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…
IdeaZoo 3D Prints Ideas Locally in Louisiana
So, even if 3D printers don’t wind up in every home across the world, I believe they’re likely to pop up, along with hackerspaces and service bureaus, in most mid- to large-sized towns and cities. At …
Undercutting Consumables of the Inkjet 3D Printing Market
Sure, 3D prints made with inkjet technology can be quite beautiful to look at, what with all them ‘purty colours’ and all. While functional prototyping is a dominant application of this process, perha…
Maker’s Empire Hopes to Make 3D Printing Easy with Tablet App
When I was little, everything was a button to push. For kids these days, everything is a touchscreen to swipe. Maker’s Empire in Australia has taken advantage of the new generation of tablet-friendly …
Toyfabb Gives us a Glimpse Into a 3D Printed World of Toys
Toys, toys, toys — we love them, we love them. Sounds like the line of a song by Lady Gaga but in truth we all love toys and many in the 3D printing world see toys as the first, mass-market consumer a…
New Ceramic Colours by i.materialise
3D printing service provider i.materialise has released a colourful new range of food-safe ceramic materials. The previous colour choices for ceramic prints were in soft pastel tones, but i.materialis…
LUXeXceL Takes Home “Functional Printing Award” at 2014 FESPA Gala
From FEPSA, the global federation of 37 national associations for the screen printing, digital printing, and textile printing community, LUXeXceL walked away from the Gala Celebration Night in Munich …
Print Impressive: 3D Printing 2D Printing
In the beginning there was the word. And then the word was printed. And that’s what printing was all about. Today, 3D printing can make rocket engines, and soon, human livers. But how about a retro tr…
Call of Duty Opens Doors to 3D Printing but Not Necessarily How You Would Imagine
Rachel, 3dprintingindustry.com’s Editor, knows that the issues related to 3D printed guns fascinate me and that I like to write about the relationship between consumer 3D printing and video games. I e…
Has MakerBot Become TakerBot?
As Shane alluded to in a recent article, the Internet exploded this weekend when Makers and 3D printer users from all over became outraged by patents recently filed by Stratasys-owned MakerBot. The pa…
Open Source DLP 3D Printer to Hit Kickstarter for $500
I’ve had it up to here with digital light processing (DLP) 3D printers! These days, there’s a new one being released every week! So what’s the big idea? Well, they’re capable of creating high resoluti…
Wohlers: 67K 3D Printers Worldwide to Drive Metal and Final Product Manufacturing
3D Printing is rapidly becoming a new way to make anything. There is no industrial or professional sector that might not benefit from it, reducing costs and increasing productivity, shortening time to…
Another 3D Printing Success Story from China: Meet Mankati
Mankati is a company based in Shanghai, China that manufactures FDM 3D printers. They started in 2012 and now have a five machine line up that includes the smaller JetBuilder R1 WD, JetBuilderR1 EP an…