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…
UltiMaker Factor 4, a new industrial 3D printer for the factory floor: Technical Specifications and Pricing
Netherlands-based 3D printer manufacturer UltiMaker has launched Factor 4, its new FDM 3D printer for the industrial market. The new 3D printer supp…
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…
Make Fresh Water with 3D Printed Water Distiller
It’s hard not to be taken in by the humble austerity of the WordPress site Make Fresh Water. Under the simple header reads a phrase that might as well have been written by Kurt Vonnegut as the meaning…
Hollywood Legend Brings Popeye to Life with 3D Printing
Remember Popeye? That deformed sailor who would eat spinach laced with PCP and go beating up anyone he thought was hitting on his girlfriend? That may not be how you remember him, but that seems to be…
3D Printing with voxeljet Pushes Architectural Boundaries with UHPC
There are plenty of case studies that point to a marriage of convenience between 3D printing and the discipline of architecture — both for modelling and construction. However the breadth and depth of…
Size Does Matter for New Lathon Dual Nozzle 3D Printer
What does 2000 hours of design and testing by an Aerospace Enginieering graduate student get you? It you are looking for a 3D printer it gets you the Lathon, a large volume, fast, dual-nozzle, multi-m…
3D Printing For Inventors By Inventors
There may be plenty of 3D printing and design services out there for novices who need parts made, but Light Switch Ideas is focused on those who are constantly plagued by little light switches going o…
SpaceClaim to Prep Your STLs for 3D Printing with Webinar
You’ve got one week before you can attend the SpaceClaim webinar titled “SpaceClaim STL Prep for 3D Printing Module: 3D Printing Made Easy & Fast”. Alright, well it’s sort of a webinar for people …
Research Into 3D Modelling / Design Communities Is Looking for Answers from You
As part of his work at the Horizon research department at the University of Nottingham, Matthew Terrell is conducting specific research into the motivations of 3D designers, animators and users of 3D …
Dim3printing Introduces Dim3W Smart 3D Printing Pen
Texan 3D printer manufacturer Dim3printing has announced the imminent release if its latest 3D printing offering, the Dim3W Smart 3D Printing Pen. Whether the market needs or will support a new ‘3D pr…
The 3D Printed Prosthetic Hands Story Just Keeps on Giving
The ability to develop low cost tailor-made prosthetic hands through 3D printing is one of the earlier, albeit by far one of the best, collaborative stories in the 3D printing industry. It dates back …
The Objet500 Connex3 Struts the Runway at 3D PrintShow in NYC
The Objet500 Connex3 from Stratasys is an amazing machine. Its inkjet technology allows it to 3D print in multiple colours with multiple materials, producing full colour objects. In the past, such a p…
3D Printing Brings Visibility to World’s Refugee Population
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) estimated that, at the end of 2012, there were about 45.2 million forcibly displaced people worldwide with 15.4 million classified as refugees and fitting the following d…
PieceMaker’s 3D Printing Kiosk Offers Factory-In-A-Store Experience
With an aluminium frame, NEMA17 stepper motors, an Arduino board, a build volume of 7” x 7” x 7”, dual bowden extruders, and a print resolution of up to .1mm, and custom Piece-It! software, the PieceM…