Siemens launches its new AI-powered assistant for industrial engineering
Join the Expert Committee for the 2024 3D Printing Industry Awards to help select the winners! Industrial manufacturing firm Siemens has unv…
Optimizing 3D printing performance with Bondtech’s Core Heating Technology
Core Heating Technology (CHT) from Bondtech, the Swedish manufacturer of world-leading filament feeders, increases 3D printing speeds by over 30%. CHT…
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…
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…
One Gun & Three Ways to Make it – A Ghost Story
Once upon a time there was a drill press, a 3D printer, and a CNC mill. A journalist came along and decided to use all three machines to find out how easy or difficult it would be to make himself his …
Micron3DP's All-Metal Cobra Extruder Optimized for Specialized 3D Printing Filament
Micron 3DP has sold over 1,000 extruders, and they contacted 3DPI to introduce us to their 3rd generation extruder. First of all, it’s called the Cobra Extruder Line. Cobras are the coolest sn…
D-Shape to 3D Print Entire Luxury Estate in New York
The idea of 3D printing in construction truly germinated with Enrico Dini’s D-Shape. The large-scale 3D printer, first patented in 2006, caught the imagination of architects and builders worldwi…
Most Read Articles from Last Week – June 7th
Peachy Printers $100 DIY SLA 3D Printer is Ready for Action Peachy Printers is accepting pre-orders for their DIY Peachy Printer Kit deigned to allow users to specify their build volume. The printer h…