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…
3D Printed Ninjas Expose Lack of Verisimilitude of Ninja Turtles
Last weekend in Chiba, Japan, Good Smile at the annual Wonder Festival unveiled much. The hobby company is known for its figurine replications of anime and video game characters. The ninja figures bel…
UConn’s New Feminist Engineer Wants to 3D Print Electronics
After the University of Connecticut’s Pratt & Whitney Additive Manufacturing Innovation Center put out this hip video featuring dubstep and 3D printing, Leila Ladani left her post at the Universit…
3DLT Partners with Authentise to Ensure IP Safety
After receiving a great deal of flack upon launch, in regards to the selling of unauthorized designs, 3D printable marketplace 3DLT has partnered with Authentise to stream its 3D files to customers. 3…
Do Not Think of a Bubble in the 3D Printing Industry
The one billion (trillion?) dollar question nowadays is: is there a bubble in 3D printing stocks values? Perhaps an equally valid question is: what has made 3D printing pure players swing up and down …
Stratasys Connex3 Prints Henry Ford in Multiple Colours and materials. Sort of.
Rapid prototyping design studio Fathom 3D wanted to show off what Stratasys’ new Objet500 Connex3 multi-material, colour 3D printer can do, so they 3D printed a Henry Ford quote. Of course this post w…
Manufacturing Micro-fluidic Mechanisms by Merging Micro and Macro Machining
Adding bits of things together – such as 3D printing – to make a thing presents a different set of challenges to taking bits off to make a thing – such as sculpting. Making a thing o…
3D Printing and Telemedicine Aid in the Cranial Surgery of a 6-Month-Old Infant
3D printing is increasingly used to prep doctors for surgery. With patient-tailored models of a given surgical area, surgeons can better understand the environment that they’re getting into, ultimatel…
Alphaform and Tiburon Form Joint Venture for a New 3D Printed Online Art Shop
Alphaform is a German, publicly traded 3D printing company that spun out of German 3D printing leader EOS 18 years ago, in 1996. It now has about 235 employees but, strangely enough, a tiny market cap…
3D Printed Dazzle Lamps Play with Light and Colour
The (relatively) new technology of 3D printing gives designers the ability to design elaborate objects, but the technology of light has been transforming our world since the beginning of time. In fac…
2014 Singapore 3D Printing Competition Is All Flowers and Edifice
Back after its wonderful success last year, the Singapore 3D printing competition returns for 2014 with categories in jewellery and architecture. The Nanyang Additive Manufacturing Centre (NAMC) will …
Useful New Carbon Print Bed Plate by German RepRap
In the past, the print bed of many common 3D printers had to be covered with PET or Kapton tape to ensure sufficient adhesion of the model to the print bed as well as simplifying the removal of the mo…
DFC Now Lets You 3D Print Lost Wax Models in… Wax
Some call it a non-issue, as PLA can be used for lost-wax casting, but there is no doubt in my mind that the possibility to use a wax filament in an FDM/FFF 3D printer will open up new opportunities. …