3D Printing Blog

Researchers have developed an incredible new technique for producing material for bioprinters, and it may revolutionize other forms of 3D printing.

MakerBot announced their new air filtration system has been awarded GREENGUARD certification by UL.

As I suspected, Essentium is the latest 3D printing business to transform into a publicly-traded company.

Charles Goulding and Joseph Castine look at how 3D printing technology might alleviate some of the current construction procurement challenges.

Terrible news from the UK today: Sanjay Mortimer, the founder of E3D-Online, has passed away.

Our look at the new Voxelab Aries desktop 3D printer continues with the setup and operation.

Our test lab has been quite busy lately. This time we reviewed the Voxelab Aries desktop 3D printer.

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at reasons 3D printing companies should be in Seattle.

I spoke with BCN3D’s Dave Martinez to find out the latest from the Spanish 3D printer manufacturer.

Aad van der Geest is working on a new concept called “Double i3” that should be able to 3D print in full color.

A Polish startup has developed an eco-friendly spool for 3D print material.

This week’s selection is “Raspberry Pi 4 For Beginners And Intermediates” by Craig Berg.

I had a chat with the folks from Mimaki, makers of a line full color 3D printers.

Industry leader 3D Systems announced a number of new products, services and partnerships to beef up their industrial capabilities.

Shining 3D announced a new professional desktop resin 3D printer, the AccuFab-L4K, and a new 3D scanner, the Transcan C.

This week’s selection is the enormous Articulated Dragon by Cults contributor MCGYBEER and printed to scale by Metalhead Printing.

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

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi look at the usage of 3D printing technology by the oil and gas industry.

Redefine Meat launched their 3D printed alt-meat products in several European companies.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing countless industries, and its machine learning capabilities are capable of transforming additive manufacturing as well.

I spoke with Roboze CEO Alessio Lorusso recently and found out the current state of the Italian manufacturer of high-temperature 3D printers.

3D Systems’ recent acquisition of Volumetric and its continued collaboration with other biotech companies pushes 3D bioprinting capabilities into the future.

3DGence announced the “ELEMENT” series of metal 3D printers to accompany their INDUSTRY thermoplastic series.

Anycubic has released details of significant savings on many of their 3D printers.

Last week 3D Systems announced closing a deal to gain US$460M in a convertible notes arrangement, but what are they doing with that cash?

Charles Goulding e Andressa Bonafe examinam a tecnologia de impressão 3D na Petrobras no Brasil.

Charles Goulding and Andressa Bonafe examine 3D printing technology at Petrobras in Brazil.

Digital Metal announced a new “digital platform interface” that should allow their equipment to be used for major production applications.

We were able to do a detailed test of Creality’s new HALOT-ONE resin 3D printer.

We took a close look at the HALOT-ONE desktop 3D printer.

Charles R. Goulding and Harry Foxman look at how the pandemic could encourage fashion makers to use more 3D printing technology.

Last week Prusa Research unveiled their new Original Prusa XL large format 3D printer, and there are a number of interesting implications.

The 3MF Consortium announced a new extension they call “Volumetric”.

Dyemansion introduced a new “Black Line” for 3D print coloring.

This week’s selection is “3D Printing For Money” by Richard Licastro.

BigRep announced new versions of their flagship 3D printers, the BigRep ONE and BigRep Pro.

Results of a new industry survey were released by Essentium, and they show a very strong trend towards AM.

With the conclusion of this year’s Formnext conference in Germany, organizers made a startling announcement: they are strongly moving into the US market.

This week’s selection is the Life Size Horse Head by Reddit contributor thepyrodex.

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

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi examine the notion of 3D printing soap.

Several new AM materials were announced in the past week.

AMT introduced a new line of highly advanced post processing devices for additive manufacturers, the SF Series.

An unusual acquisition has taken place at ASTM.

One CTO, Rick Lucas, discusses the company’s newest metal binding jetting 3D printer, the X1 Powder Grip and other exciting company updates.

Prusa Research has been hinting about a mysterious “XL” desktop 3D printer, and suddenly released many details about the device.

Laser marking is a popular, efficient, and highly safe process that has allowed for a wide range of markings to be created on many types of materials.

Charles R. Goulding and Mindy Zhu look at how 3D printing could capitalize on the Squid Game craze.

Stratasys announced new software tools to enable more use of their SAF technology in manufacturing.

The business case for using additive manufacturing has always been challenging for many industries, but now things are becoming much clearer.