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…
Meltio and Accufacture launch new large-scale DED 3D printer for the US market
Metal 3D printer developer Meltio and Michigan-based industrial automation firm Accufacture have introduced the Alchemist 1, a new large-scale robotic…
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 Printing in Italy Means Thinking Globally, Acting Locally
Through Shane’s interview with 3D Hubs and Rachel’s examination of the 3D Hubs Trend Report released this month, we picked up on an interesting area of activity. As Brian Garrett, one of the company’s…
The Best Free 3D Program Ever? ShapeShifter
This is ace. Autodesk has created the simplest way into creating complex shapes for 3D printing yet seen. Beginners: you’ll love this, whilst it takes hours for even the simplest 3D design (CAD)…
KAADEE’s 3D Printing Journey Captures the Eyes of Another
I have a new favourite person on my list of favourite 3D printing people (it’s rather long these days, but that’s good) — and it’s not just because she has sent me a ruck of samples, or indeed because…
Experimental Cold Spray Tech from GE — A High Tech 3D Paint & Repair Job
General Electric (GE) is experimenting with ‘3D painting’ or ‘cold spray technology’ to repair metal parts. The innovative process involves spraying metal powders at rapid spee…
Jim Stanis 3D Prints Medical Visualisations
Many times we take for granted the detail and expertise found in striking medical images. Most actual photographs would be insufficient for educational purposes, when isolation and manipulation work t…
Inkimals: Pen and Paper Drawings Become 3D Printed Creatures
Some of the most interesting ways that 3D printing is being used involve not highly technological innovations, but a return to simpler forms of Making that don’t rely on Arduinos or Raspberry Pis. You…
Mcor Achieves Feats of Fashion Horror with the Mech-ganical Prosthetic Life Form
At the 3D PrintShow in London, Mcor Technologies was able to show off one of the most stunning benefits of 3D printing with paper. With designer Steven Ascensão’s 3D printed Mech-ganical Prosthetic Li…
MakerBot Wants a 3D Printer in Every American School
Inspired by President Obama’s call to bring manufacturing back to the US, the world’s leading personal 3D printer brand — Makerbot — is taking on the education sector. When today’s students, many of w…
Product Liability Law in the World of 3D Printing
It’s not until the battery explodes in your Tesla that you start to worry about product liability law, but it’s an important method for holding manufacturer’s and commercial enterprises accountable fo…
Titan Arm: 3D Printed Strength Receives Dyson Recognition
The Titan Arm — designed by four mechanical engineering students from the University of Pennsylvania — could help those who have severe back injuries regain control of muscles. Other applications incl…
3D Print Artist Of The Year: Isaie Bloch
Artist Isaie Bloch has won this year’s coveted 3D Printshow Artist Of The Year Award. Isaie’s technology of choice is Autodesk’s 3DS Max and the opensource 3D mesh processing wonder that i…
Industries Tell all about 3D Printing Applications at Global Summit in London
If there are still any questions about the possible applications of 3D printing and additive manufacturing within industrial processes and production they will likely be answered at the upcoming 3D Pr…