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…
EFI CEO Looking at the Big Picture for 3D Printing
EFI Has made itself known for its UV inkjet inks and its huge, wide format 2D printers, as well as its 2D printer productivity software. In a recent interview outlining the company’s Q4 profits,…
RigidBot 3D Printer Delivers Simplicity and Size at a Low Price
At the 3D Printer World Expo this past weekend, I was introduced to a RepRap-style 3D printer that I haven’t come across in person before, the RigidBot from invent-A-part. The RigidBot exploded …
Good News Out of Florida! Mcor Technologies Signs ALLAXIS As 3DP Reseller
Mcor Technologies has signed ALLAXIS 3D Printers as its newest authorized reseller in Florida. Mcor is the manufacturer of the only line of desktop paper-based 3D printers in the world and recently wo…
Riton Biomaterials Orthodontal 3D Printing Products
Riton Biomaterial Co., Ltd., China is a manufacturer that specialises in the development, production and marketing of orthodontic biomaterials and related dental equipment. The company offers the cust…
The Precious Project Moves Closer to Refined 3D Printed Jewellery
Last November, we covered a story about a broad UK initiative to develop 3D printing for the jewellery industry. The Precious Project is charged by funds from the UK government’s Department for Busine…
Happy Chinese Year of the (Colourful) 3D Printed Horse — from Stratasys
Astrological predictions are often a bit too approximate for accurate predictions, even when they are based on the Chinese millenary culture. However they are a great subject for conversation and, app…
Cleveland Golf Tees Off with EnvisionTEC 3D Printers
Cleveland Golf, maker of replica golf clubs since 1979, has invested in additive manufacturing and its machine of choice happens to be an ULTRA 3DP from EnvisionTEC. Cleveland Golf needed a dependable…
MakerBot Slashes Price of Its Digitizer 3D Scanner
When an OEM starts selling off its inventory at a drastically reduced RRP, even via large resellers, such as the case here, it usually means one of two things. Either it’s not competing well in the ma…
Coming Soon: the White House Maker Faire
We recently covered the story of Joey Hudy, a young Afiniac who had made an impression at the White House Science Fair in 2012 with his marshmallow cannon. Inspired by Joey’s tenacity and the g…
Jason vs 3D Printing in RadioShack's New Ad Campaign
For nostalgic millenials, RadioShack’s ad during the Super Bowl may have been one of the few to actually leave an impression. Nothing compares to seeing Chucky, Slimer, Hulk Hogan and Teen Wolf…
UNI Students Train for the Future using one of North America's Largest 3D Printers
Last September, UNI’s Metal Casting Center took possession of one of the largest 3D printers in the US, ExOne’s S-Max. The printer is large enough to produce objects up to almost six feet long (70” in…
The Spies in Your 3D Printer
A friend recently sent me a link to an article that was written more than a year ago. In it, writer Cameron Naramore explores the possibility that 3D printers could someday spy on their users. He refe…