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Cobra Golf Tees Up With Metal Jet 3D Printing

HP’s Metal Jet 3D printing is taking a swing on the greens via Cobra Golf’s fancy new putter.

3D Printing Impact Of Xbox Series X And PlayStation 5

Charles Goulding and Adam Friedman consider how 3D printing might impact updates to the latest gaming consoles.

Book of the Week: Designing 3D Printers

This week’s selection is “Designing 3D Printers” by Neil Rosenberg.

iFactory3D Launches Low-Cost Belt 3D Printer

German startup iFactory has now launched their inexpensive belt 3D printer on Kickstarter.

MiniFactory’s Additive Customer Journey

I spoke with Olli Pihlajamäki of miniFactory to find out how they work with additive manufacturing clients.

The Recipe For More Realistic 3D Printed Prototypes

Stratasys, KeyShot, and the 3MF file format come together for a stunningly realistic prototyping capability right off the 3D printer.

Parker Hannifin And 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding and Peter Favata take a look at Parker Hannifin’s adoption of additive manufacturing.

Design of the Week: War Rig Truck

This week’s selection is the War Rig Truck by the folks from Honeybadger 3D print and paint.

Which 3D Printer? Resin Or Filament?

These days there are dozens of good choices for desktop 3D printers, but there’s one huge question to be asked first: do you want a resin or a filament 3D printer?

Tongue Tied Pharma: Oral Thin Films And 3D Printing

Charles Goulding Jr. considers the use of 3D printing in a different sort of pharmaceutical development.

ParallelQSlim: Simplifying Complex 3D Scanned Meshes

A new open source tool could greatly aid the simplification of basic 3D scans.

How Did 3D Printing’s Largest Event Translate To The Digital?

Now that Formnext 2020 is a wrap, in the digital form of Formnext Connect, we can take a step back and gauge the value of a massive virtual event.

Who Is AM Ventures, And What Do They Do?

I had a chat with Adrian Maier-Ring, Investment Manager at AM Ventures, to find out more about his company.

Ice Cold: A New Day For Thermal Desalination And 3D Printing

Charles Goulding Jr. dives into 3D printing used for thermal desalination applications.

Additive Industries Lands An Important Partnership

Additive Industries announced a partnership with Makino, and this should enable the company to provide significant additional functionality.

The Jig Is Up: 3D Printing Fixtures Is About To Be Much More Efficient

Stratasys and nTopology execs share a look at their new collaboration, starting with an impressive FDM Assembly Fixture Generator.

Additive Assurance’s Revolutionary Quality Control System, AMiRIS

A startup company has developed a unique method of certifying the quality of 3D printed metal parts.

Back To The Garage For 3D Printing Innovation

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi consider innovation in 2020, when many are returning to their own garage setups.

Pop Up 3D Prints Of The Future

Researchers have been experimenting with techniques to 3D print objects that can be unfolded into their full size after printing.

Prusa Research’s Amazing New Materials Table

Prusa Research has released an extremely interesting and highly useful materials table.

Connecting At Formnext Connect

The biggest event in additive manufacturing looks a bit different this year, as Formnext Connect connects us virtually.

Mimaki Introduces “Accessible” Full Color 3D Printer

Continuing on its mission to bring 10 million colors to 3D printing, Mimaki has just announced a new “baby” in its family: the 3DUJ-2207 UV-LED 3D printer.

Conversational Commerce Versus Traditional Customer Sales Processes

Adam Friedman and Ryan Donley examine AI-driven conversational commerce, which was growing technology in 2018 and 2019 and is experiencing rapid growth in 2020 due to the pandemic.

INTAMSYS Has Big Plans For 2021

In a briefing earlier today I learned about INTAMSYS’ plans for 2021, and they are quite ambitious.

SLM Solution’s “Miracle Machine”: The NXG XII 600

SLM Solutions has released a breakthrough metal 3D printer, the massive NXG XII 600.

Desktop Metal Continues AM Software Focus With Live Sinter

Sintering is a necessary step in metal 3D printing, and a new software application targets accurate compensation for distortions.

Two Manufacturing Processes That Excel In The Art Of Jewellery Making

It is quite challenging trying to fathom how two industrial techniques are used to create delicate jewelry. 3D printing is an additive process and CNC machining uses a subtractive technique, but both methods produce fine pieces.

Book of the Week: Parametric Solid Modeling Projects

This week’s selection is “Parametric Solid Modeling Projects” by Prof. Sham Tickoo of Purdue University.

Ultimaker Upgrades Entry-Level 3D Printer

Ultimaker announced a new entry-level 3D printer, the Ultimaker 2+ Connect.

Creality 3D Printer Operators Rejoice: Powerful Extrusion Upgrades Available

Bondtech and Slice Engineering announced the immediate availability of a series of upgrades designed for most of the Creality line of 3D printers.

3D Systems Announces Q3 2020 Results

3D systems announced their 2020Q3 financial results, and there were some interesting elements in the report.

3D Printing And Solar Panels

Charles R. Goulding and Peter Favata look at how the solar panel industry could make use of 3D printing technology.

Smart International Joins The High-Temperature Club

Smart International announced a high-temperature 3D printing option: the Macro HT.

Design of the Week: Loom Light

This week’s selection is the gigantic Loom Light by Titia Ex.

Why Is There No Carbon Fiber 3D Printer Resin?

After a chance call from a reader, I wondered about the apparent unavailability of carbon fiber reinforced 3D printer resin, and learned a great deal.

Racing the Clock with Help from Carbon Capture and 3D Printing

Charles Goulding Jr. examines the possibilities for use of 3D printing in carbon capture equipment.

Essentium’s Unique Approach To Aerospace 3D Printing

Many 3D print companies service the aerospace industry, but it appears that Essentium is doing things in quite a different way.

Glimpsing The Future Of Mass Customization

In an interesting short video, 3D print service Qualified3D demonstrates a method for producing mass customized objects.

Autodrop3d Offers Automated 3D Printing Solutions

I’m looking at Autodrop3d, a company that seems to offer automation solutions for 3D printing.

Round 2: The COVID Fight Scores With Help from 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi examine how 3D printing could make an even bigger splash during the second wave of COVID-19.

The Not-Round 3D Printer Filament Spool

Slant3D has re-invented the ubiquitous 3D printer filament spool, but for some reason it’s not round.

Are 3D Printers Too Dark?

Lighting has always been a consistent issue with 3D printers, and it doesn’t seem to be improving.

Balancing Cost vs Features in 3D Printer Design

When you see the final design of a 3D printer, there have been many decisions made to get it to that state.

SimplyColor3D Goes 2.0

SimplyColor3D has now now moved to version 2.0, and it includes a lot more features.

PCL Construction Discovers New 3D Printing Use Case

I’ve learned of an amazing form of 3D printing usage that I suspect many construction companies don’t yet know.

The Cutting Begins At 3D Systems

3D Systems abruptly sliced off some of its parts this week, selling Cimatron and GibbsCAM.

Really Cheap Filament, With a Big Catch

The message said PLA filament for only US$8.50 / kg — could this be true?

Mathilde Berchon: “We Need All Brains And Hands On Deck!”

athilde Berchon is an independent consultant specialized in communications strategy for the 3D printing industry at her company FuturFab and mentor for makers entrepreneurs on MakingSociety.fr.

Big Tech on the Antitrust Hot Seat and 3D Printing

Charles Goulding Jr. examines the recent anti-trust lawsuits in the US and how they may affect 3D printing.

The Quagmire That Is 3D Printer Filament Eco Terminology

Another eco-friendly 3D printer filament? Hold on, there is a lot more to the story.

Time To Empty The Fabbaloo Mailbag

Hello Fabbaloo Readers! Today we once again review the most interesting messages from our mailbag.

3D Printed Fashions Becoming More Sophisticated

Ganit Goldstein is an Israel designer developing techniques for producing fantastic 3D printed fashions.

Book of the Week: 3D Printers For Woodworkers

This week’s selection is “3D Printers For Woodworkers” by Henry Doolittle.

Create it REAL Receives Significant Investment

Create it REAL has received an investment of €3.1M (US$3.6M).

Implications of The Dyndrite – HP Partnership

There could be some profound implications coming for additive manufacturing, after a review of the newly announced HP Universal Build Manager, which is powered by Dyndrite.

Materialise Continues To Invest In Medical Segment, Where Revenues Increased In Q3

It’s a tough year for business, but Materialise has been focusing its efforts on the medical segment — and seeing that investment pay off as Q3 2020 results highlight.

3D Printing Pumps

Charles R. Goulding and Peter Favata take a look at the use of 3D printing for pump prototyping, manufacture, and replacement inventory.

Design of the Week: Skafaldo Bowl & Side Table

This week’s selection is the Skafaldo Bowl & Side Table by Unfold.

It Is Definitely Time for #ResponsibleManufacturing

Responsible Manufacturing is a term you may not have heard before, but you should be hearing a lot more about it in the future.

Three Spooky 3D Printing Innovations Of The Past

3D printing isn’t often associated with the word “spooky”, but as Halloween fast approaches, I couldn’t help but think of a few spooky 3D printing innovations that I’ve seen over the past few years.

Coming Soon: Scalable Garage 3D Printing

I had a thought about how belt 3D printing might play out in the future.

GE’s Positive Q3 Earnings Report And 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding examines GE’s Q3 2020 results with an eye toward 3D printing impact.

SLS 3D Printing For Robotic End-Of-Arm Applications

When improving a 3D printed part, sometimes a different 3D printing technology is the best route as contract manufacturer HARBEC recently found.

The Unusual Rotary Piston Extruder Needs To Be Used

It’s been brought to our attention there is a patent on a very unusual 3D printer extruder design.

AMD’s $35 Billion Acquisition Of Xilinx And 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding and Adam Friedman examine where 3D printing might fit into a new acquisition.

GoProto’s New Elastomer 3D Print Service

GoProto announced a new service dedicated to flexible 3D prints, which they call “3DElastoPrint”.

Markforged Names New CEO

Boston-based Markforged has announced a change in executive structure.

Longer Launches The High-Resolution Orange 4K SLA 3D Printer

This week Longer launched its latest 3D printer, the Orange 4K, on Kickstarter.

Fusion3 Introduces REACTOR

Fusion3 has introduced a new and powerful slicing system for their 3D printers, REACTOR.

Can RV Rental Platforms Take To The Road With Help From 3D Printing?

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi examine a few ways 3D printing can come into play for the RV rental lifestyle.

Adaptive3D Secures Series B Investment

Adaptive3D has secured a major investment.

A New 3D Printing Material That Resembles Biological Tissues

Scientists have developed a new 3D printing material that closely mimics biological tissues.

3D Printed IoT Products Are Coming

A quirky 3D print experiment from a few years ago seems to be leading towards an amazing plastic IoT future.

Cathie Wood, ARK Investment, And 3D Printing Disruptive Innovation

Charles R. Goulding considers ARK’s investment strategy as it relates to 3D printing.

HP Introduces Software, Services, And Automation Updates For Additive Manufacturing

Three pillars of digital manufacturing updates from HP indicate the latest accelerations in automation, software, and services.

We Have To Talk About Diversity & Inclusion In Additive Manufacturing

If you watch only one episode of Ok Xoomer, make it this one.

Fabrisonic Experimenting With Hybrid 3D Printing Approaches

Fabrisonic described a very unusual project in which they employed two different 3D printing processes.

Copper And 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding and Peter Favata consider copper’s use in additive manufacturing.

The Art And Science Of Predicting Polymer 3D Printed Part Strength

Swapnil Sinha is a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University whose research in additive manufacturing shows strength for the future of both DfAM and in-situ embedding in 3D printed parts.

The Journey From Making To Mechanical Engineering To Additive Manufacturing PhD

Swapnil Sinha is a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University whose story in moving into additive manufacturing is becoming more familiar these days.

Formlabs Tweaks Their Resins

Formlabs announced some new resins for their dental and other users.

Book of the Week: Essential Skills for Scale Modelers

This week’s selection is “Essential Skills for Scale Modelers” by Aaron Skinner.

The Art Of Bioprinting

Bioprinting is a 3D printing technique that combines the technology of 3D printers with select biomaterials to imitate components of the body.

Nano Dimension Raises US$50M

Nano Dimension seems to have raised a massive US$50M.

The Economics Of Low-Volume Manufacturing With Belt 3D Printers

The world is about to see a deluge of belt 3D printers but can they be economically used for low-volume manufacturing?

Automated Designs, New Materials, Improved Post-Processing Awarded In Formnext Start-up Challenge 2020

Formnext’s 6th annual Start-up Challenge acknowledges budding additive manufacturing companies for their impressive ideas and innovative developments.