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ENGINEERING.com

ENGINEERING.com provides a variety of news and services to the engineering discipline worldwide and publishes a popular online blog focusing on the art of making in the industrial world.

Siemens Pushes Digital Twins in CNC Manufacturing

Siemens Pushes Digital Twins in CNC Manufacturing

Siemens recently announced its new SINUMERIK CNC control system. While Siemens has long been a hallmark of CNC controllers, this new system takes its cue from other parts of the company’s repertoire.

Published November 6, 2020
Categorized as Hardware Tagged cnc, controller, manufacturing, siemens
3D Printed Pharmaceuticals Pave the Way for Customizable Drug Therapies

3D Printed Pharmaceuticals Pave the Way for Customizable Drug Therapies

Since its inception during the later decades of the last century, 3D printing (also known as additive manufacturing) has moved far beyond merely fabricating simple plastic parts.

Published October 30, 2020
Categorized as Usage Tagged bioprinting, drugs, pharmaceuticals, pills
MSC Joins the Generative Design Parade

MSC Joins the Generative Design Parade

We catch up with Dr. Thomas Reiher, cofounder of AMendate, who is now director of Hexagon’s generative design division.

Published October 23, 2020
Categorized as interview Tagged amendate, apex, cad, generative, hexagon
The GeForce RTX 30 Cards Are Insane. What’s Coming Up for Quadro?

The GeForce RTX 30 Cards Are Insane. What’s Coming Up for Quadro?

NVIDIA has come out to play with three new graphics cards, the GeForce RTX 30 Series.

Published October 16, 2020
Categorized as Hardware Tagged cad, graphics, nvidia, workstation
SOLIDWORKS’ CEO: “We Will Never Fight With a Low Price as an Argument for PLM in the Cloud”

SOLIDWORKS’ CEO: “We Will Never Fight With a Low Price as an Argument for PLM in the Cloud”

One of the secrets behind Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS’ journey to becoming a world-leading software in the mainstream desktop 3D CAD arena is its sensitivity to users’ wishes.

Published October 9, 2020
Categorized as interview Tagged 3DEXPERIENCE, dassault, plm, solidworks
Physna’s Radical and Effective Geometric Search Engine

Physna’s Radical and Effective Geometric Search Engine

You may not know that you need a search engine for parts.

Published October 2, 2020
Categorized as Service Tagged google, physna, search, thangs
Mesh Modeling, Part 3: Autodesk’s Fusion 360 Aspires Subdivision Modeling

Mesh Modeling, Part 3: Autodesk’s Fusion 360 Aspires Subdivision Modeling

The discussion about subdivision modeling has opened up significantly since the start of this series.

Published September 25, 2020
Categorized as Software Tagged autodesk, design, fusion 360, mesh, modeling, subdivision
Million Dollar Air Force Contract Will Repair Parts With 3D Printing

Million Dollar Air Force Contract Will Repair Parts With 3D Printing

Additive manufacturing company Optomec was awarded a $1 million contract by the U.S. Air Force to repair engine turbine parts.

Published September 18, 2020
Categorized as Corporate Tagged aerospace, air force, contract, metal, military, optomec, repair
Digitizing the Industrial Workforce with Innovapptive

Digitizing the Industrial Workforce with Innovapptive

Innovapptive Inc., a Houston-based digital transformation provider, strives to connect machines, methods and workflows seamlessly with industrial managers, supervisors and workers.

Published September 11, 2020
Categorized as Service Tagged innovapptive, manufacturing, process, workflow
Arduino Launches IoT Cloud Service

Arduino Launches IoT Cloud Service

Arduino has launched its IoT Cloud, designed from the ground up as a low-code approach that allows users to collect, graph and analyze their projects’ sensor data.

Published September 4, 2020
Categorized as Service Tagged arduino, cloud, iot
You Could Win $25K Worth of 3D Printing Services

You Could Win $25K Worth of 3D Printing Services

A start-up based in Berkeley, California, polySpectra, is attempting to make better materials for 3D printing.

Published August 28, 2020
Categorized as Event Tagged contest, dlp, materials, polyspectra, resin
Mesh Modeling, Part 2: Siemens Convergent Modeling for Meshes and NURBS-based Geometry

Mesh Modeling, Part 2: Siemens Convergent Modeling for Meshes and NURBS-based Geometry

Developers of Siemens NX are working to integrate mesh data for everyday CAD users.

Published August 21, 2020
Categorized as Software Tagged cad, facet, generative, geometry, siemens, solidedge
Mesh Modeling, Part 1: 3D Printer Company 3D Systems Has Geomagic, Other Software for Meshes

Mesh Modeling, Part 1: 3D Printer Company 3D Systems Has Geomagic, Other Software for Meshes

For decades, many CAD users have looked askance at data for any purpose made from point clouds, or polygonal meshes.

Published August 14, 2020
Categorized as Software Tagged 3D Systems, cad, geomagic, mesh, modeling
Printing a New You: A Look at 3D Bioprinting

Printing a New You: A Look at 3D Bioprinting

A look at the challenges facing the prospect of 3D bioprinting living tissue.

Published August 7, 2020
Categorized as Ideas Tagged bioprinting, research
BMW Group Opens New Additive Manufacturing Campus

BMW Group Opens New Additive Manufacturing Campus

The BMW Group’s new Additive Manufacturing Campus in Munich, Germany, is finally open.

Published July 31, 2020
Categorized as Corporate Tagged additive manufacturing, automotive, bmw, factory

Creaform’s Latest 3D Scanner is 4 Times Faster

Creaform, maker of 3D portable measurement and analysis technologies, recently announced the latest generation of its MetraSCAN product line: the MetraSCAN BLACK and the MetraSCAN BLACK|Elite.

Published July 24, 2020
Categorized as Hardware Tagged creaform, handheld, metrascan, scanner

Could 3D-Printed ‘Bone Bricks’ End Amputation?

Researchers at the University of Manchester have developed 3D-printed ‘bone bricks’ as a cost-effective method of repairing shattered limbs that are a result of blast explosions.

Published July 17, 2020
Categorized as Usage Tagged bone, medical, medical. usage, surgery

Startup’s Bike Helmet is Custom Fit, 3D Printed Honeycomb

UK’s Hexr introduces £299 helmet made from castor bean oil.

Published July 10, 2020
Categorized as Usage Tagged castor bean, helmet, hexr, materials, nylon, pa-11

LEHVOSS Develops a New Flame-Retardant 3D Printing Filament

The chemical company LEHVOSS Group announced the introduction of a new 3D printing filament with flame-retardant properties.

Published July 3, 2020
Categorized as materials Tagged ceramic, filament, flame retardant, paht

Not for Lack of Support—Netfabb 2021.0 for 3D Print Processing

Netfabb’s latest release helps with the thankless 3D print tasks of adding and removing supports.

Published June 26, 2020
Categorized as Software Tagged autodesk, netfabb, preparation, support

New French Organization Covid3D Creates 24-7 3D Printing Factory for 40 Hospitals

A Paris hospital has organized a 3D print factory specifically for healthcare PPE applications.

Published June 19, 2020
Categorized as Usage Tagged covid-19, france, healthcare, hospital, pandemic, ppe, supply chain

2020 Update: Carbon Fiber 3D Printing

Why is composite 3D printing so important, and what role does Carbon Fiber play?

Published June 12, 2020
Categorized as materials Tagged carbon fiber, manufacturing, metal

GE’s Additive Manufacturing Project for the U.S. Air Force Takes off

The great promise of 3D printing combined with innovative 3D design (such as generative design) is to reduce parts and material waste while creating geometry that surpasses the capability of traditional subtractive machining.

Published June 5, 2020
Categorized as Usage Tagged additive manufacturing, ge, generative, metal, military, production

3D Printed Microlenses for Long-Distance Spectroscopy

3D printed microlenses have been produced by researchers for use in spectroscopy.

Published May 29, 2020
Categorized as research Tagged lenses, microscopic, spectroscopy

Researchers Develop New Ultrafast Additive Manufacturing Technique

Researchers have developed an unusual metal 3D printing process that requires no post processing, electrostatic hydrodynamic redox.

Published May 22, 2020
Categorized as research Tagged ehd-rd, liquid, metal

Georgia Tech Researchers Advise DIY Mask Makers with Advanced Aerosol Instrumentation

Since late March, a team of Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) researchers have been providing recommendations for readily available materials to use as filters in homemade face masks.

Published May 15, 2020
Categorized as Design Tagged covid-19, diy, emergency, filters, mask

Relativity Space to Launch First 3D-Printed Rocket

Relativity Space is currently working on its first rocket, the Terran 1, 3D printed with its own robotic printer, the Stargate.

Published May 8, 2020
Categorized as Usage Tagged metal, relativity space, robotic, space

3D Printing the Strongest Steel

The US Air Force, in concert with scientists from Texas A&M University, developed a novel way of 3D printing the strongest type of steel.

Published May 1, 2020
Categorized as research Tagged _temp, hardness, mathematics, military, steel

Free 3D Printable “Maker Mask” Receives Federal Approval

A former Microsoft executive leveraged his connections to achieve certification for a 3D printable respirator mask that makers can download and manufacture on their 3D printers.

Published April 24, 2020
Categorized as community Tagged _temp, mask, model, respirator

ExOne Adds New Metal Materials for Industrial 3D Printing

ExOne’s X1 160PRO metal 3D printer will be used for research and development by institutions.

Published April 21, 2020
Categorized as printer Tagged _temp, exone, industrial, metal, powder

Creo 7.0 Adds Generative Design and More

PTC has revealed details of the latest Creo release, Creo 7.0, available on April 14.

Published April 17, 2020
Categorized as Software Tagged _temp, cad, creo, design, generative, ptc, upgrade

Auto Industry Hammered by COVID-19

The auto industry, like so many other sectors, has had its hands full dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.

Published April 3, 2020
Categorized as Corporate Tagged _temp, automotive, coronavirus, covid-19, industry, sales, shutdown
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Can Older, Simpler Versions Of This Ventilator Address The Shortage?

Some very good ideas for optimizing the emergency manufacturing of ventilators.

Published March 27, 2020
Categorized as Ideas Tagged _temp, covid-19, manufacturing, ventilator

What’s New in 3D Bioprinting?

Scientific research into using 3D bioprinting to re-create and regenerate human limbs and organs from patient-specific DNA is progressing slowly but surely.

Published March 20, 2020
Categorized as Design Tagged _temp, biomimicry, bioprinting, cornell, organs, scanning

ExOne Adds New Metal Materials for Industrial 3D Printing

ExOne’s X1 160PRO metal 3D printer will be used for research and development by institutions.

Published March 13, 2020
Categorized as printer Tagged _temp, exone, industrial, metal, powder

Additive Manufacturing Materials: Proprietary or Open?

The debate over use of proprietary or open materials ecosystems is becoming a big topic in 3D printing.

Published March 6, 2020
Categorized as Ideas Tagged _temp, 3D Systems, closed, hp, materials, open, proprietary, stratasys, zcorp

The Importance of Surface Finish in Additive Manufacturing

Some thoughts about the ongoing dilemma of obtaining good surface quality on production parts made using additive manufacturing.

Published February 28, 2020
Categorized as Ideas Tagged _temp, finishing, ideas, surface

ABB RobotStudio Adds 3D Printing Capability

ABB RobotStudio created a new kind of 3D printing technology for the company by combining robotics and deposition technology.

Published February 14, 2020
Categorized as Ideas Tagged manufacturing, printing, robotics, robotstudio

NewPro3D and Henkel’s Innovative DLP Process Helps Surgeons Prepare

Vancouver-based 3D printing company NewPro3D has entered a collaborative partnership with chemical company Henkel. 

Published February 7, 2020
Categorized as Corporate Tagged henkel, loctite, materials, newpro3D, partnership, resin, speed

The Da Vinci Color 5D Looks Like a Multi-Machine Maker’s Dream

XYZprinting has released a new 3D printer, the Color 5D, which, as you might suspect, can 3D print in full color.

Published January 31, 2020
Categorized as printer Tagged @xyzprinting, color

When Generative Design Backfires – VW’s New Wheels

What looked like twigs proved to be generatively-designed shapes, the output of generative design algorithms available in Autodesk’s Fusion 360, then cast in metal.

Published January 24, 2020
Categorized as Design Tagged automotive, generative, vw, wheels

A Smarter Way to Look at Simulation Results?

The company’s main product is VCollab, a solution created to make the results of engineering simulation more easily shared and understood.

Published January 17, 2020
Categorized as Software Tagged cad, design, fea, simulation, vcollab

Volkswagen Shows Viability of Metal Additive Manufacturing in Automotive

Last year Volkswagen selected HP Metal Jet for the high volume manufacturing of production-grade metal parts, as the foundation for its strategy to industrialize additive manufacturing with a multi-year design and production roadmap. 

Published January 10, 2020
Categorized as Event Tagged automotive, hp, manufacturing, metal, mjf, parts, production, volkswagen

Optimizing Machining and Workholding for Metal Additive Manufacturing

What is the best way to set up additive manufacturing jobs to ensure production finishing can take place?

Published January 3, 2020
Categorized as Usage Tagged finishing, machining, manufacturing, medical, metal, production

New, Faster Carbon Fiber Manufacturing Process Independently Verified

Researchers at Deakin University studying the chemical reactions that take place during the production of carbon fiber composites developed a method which dramatically cuts the time and energy required for these reactions.

Published December 27, 2019
Categorized as materials Tagged carbon fiber, manufacturing

Dollars and Sense: Your Next Simulation Should Be On the Cloud

You might value the perfect simulation model, striving for perfection—an engineering ideal if ever there was one.

Published December 20, 2019
Categorized as Software Tagged cad, cloud, high performance computing, hpc, simulation
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Discovery of New Method Speeds Up Precision 3D Bioprinting

Researchers have devised yet another method of bioprinting that could offer substantially faster print speeds.

Published December 13, 2019
Categorized as research Tagged bioprinting, organs, transplants

Northwestern Spin-Out Launches Massive, Fast DLP 3D Printer

3D printing startup Azul has produced a new device that uses the High Area Rapid Printing (HARP) process to 3D print objects at high speed and low cost.

Published December 6, 2019
Categorized as printer Tagged azul, dlp, fast, harp, large, resin, speed

Voxel8 Returns to 3D Print Shoe Uppers

Voxel8, who debuted in 2015 at CES with an electronics 3D printing concept, disappeared, only to now return with a footwear 3D printing solution.

Published November 29, 2019
Categorized as Usage Tagged footwear, shoes, uppers, voxel8

Show Me the Money: Siemens Software CEO Opts for Substance Over Flash

An interview with Siemens’ CEO Tony Hemmelgarn reveals how the manufacturing giant is thinking about 3D printing.

Published November 22, 2019
Categorized as interview Tagged ar, engineering, siemens, software, vr

3D Printing in Construction: More than Overhyped Promises and Underwhelming Deliveries?

The number one material used in the global construction industry is concrete, but how is it being used with recent construction 3D printing ventures?

Published November 15, 2019
Categorized as Ideas Tagged building, concrete, construction, d-shape

Kennametal Turns to AM to Drive Growth, Product Innovation

In a press release last week, Kennametal announced the launch of a new business unit focused on additive manufacturing (AM).

Published November 8, 2019
Categorized as Corporate Tagged additive manufacturing, kennametal, manufacturing, metal

Hello Class, Today We’re Making a Jumbo 747

Learning CAD? How about starting with modeling an entire Boeing 747? Yes, that actually happened.

Published November 1, 2019
Categorized as Software Tagged cad, design, learning

Value-Added Inspection

Measurement is often seen as non-value-added work. However, if we properly account for the expected costs involved in passing defects on to customers, then the increased value of the product can be clearly shown.

Published October 25, 2019
Categorized as learning Tagged analysis, inspection, manufacturing, measurement, quality, quality control

COMSOL Multiphysics 5.5 Is Evolutionary

What new features are found in COMSOL Multiphysics 5.5? We have a list of new features in the CAD optimization tool.

Published October 18, 2019
Categorized as Software Tagged automation, cad, optimization

Anisoprint: Anisotropy as Advantage in Carbon Fiber 3D Printing

A major competitor of Markforged is Anisoprint, as it markets a powerful 3D printer capable of inserting continuous carbon fiber into prints.

Published October 11, 2019
Categorized as printer Tagged anisoprint, carbon fiber, continuous carbon fiber

SOLIDWORKS 2020: A Bridge to 3DEXPERIENCE

It’s September 2019, and that means SOLIDWORKS 2020 is here.

Published October 4, 2019
Categorized as Software Tagged 3DEXPERIENCE, dassault, solidworks

Cloud-Based Design and Simulation Powers Next-Generation Engineering

CAD tools have changed significantly, and today the promise of cloud-based design services could provide even greater capabilities in the future.

Published September 27, 2019
Categorized as Service Tagged cad, cloud, design, simulation

Protolabs Adopts Carbon’s 3D Printing for On-Demand Production

Minnesota-based Protolabs announced this week the addition of Carbon’s Digital Light Synthesis (DLS) technology to its portfolio of manufacturing and prototyping technologies.

Published September 20, 2019
Categorized as Service Tagged @carbon3d, carbon, Protolabs

Solid-State Battery 3D Printing Preps for Production

Is it possible to 3D print batteries? It seems so, as KeraCel is attempting to do so.

Published September 13, 2019
Categorized as Usage Tagged battery, electricity, keracel

Product Design in the Cloud Gets a Helping Hand

There’s no longer much doubt about the benefits and ubiquity of the cloud, but its utility in product design is still being understood.

Published September 6, 2019
Categorized as Service Tagged 3DEXPERIENCE, cad, cloud, technia

Startup Targets 3D-Printed Consumer Goods with Unique Four-Gantry 3D Printer

It was around 2014 that the consumer 3D printing bubble burst, causing the stocks of stalwarts like Stratasys and 3D Systems to plummet.

Published August 30, 2019
Categorized as printer Tagged consumer, design, gantry, industrial design, lighting

How Lockheed Martin is Using Augmented Reality in Aerospace Manufacturing

Lockheed Martin is famous for engineering innovation, dating back to the legendary Skunkworks.

Published August 23, 2019
Categorized as Hardware Tagged aerospace, ar, augmented reality, cad, design, lockheed, virtual reality, vr

How Additive Manufacturing Complements Conventional Plastics Production

Doing traditional manufacturing? You may want to consider integrating additive manufacturing or 3D printing into your polymer production line.

Published August 16, 2019
Categorized as Ideas Tagged $Integrating Additive Manufacturing, additive, manufacturing, polymer

Autodesk Introduces Fusion 360 Extensions

Using Autodesk Fusion 360 for manufacturing? Autodesk has introduced extensions to the popular 3D CAD software to enhance manufacturing and additive operations.

Published August 9, 2019
Categorized as Software Tagged $fusion 360 additive extensions, additive, autodesk, cad, extensions, fusion 360, manufacturing

AI-Powered Multi-Material 3D Printing Makes Closed-Loop Fabrication a Reality

In some ways, true multi-material 3D printing has been the dream of the additive manufacturing (AM) industry for some time.

Published August 2, 2019
Categorized as printer Tagged $Multimaterial 3D Printing, ai, inkbit, multimaterial

Machine Learning System Detects Manufacturing Defects using Photos

Machine learning can be used for more than violating your privacy for a social media challenge.

Published July 26, 2019
Categorized as Hardware Tagged $Manufacturing Quality Control, machine learning, manufacturing, quality, quality control

Voxeljet Looks to Take the Next Step in Production-Scale AM

Late last month, Voxeljet AG shared the latest in its line of industrial 3D printers with attendees at the GIFA show in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Published July 19, 2019
Categorized as printer Tagged production, voxeljet

SimSolid Faster than FEA, Just as Accurate. What’s Not to Like?

It’s no fun to get a part or assembly ready for simulation. SimSolid is a very useful FEA tool that can assist with CAD simulations and designs.

Published July 12, 2019
Categorized as Software Tagged $SimSolid Weld Modeling, cad, design, fea, simsolid, simulation

Onshape Bringing Back the Local User Meeting

Turn out at the Onshape user meeting was light.

Published July 5, 2019
Categorized as Service Tagged $online cad tools, cad, meetup, onshape

Continuous Carbon Fiber 3D Printing Gets Massive

While we recently reported that carbon fiber 3D printing is still in its early stages, we have also learned that development in the space is quickly progressing.

Published June 28, 2019
Categorized as printer Tagged $continuous carbon fiber 3D printer, carbon fiber, cead, continuous carbon fiber, industrial, plastic

How a High-Schooler Trying to Save Water Got a Crash Course in Engineering

Eighteen-year-old Tucker Sawyer of Hays County, TX, had a flash of inspiration while sitting in his high school chemistry class.

Published June 21, 2019
Categorized as Design Tagged $Engineering Simulation, education, engineering, mechanical, simulation

Mountain Biking Gets a Boost from Generative Design

Mechanical engineer PJ Tolentino loves biking on the many mountainous trails in his native Philippines.

Published June 14, 2019
Categorized as Design Tagged $bike generative design, bike, biking, cad, generative

New 3D Printing Materials at RAPID + TCT 2019

Without materials, no manufacturing process would be able to do… well, anything.

Published June 7, 2019
Categorized as materials Tagged $new 3D print materials, basf, dsm, sandvik, solvay, stratasys

VR in CAD: Where Are We Now?

Virtual reality (VR) has come a long way since the offerings of the late 1980s and 1990s.

Published May 31, 2019
Categorized as Hardware Tagged cad, design, virtual reality, vr

Realizing 3D Printing’s Potential via Automated Post-Processing Tech

As the 3D printing space continues to transform into something that fits into industrial factory settings, we’ve seen materials expand, systems improve, and a trend toward automation. What has so far seemed to be the missing piece is an equal improvement in post-processing technologies.

Published May 24, 2019
Categorized as Hardware Tagged Additive Manufacturing Technologies, amt, finishing, postprocessing, smoothing

From Design Database Shards Come Great Products

For prospective and current users, there is no shortage of 3D CAD options.

Published May 17, 2019
Categorized as Ideas Tagged cad, database, design, onshape, software

3D Printing with Carbon Fiber: Tracing the Lifecycle Thread

3D-printing carbon fiber is now a mainstay of the additive manufacturing (AM) industry.

Published May 10, 2019
Categorized as materials Tagged carbon fiber, colorfabb, filament, strong

New Joint Project Brings Metallic 3D Printing To Automakers

A new collaborative venture, led by BMW and including researchers, manufacturers and auto companies, is working on expanding advanced manufacturing (AM) in the automotive industry.

Published May 3, 2019
Categorized as Corporate Tagged automotive, bmw, joint venture, metal

Which Technologies Will Transform CAD?

Here at engineering.com, we love to write about new tools and technologies in the world of CAD.

Published April 26, 2019
Categorized as Software Tagged cad, design, prediction, trends

What They Don’t Tell You About 3D Printing PLA

In the desktop 3D printing community, polylactic acid (PLA) is easily one of the most popular plastics.

Published April 19, 2019
Categorized as materials Tagged biodegradable, pla, plastic, thermoplastics

COBOD Begins Distributing BOD2 Construction 3D Printing

While we await livable 3D-printed homes and buildings, the field of additive construction is experiencing steady development.

Published April 12, 2019
Categorized as Corporate Tagged building, cobod, construction

Autodesk Announces Inventor 2020

Autodesk has announced Inventor 2020, which will be available for users to download over the next few weeks.

Published April 5, 2019
Categorized as Software Tagged autodesk, cad, inventor

Additive Manufacturing Research Center to Open in the Philippines

The Filipino Department of Science and Technology has announced plans to build a new research-focused manufacturing center.

Published March 29, 2019
Categorized as Corporate Tagged government, investment, metal, research

Bugatti 3D Prints Classic Car for Kids

French sports car manufacturer Bugatti first made its mark on the world with the Bugatti Type 35 race car (“the Bugatti Baby”) in the early 20th century.

Published March 22, 2019
Categorized as Usage Tagged automotive, bugatti, children, toy

Busses and Tractors to Receive 3D-Printed Spare Parts

One application primed for disruption by 3D printing technology is the production of spare parts.

Published March 15, 2019
Categorized as Usage Tagged agriculture, spare parts

Texas Instruments Aims to Evolve SLS with New DLP Chip

Stereolithography introduced to the world the possibility of turning digital CAD models into physical reality

Published March 8, 2019
Categorized as Hardware Tagged chip, dlp, sls, texas instruments

Four Ways 4D Printing Is Becoming a Reality

If you’re immersed in tech news, every once in a while you come across a new story about 4D printing.

Published March 1, 2019
Categorized as Ideas Tagged bioprinting, metamaterials, printing

Medical 3D Printing: Where Are We Now?

In 2015, market research firm Gartner projected that medical 3D printing would become the pioneering field that would drive additive manufacturing (AM) into the mainstream in two to five years.

Published February 22, 2019
Categorized as Usage Tagged bioprinting, implant, medical, metal

Researchers Whip up Soy-Based 3D-Printing Resin

As we explored in a previous article, the overwhelming majority of 3D-printing plastics are made from fossil fuels.

Published February 8, 2019
Categorized as research Tagged materials, soy

DED Metal 3D Printing Goes Desktop with ADDiTEC

Some startups jump into public view with a big splash.

Published February 1, 2019
Categorized as printer Tagged additec, desktop, laser, metal

Carbon Introduces 3D-Printed Auto Parts for Ford

Ford Motor Company has been a long-time partner of Silicon Valley-based 3D printing firm Carbon.

Published January 25, 2019
Categorized as Usage Tagged automotive, carbon, ford

Where Do 3D Printing Metals Come from?

With an understanding that something doesn’t just come from nothing, we explored the base materials used for the creation of plastics used in the 3D printing industry.

Published January 18, 2019
Categorized as materials Tagged aluminum, cobalt, copper, metal, nickel, steel, titanium

3D Printing Predictions for 2019

3D printing has come a long way from its origins in the 1980s, with a brief entry into the consumer space galvanizing its growth in the earlier part of the decade.

Published January 11, 2019
Categorized as Ideas Tagged metal, prediction, trends

The Generative Design Challenge: Build a Better Bicycle Frame

A road bike frame is a study in elegance and minimalism.

Published January 4, 2019
Categorized as Design Tagged cycling, design, generative

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