Amazemet scaling metal 3D printing with Siemens’ Xcelerator software
Polish metal 3D printing company Amazemet has adopted industrial manufacturing firm Siemens’ Xcelerator software portfolio. The Warsaw Universit…
Formlabs launches new 3D printers Form 4 and Form 4B
Join the Expert Committee for the 2024 3D Printing Industry Awards to help select the winners! 3D printer OEM Formlabs has launched its new desktop re…
Materialise adds novel AM materials to its portfolio
Belgian 3D printing company Materialise has introduced three new materials to its AM portfolio. These materials include Polyamide 12S (PA 12S), Polyamide 11 (PA 11) for Multi Jet Fusion, and Carbon Fi…
America Makes & YBI Announce $100K 3D Printing Start-Up Competition
The USA’s pioneer 3D printing institute, America Makes, was conceived to push the country’s 3D printing capabilities across new frontiers. To do so, the organization has typically relied on forging p…
Bespoke “Rotruder” Machine Makes 3D Food Using 3D Printed Replaceable Parts
Although it does make food in 3D shapes, it cannot strictly be considered a 3D printer, as it does not work via an additive process (but as a Formative process). However, the Rotruder is possible only…
3D LifePrints Achieves Many Firsts in Africa with 3D Printed Prosthetics
While there are many projects that have contributed to raising awareness about the possibilities that low cost 3D printing can offer to amputees in developing and poor countries, nothing is like being…
Formfutura Raises Its Wooden Stakes with New 3D Printing Filaments
Wood seems to be the sexiest material in 3D printing lately. After Materialise’s announcement regarding its new laser sinterable wood materials, the large Netherlands based filament retailer, Formfutu…
Embedding Electronics into 3D Prints Yields Kick Ass Kickstarter
As we move from a consumer vs. producer society, in which skills are specialized and compartmentalized to individual manufacturing businesses, to a prosumer society, in which empowered individuals exp…
UL & 3DSIM Partner to Push the Limits of 3D Printing Simulation Tech
2015 is about mergers, acquisitions, and new 3D printing materials. As we head towards 2016, we can expect the rate of new and unexpected partnerships to increase. For example, UL and 3DSIM LLC made …
Stratasys and PTC Team Up to Optimize 3D Printing Workflows
PTC and Stratasys Ltd., two major players in the 3D printing industry are now working together to combine PTC Creo design software and Stratasys 3D Printing Solutions in hopes of making 3D printing mo…
Airwolf 3D Reinvents its Wheels with New AXIOM 3D Printer Line
Costa Mesa-based Airwolf 3D has gradually been improving their desktop 3D printers since their inception three years ago. After numerous AW3D machines, growing from RepRap-style aluminum extrusion pr…
Preparations Begun on Mass Metal 3D Printing of Airbus Engine Parts
The race is on to bring industrial 3D printing into mainstream manufacturing, beginning with the aerospace sector. In the U.S., GE has launched its own mass 3D printing facility for the production of …
Wevolver Begins Workshop to 3D Print InMoov Robots for Hospitalized Children
Wevolver, an online platform that helps connect innovative engineering projects and 3D makers, has just opened up their public workshop in Somerset House in London. For their inaugural project, they h…
Tech Giant Lenovo Announces ShenQi Rebranding Program for XYZ 3D Printers
During its first Tech World Conference, Lenovo announced several new consumer products including, for the first time, a range of 3D printers. This new venture represents the initial culmination of its…
EU (Finally) Unites for 3D Printing Adoption with CECIMO European Conference
Yesterday, I was talking with Skyforge founder Andrew Walker (more on his project next week) and we agreed that, perhaps even more so than for the US and Asia, 3D printing is a huge opportunity for Eu…