost and lead time benefits of 3D printing obsolete parts

Oil and gas giant Shell has worked with fiberglass reinforcement specialist Poly Products to reverse engineer and 3D print an obsolete part for one of its offshore installations. Shell Nigeria turned to additive manufacturing to produce a seal cover for…