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…
NOLA 3D Printing Services Begins Commercial Operations This Month
NOLA 3D Printing LLC is a start-up based in New Orleans, Louisiana, that is soon to be offering a 3D printing service, predominantly to industrial clients. The company was first established last year …
i.materialise Launches Spring 3D Printing Challenge — It's all about Ceramics
The latest design challenge comes from i.materialise and the company wants the emphasis to be on 3D printed designs with ceramic materials. It is a completely open challenge in terms of application ar…
Developing 3D Print Search Engines
There has been an interesting escalation in development around specific search engines for 3D content online this year. It is really a natural progression from the steep increase in the number of 3D c…
On Kickstarter: 3D Refiner
3D printing isn’t exactly what could be called a fast process, especially when the aim is a precision print using low layer height settings with a reasonably priced deposition printer. Basically, up u…
April is THE Month for 3D Printing Events
This month is going to see a fair few air miles racked up by many into 3D printing as it seems to be the optimum month for events across the industry. First up is a new event in Amsterdam, although it…
Photon – A 3D Scanner on Indiegogo
Steepening the already surprisingly positive trend curve of emerging reasonable – i.e. affordable – prosumer/consumer 3D scanner projects in 2013, out comes the Photon from Matterform. It is intended …
Bioprinting — 3D Printing Liquids That Stay Liquid
There have been many notable advances in the research into 3D Bio Printing in recent months and years for a number of specific applications. Leaving aside those focused on food, the production of huma…
3D Printing Service makexyz Growing Rapidly
I have had word from Nathan Tone at makexyz — the 3D printing service that unites designers with local 3D printing capacity — that since its launch back in January when the service was only operating …
3DMe Figurines on Cubify
Cubify’s popular 3D printing service has expanded and now includes a portfolio of 3D printed designs that include funky looking new figurines called 3DMe. These figurines are based on a photo submitte…
3D Printing – Secret Weapon Against Climate Change
Climate Desk is a journalistic collaboration amongst several high profile publications dedicated to exploring the impact of a changing climate from a human, environmental, economic and political point…
Repairing Appliances with Shapeways 3D Printed Ceramic Parts
One of the problems with modern day appliances is that it is often impossible to get replacement parts from the manufacturers in case something breaks up with the machine. This was the case for one of…
Winners of 2013 Extreme Redesign 3D Printing Challenge
The winners for the ninth annual Extreme Redesign 3D Printing Challenge were just announced. The global contest organized by 3D printing giant Stratasys aims to encourage students to participate by su…