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…
Face to Face with FabLab BCN, Europe’s Open Forge of Ideas
On 3DPI, we cover FabLabs and FabLab culture as just one of the many faces of the 3D printing industry, just as, in FabLabs themselves, 3D printing is just one of many tools for personal and digital f…
Free 3D Printable(s) of the Week: Super Mario, Slovakian Castle Double Feature
The Free 3D Printable of the Week this week was a tough one for me to decide. It was a toss up between two very distinct, but awesome, 3D models (both suggested to me by Sketchfab’s Louis Bidou…
3D Systems is Hitting Up NYC's 3D Print Week in a Big Way
3D Systems has made an announcement from their South Carolina headquarters: they are heading to New York next month, and they’re bringing their “3D Printed Lifestyle” with them to Me…
The Oddball Tiko 3D Printer Unveiled for $179 at SXSW
At SXSW, Matt Gajkowski, the CEO of Tiko 3D, showed off the company’s ready-for-Kickstarter 3D printer and talked about his team’s engineering and designing process. He said that he buil…
Bertha Plans to 3D Print Faster, Bigger, & Cheaper Than the Competition
First, there was BAAM. And, soon, there will be Bertha. With a huge build volume and an extremely fast deposition rate, the BAAM, or Big Area Additive Manufacturing, machine was built through a partn…
3DPrinterOS Officially Launches with Cloud 3D Printing, Apps, & More
After almost half a year of beta testing, 3DPrinterOS has officially launched its free, universal, cloud-based 3D printer operating system. As previously reported, the software is the result of forme…
Airbus 3D Printed Components to Launch on Next UK Satellite
After spending two years in R&D on the project, UK defense manufacturer Airbus Defence and Space is 3D printing space-qualified satellite components for the UK Space Agency and Innovate UK’s…
Recreus Kicks Off Rubbery 3D Printing with New Extruder & Website
A few months ago, while I was working on an article on home 3D printable insoles from Gyrobot, I found out that Spanish flexible filament maker Recreus had begun working on a new extruder specifically…
Scanning Reality Data: An Interview with Artec VP Evgeny Lykhin
While waiting for a new presentation to begin in Cowell Theater at REAL 2015, I had the chance to speak to Evgeny Lykhin, VP of Product Management at the booth of 3D scanning leader Artec Group. The …
The Top 10 3D Printing Stocks for 2015
Although the stock market has not been kind to 3D printing companies as of late, the financial economy is one thing and the real economy is oftentimes something entirely different. That means that sto…
Graphene Filament Could Breathe Life into 3D Printing
Stronger than diamonds, more conductive than copper, more elastic than rubber, and now available as a 3D printable material, Graphene has well and truly arrived, albeit as a PLA composite. The thinnes…
Zmorph 3D Printer Adds Connectable 3D Scanner to 11 Toolhead Line-Up
Zmorph’s new 3D scanner extension is the last piece that was missing from one of the most popular modular, multipurpose desktop 3D printers. Zmorph is a Polish company specializing in the design…