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…
Modla Uses 3D Printing to Blend Artistic Vision and Brand Communication in Latest Work
I found out about Modla’s existence a few months ago, when they participated at TheOtherArt Fair. I was particularly impressed by a silver model of an old race car “twisting” and transforming into a n…
3D Printed Marketing Sends Clients Tiny Chairs
‘As a high-powered product designer and/or marketing executive, I often find myself wanting something more than a glossy brochure outlining my latest product. Brochures are just so flat and dull, when…
3DPI.TV – 3D Printed Gun from Japan
Why do we — as a global society — have such a morbid fascination with guns? Now there is another one to talk about — the Zig Zag revolver. It’s a not the prettiest, nor the most complex thing yo…
Michigan Tech Study Suggests Some RepRap 3D Prints Are As Strong as Commercial 3D Printers
If you thought that plastic parts produced from your average RepRap desktop 3D printer were in any way weaker than those made with commercial 3D printers, you may be proven wrong. The research lab of …
MakerBot Offers Simultaneous 3D Printing Classes for Students in the US and Uganda
Students on either side of the world will be given the opportunity to learn, together, how to use one of the most exciting technologies of the day. In conjunction with a non-profit that teaches STEM …
Top 3D Printing Artist Experiments with Another New Business Approach on imaterialise
When it coms to 3D printed sculptures it really does not get much better than Eric Van Straaten’s work. 3Dprintingindustry.com has covered many of his accomplishments and experimentations in the past,…
FABMOB 3D Prints Your Atmosphere
When you hear the name “FABMOB”, what do you think of? If it’s a gang of fashionable Italian stereotypes, you’re in for a big disappointment. FABMOB stands for fabrication + mo…
RichRap Reviews Spectrum Filament for 3D Printing
3D Printing Industry (3DPI) asked me to test out some filament from a new manufacturer, Spectrum Filament based in the UK. Over the last four years I have used many different types and sources of 3D p…
President Obama Announces Two New Advanced Manufacturing Hubs
This is the year, apparently, that the United States government will fully embrace 3D printing. The America Makes Institute has already been established and, now, we’ve heard that the White Hous…
LeFabShop Finds Hydrographic Is Perfect Addition to 3D Printing
One issue that many 3D printers (intended as those who experiment with 3D printing) have to face is the final objects’ exterior appearance, more so with regard to objects that are to be used — and wor…
Inside 3D Printing World Tour Heads to Berlin
Monday next will see the doors opening to the Berlin edition of the Inside 3D Printing event. The venue for the German leg of the Inside 3D Printing world tour is the Estrel conference centre and hote…
Founding America Makes and the Makers Caucus: An Interview with Congressman Tim Ryan
3D Printing Industry‘s Michael Molitch-Hou had the fantastic opportunity to interview Congressman Tim Ryan [D-OH13] who played an important role in establishing what is now known as America Make…