3D Printing Blog

A research team designed a photopolymer resin loaded with PEDOT:PSS and nano-graphite to achieve 3D printable electrical conductivity.

Elegoo has released their long-awaited CANVAS upgrade for the original Centauri Carbon 3D printer.

Noctua has released CAD files of many of their hardware components.

Elegoo appears to be working on a way to keep a 3D printer’s build platform level while the job is already underway.

Charles R. Goulding and Aaron Rofe highlight PALFINGER’s strategic pivot into automation and how its collaboration with ICON could accelerate the future of digital construction.

Researchers developed 3D printed, muscle-inspired magnetic actuators that push, pull, crawl, and grasp.

Is it possible to 3D print full-colour images with filament? Apparently, it is now.

Elegoo has raised even more cash.

RecyclingFabrik is expanding.

This week’s selection is the AERIS bike saddle by Mahdi Naïm Studio.

Researchers developed a rotational 3D printing method that builds lattices with programmable shape morphing, an advance that could quickly advance 4D printing.

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

Charles R. Goulding and Nimra Shakoor examine how JetZero is combining advanced materials, 3D printing, and AI to reshape aircraft production and fuel efficiency.

Prusa Research has finally opened up orders for their INDX system today.

The 3D print industry could be facing material shortages.

Polymaker is making a big deal of their presets, and so they should.

BIQU has come up with another fascinating Bambu Lab add-on: the Panda Shelter.

Researchers have introduced “3D printed action plots” to map how resin cure responds to different wavelengths, offering a new tool for dialing in vat photopolymerization.

It seems every other story we write these days involves a military application.

ROBOZE announced an unusual arrangement with the Italian military.

The UK is now investigating the use of Chinese 3D printers by its military.

ROBOZE announced an unusual arrangement with the Italian military.

The UK is now investigating the use of Chinese 3D printers by its military.

Charles R. Goulding and Andressa Bonafe explore how workforce scaling, new production models, and R&D incentives are converging to power the next era of U.S. naval dominance.

A new study shows inkjet-printed electrodes built directly on 3D printed parts, pointing to faster, cheaper custom electrochemical devices.

A new Kickstarter launch has a 3D printer with several never-seen-before innovations.

A new startup company from Iceland offers an advanced AI tool for metal 3D printing.

I’m looking at a very unusual new metal 3D printer, the EP-M3050 from Eplus3D. Eplus3D specializes in manufacturing rather large-format metal 3D printers, as they have multiple devices of this type…

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi reveal how a 130-year-old welding giant is quietly leading the future of large-scale metal 3D printing.

Researchers propose a hollow spiral lattice architecture that improves both heat transfer and load bearing, a combination AM operators need.

A very curious patent has been registered by Bambu Lab.

Slant 3D has launched a new take on 3D print services they call “Slant Box”.

DyeMansion says it is developing a compact Powershot system that could bring industrial depowdering and surface finishing to smaller polymer 3D printing operations.

Charles R. Goulding and Aaron Rofe examine how US Forged Rings’ massive North Carolina investment signals a new era of vertically integrated, US-based manufacturing.

A new research paper describes an automatic calibration method that lets multiple robotic 3D printers work together on the same build with less setup and better alignment.

What features are going to disappear on desktop 3D printers in the coming years?

3D Systems just introduced a very interesting resin 3D printer, the SLA 825 Dual.

If there ever was evidence that 3D print technology is ready for mass manufacturing, Photocentric just presented it.

This week’s selection is the Minimalist Tick Remover by Printables contributor override2231.

Researchers unveiled an LPBF aluminum alloy that stays strong and creep resistant up to 400C with no heat treatment.

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

Charles R. Goulding and Andressa Bonafe highlight how AI-driven tools like Wonder 3D are speeding up design workflows while expanding opportunities for R&D tax credits across digital fabrication.

Bambu Lab has introduced a new feature to enable multiple colour shades.

A new industry forecast from CONTEXT shows continued stress on professional 3D printer manufacturers.

There have been a number of developments in the 3DCP world lately, some good, some, well, not so good.

There’s yet another new application for 3D printing, but this one has to be filed in the “do not do this” category.

A new research paper looks at hybrid-filler polymer composites that raise thermal conductivity while remaining printable.

I’ve been thinking about the X2D announcement from Bambu Lab, and I believe it could be a turning point for the industry.

A recent secondary-market listing suggests some once-expensive industrial FFF systems may now be worth almost nothing, a shift that says a lot about aging hardware, leasing risk, and pressure from newer…

Someone has developed a solution to a 3D printing problem I don't think we realize we had.