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…
Optimizing 3D printing performance with Bondtech’s Core Heating Technology
Core Heating Technology (CHT) from Bondtech, the Swedish manufacturer of world-leading filament feeders, increases 3D printing speeds by over 30%. CHT…
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…
Max (Wax) — Solidscape’s Latest 3D Printer in the 3Z Series
It’s not very often you get unusual rhyming words, and when presented with them in a press release, it’s hard not to put them together. Well, I have to amuse myself somehow, so apologies for the title…
A Piece of History – The first one-piece SLS 3D printed chair earns its place in Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum's collection
We’ve featured many cases of 3D printing tech being used in the museum setting – mostly 3D mapping of their featured pieces – in order to recreate classic sculptures and other works of art…
Zazzy’s 3D Printed Parties for Your Arms
As 3D printing opens up new possibilities for mass customization, there will be more and more companies that hope to use this to their advantage. MixeeLabs, the US-based Shapeways partner that offers…
The swissPen — A 3D Printing Tool From Switzerland
There was a great deal of buzz and not a little controversy when 3Doodler launched its so-called 3D printing pen on Kickstarter back in February. The product caught the imagination of many and soared …
Form 1 3D Printer Software Now Mac Compatible and Featuring Automatic Repair Capabilities
FormLabs, the OEM company behind the Form 1 3D printer, has introduced a Mac-compatible version of its PreForm software. This development comes following many direct requests from Mac users that want …
Microfactory + FABtotum = The Rise of Hybrid ∞ Manufacturing
Most in the 3D printing community know that 3D printing is only the beginning, that additive manufacturing is only a component in something more to come. A patent filed by iRobot earlier this year fo…
Hyperloop's 3D printed scale model from WhiteClouds
With Elon Musk’s Hyperloop alpha concept finally announced last week, the speculations of if the man behind SpaceX and Tesla Motors would build a prototype of the futuristic tube travelling inno…
D2W Does Intelligent 3D Printing
Working amidst so many 3D printing stories, I sometimes get the sense that the tech is used just for the sake of using it — often overlooking its core advantages. I’ve lost count of the number of time…
iGo3D Opens Physical 3D Printing Store in Germany to Support Online Activities
iGo3D has established a strong, and comprehensive, online 3D printing retail presence. With a wide range of 3D printer brands (Ultimaker, Builder, Witbox, 3D Systems, Leapfrog and Felix) , iGo3D’s inv…
3DS Plugs its UK Gap with Acquisition of CRDM
So, the rumour I heard earlier this year — that 3D Systems was looking to acquire an established UK-based 3D printing service — has just been confirmed. And they don’t come much more established than …
Isis One 3D Printer and The Real RepRaps of Chicago
As we delve deeper into the 3D printing trend and more startups make their way into the marketplace, it’s difficult to determine which startups contribute to the advancement of 3D printing technology …
False claims, overblown expectations and disappointed users – the growing hurdles of consumer-level 3D printing
Watching and writing about the 3D printing industry, as I do, is an activity that brings simultaneous insight, hope for the future, and, it has to be said, frustration. One of the main sources of the …