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…
Court Orders Stratasys to Drop One 3D Printing Patent in Afinia Lawsuit
Last November, 3D printing industry leader Stratasys, makers of fused deposition modeling technology, filed a lawsuit against Microboards Technology, LLC, makers of the Afinia H-Series 3D printer. At…
SOLS Announces Launch of 3D Printed Orthotics Across the US
SOLS Systems, developer of a unique line of custom, corrective orthotics, has announced that their flagship SOLS product is available for sale across the United States. Achy feet can now outfit thems…
US Army Planning 3D Printed Soldier Garments for Augmented Mobility and Protection
Some of the most important realities in 3D printing consider 3D printed clothes to be among their proudest achievements. Both Ultimaker and Materialise have a 3D printed dresses in their lobby, while …
Crowdfunding & The Low-Cost Desktop 3D Printer: A Suicidal Race To The Bottom? (Part 5)
In the last four years, the 3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing and/or Digital Fabrication sector (collectively: “3DP”) has nearly tripled in size. In 2013, expansion reached nearly 35 percent. With u…
3D Printing a Robotic Gripper from Prototype to End Production
It was only recently that an injection moulding customer came to Digital Mechanics AB of Sweden – a company that combines design and engineering experience with rapid prototyping technology to t…
Coming this Month: India’s First 3D Chocolate Printer for Less Than $1,000
3D printing with chocolate is the pursuit of a number of companies in the West, but this is the first time that I’m aware of an Indian company that has investigated 3D printing with edible materials. …
NASA is 3D Printing Multiple Metals Simultaneously with New Radiant Deposition Technique
If you love the acronyms for 3D printing technologies, you might enjoy this new one: RDAM, which is short for Radiant Deposition Additive Manufacturing. And, if it does what NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab…
A North Carolina Furniture Company Makes its Case for 3D Printed Furniture on Kickstarter
Sadly, it doesn’t seem that anyone is listening. The project was launched back on July 21st, but, unfortunately, no one has currently pledged towards the modest $12,000 goal, at the time of this writi…
The US Army is Seriously Considering 3D Printing Food on the Front Lines
Even those of us who have never been in the military know the role of the military chef is a delicate one. We know it from military comic strips such as Beetle Bailey (in Italy, when I was a kid, we h…
3D Systems Acquires Laser Reproductions to Expand Quickparts 3D Printing Service Network
Forever locked into battle, 3D printing industry leaders Stratasys and 3D Systems compete with one another in an endless series of product releases, business acquisitions, and marketing campaigns. Th…
Activ8 Your 3D Printer's Full Potential with this All-Inclusive Touchscreen Device
At the moment, there is an overlap between what might be considered first-ish generation desktop 3D printers and second-ish generation 3D printers. The former might be characterized by a the basic fu…
3D Systems Partners with United Nude for 3D Printed Shoe Line
The 3D printed footwear race has already begun, with companies like Feetz hoping to be one of the fastest runners on the track. While Nike has kept their cleats on the field, Feetz was set to be ready…