3D Printing Blog

EOS wants to make a laser powder bed fusion part with two different laser personalities.

Doing the 3D scanning is never the whole job.

Anycubic has made a very quite but potentially important ecosystem move.

ELEGOO is opening up another type of 3D technology.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at the surprising 3D printing connections behind Madison Air’s acquisition of German fan giant ebm-papst.

With bacteria, less infill can make a stronger 3D printed part.

3D printers are starting to fold into machine tools.

Seurat is patenting a very unusual method of speeding up metal 3D printing.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi investigate how Madison’s proximity to Huntsville, Redstone Arsenal and Marshall Space Flight Center is helping turn 3D printing into a production technology for America’s aerospace…

A new study suggests that the toolpath in an FFF printed heart valve may be almost as important as the material.

Formlabs is offering to test the safety of any 3D printer resin.

Signify describes a single-nozzle FFF extruder that surrounds pellet-fed material with a different filament, potentially combining low-cost bulk deposition with a controlled outer surface.

Formlabs has filed a patent for a new way to push powder around inside SLS 3D printers.

By Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi take readers inside the way an AI-powered bills of materials could help U.S. manufacturers close the humanoid robot production gap and build a stronger…

A new ultrasonic test method reveals how strongly infill geometry controls the stiffness of FFF printed wood PLA parts.

Imagine making a concrete mold, using it once, then melting it down and 3D printing another one.

Prusa takes an interesting step into higher-temperature materials.

I ran across a very interesting 3D model service, OrbitStudio.

Charles G. Goulding explains why the future of robotics may not roll or crawl, but grow, comparing two groundbreaking technologies poised to reshape industrial applications.

This week’s selection is the Dokdo Sea Lion Skeleton reconstruction by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and the National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea.

A newly published research study suggests that MXene coated PEEK composite powders may require far less fibre laser energy during polymer powder bed fusion.

Once again we take a look at the valuations of the major 3D printing companies over the past week.

Charles G. Goulding looks beyond Medtronic’s award-winning innovation to explore how 3D printed sinus models, smarter instruments, and equipment partnerships are shaping the future of ENT surgery.

Prusa has come up with a tidy answer to a messy 3D printing problem: make the nozzle pass through a small cleaning station that cuts, scrubs, and parks it.

Two-photon polymerization 3D printing has a throughput problem: the machine usually can print only one object at a time.

Powder removal is one of those 3D printing jobs that looks simple until you have a production batch in front of you.

Charles R. Goulding and Kate Esposito chart how additive manufacturing is powering everything from Mercury Marine’s 600HP engines to Sea Ray’s luxury yachts and custom boat components.

An AI generated mug might look magnificent, until you try to pour something into it.

Our look at the SPARKX i7 3D printer concludes with software, print results and final thoughts.

Our review of the SPARKX i7 3D printer continues with a look at unboxing, assembly, calibration and operations.

We’ve been testing the Creality SPARKX i7 desktop 3D printer, and it’s quite a machine.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at the expanding role of recycling in securing materials for 3D printing, from America's steel and aluminum scrap streams to copper, precious metals, plastics,…

What if the printing head never had to reach the place where the object is being made?

Polymaker has long been known for their incredibly wide range of filament colors, and now they’re adding a pellet colouring system, CymphoniK.

Laser beam steering usually means moving something.

What if the most troublesome part of a resin 3D printer could simply slide out?

Charles R. Goulding and Kate Esposito highlight how the BMW Group is leveraging cutting-edge additive manufacturing technologies to reduce costs, speed production, and drive the future of electric vehicle manufacturing.

What if a rocket motor could change the way it burns after manufacturing?

Autodesk had better look out: there is a clone of Fusion on the loose.

3D Print Rig is an open-source project that can visually build a 3D printer.

EOS is proposing a very different light source for polymer powder bed fusion: a carbon monoxide laser.

Charles Goulding and Ari Willick discuss how Holtec’s Palisades restart is exposing nuclear supply chain gaps that 3D printing may be able to fill.

The hardest part of building a CAD application might have just become lot easier.

A recoater crash is one of the more expensive ways for a powder bed 3D printer to have a bad day.

Well, this is curious — a new, unannounced 3D printer appeared in Creality’s latest software release.

This week’s selection are the Articulated Finger Extensions by MakerWorld contributor ShugyoPrint.

What if a metal 3D printer could adjust its laser before something went wrong?

Once again we take a look at the valuations of the major 3D printing companies over the past week.

Charles Goulding and Aaron Rofe examine how 3D printing is quietly transforming sports medicine by making braces, facemasks, and orthopedic implants faster, lighter, and more precisely tailored to individual athletes.

In Part 1, we explored the possibility that AI technology could eventually make 3D design effectively free.