CADchat’s cloud-based platform offers a better way to manage product development projects
Join the Expert Committee for the 2024 3D Printing Industry Awards to help select the winners! Software development firm CADchat has launche…
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…
EnvisionTEC’s New Machines Go Big and Small
Rachel was able to get the low-down on envisionTEC’s new machine while she was away at Euromold. Sitting down with the company’s CEO, Al Siblani, who described to her how the Xede 3SP worked and boas…
3DP Materials Market Report
‘Markets and Markets’ report that by 2018 the global 3D printing materials market around plastics and metals could be worth some USD$408.5 million. The report iterates that the 3D printing…
Formlabs Announces White Resin for Form1 3D Printer
Formlabs has just announced White Resin — the latest commercial development from the company’s inhouse material science team. From the beginning, just over 12 months ago, Formlabs stated that it woul…
Review: 3D Printing: Social and Cultural Trajectories Symposium
On Friday, Swinburne Institute for Social Research presented the first symposium of its kind in Australia – ‘3D Printing: Social and Cultural Trajectories’. A wide variety of researchers from humaniti…
The World's Sexiest 3D Printer (Part 2)
That sex sells is no revelation. That writing an article about my adoration of a 3D printer entitled ‘The World’s Sexiest 3D Printer‘ should go on to become the most-read article her…
A Blissful Exploration of 3D Textiles on Instructables
Blissful designs for 3D printed textile attire combines inspiration from nature and armour. And, with a step by step guide, the Instructable permits anyone to try it for themselves by following practi…
Might 3DP Entrepreneurs Represent Japanese Growth?
In a previous post, we relayed that Japan currently occupies only .3% of the international 3D printing industry, citing Reno Tibke at Akihabara News. Despite this figure, it appears that the tech is s…
Joe Boxer Founder Starts Post-Prep 3D Printed Jewellery Line
Anyone who knows me knows that I love silly boxers with irreverent phrases or smiley faces on them, leaving me with only one brand to turn to: Joe Boxer. Famous for underwear with Looney Toons Charact…
Complex Systems in Theoretical Physics as Illustrated with 3D Printed Models
What sound does a tree make when 3D printed in such a way as to demonstrate complex systems in theoretical physics? Probably something very similar to the sound of any object being 3D printed. The sou…
America, the Land of 3D Printed Eco-Dreams
We love those success stories that occasionally come out of American news, where someone undertakes a seemingly lost cause and by doing so finds a simple solution to a problem that afflicted many. Nat…
SLM Solutions’ Automatic Powder Recovery System
Just as EOS announced the future of an unboxing station for their M 400 3D printer at Euromold, their competitor, SLM Solutions, demonstrated similar moves towards fully-automated manufacturing using …
Honeycomb: Free, Web-Based Parametric CAD Program
Kenan O’Keefe explained to me that, since he discovered CAD in high school thanks to an effective pre-engineering track, he was able to cultivate his skills and passion with 3D modelling tools like Au…