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ERRF 2021 Cancelled

ERRF 2021 Cancelled

The East Coast RepRap Festival (“ERRF”) has cancelled their 2021 event.

AON M2+ 3D Printer Takes High-End 3D Printing To Mid-Market

AON M2+ 3D Printer Takes High-End 3D Printing To Mid-Market

AON3D has introduced a new high-temperature industrial 3D printer, the AON M2+.

Mothballed Plane Parts vs 3D Printed Replacement Parts

Mothballed Plane Parts vs 3D Printed Replacement Parts

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi consider the use of new 3D printed parts versus those from OEM inventory as airplanes again require more spare parts.

SLM Solutions Announces Free Float, A Support-Free 3D Printing Technology

SLM Solutions Announces Free Float, A Support-Free 3D Printing Technology

SLM Solutions announced a new technology called “Free Float” that dramatically reduces the need for support material.

What’s In An Ultra-Low Cost 3D Printer These Days?

What’s In An Ultra-Low Cost 3D Printer These Days?

Today’s ultra-low cost 3D printers are a far cry from their predecessors.

Markforged Updates Platform With Two 3D Printers, Speedier Software

Markforged Updates Platform With Two 3D Printers, Speedier Software

This week, Markforged announced new additions to its 3D printing platform.

The Return Of The Food Equipment Business And 3D Printing

The Return Of The Food Equipment Business And 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding and Randall Rothbort consider how 3D printing can help the food business bounce back post-pandemic.

Olesya Kopteva: “Be Afraid To Start If You Wish, But Start Anyway”

Olesya Kopteva: “Be Afraid To Start If You Wish, But Start Anyway”

Olesya Kopteva is the Training and 3D Scanning Team Lead at Artec 3D in Moscow.

Three New Patents For Sakuu

Three New Patents For Sakuu

Mysterious 3D print startup Sakuu reveals they have obtained not one, but three new intriguing patents.

Seven Real Applications For Full-Color 3D Printing

Seven Real Applications For Full-Color 3D Printing

What do you really use full-color 3D printing for? I have some ideas.

rpm To Develop Advanced Lattice Generation For 3D Printing

rpm To Develop Advanced Lattice Generation For 3D Printing

rpm announced a new research project in which they are to develop advanced lattice structures for additive manufacturing applications.

The Portugal Bike Manufacturing Cluster And 3D Printing

The Portugal Bike Manufacturing Cluster And 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi consider the impact of 3D printing on bicycle manufacture such as in Portugal.

Book of the Week: Printing Architecture

Book of the Week: Printing Architecture

This week’s selection is “Printing Architecture: Innovative Recipes for 3D Printing” by Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello.

Mystery Announcement To Come From SLM Solutions: Some Speculation

Mystery Announcement To Come From SLM Solutions: Some Speculation

SLM Solutions is teasing us with a pending announcement of something “big”.

Xometry Updates IPO Terms

Xometry Updates IPO Terms

As Xometry moves toward IPO, the company has updated its SEC filings with share pricing.

Six Sigma Quality Control For Additive Manufacturing

Six Sigma Quality Control For Additive Manufacturing

A Six Sigma quality control approach for 3D printing has been developed by researchers at Penn State.

Prusa Research Announces Speedy SLA 3D Printer

Prusa Research Announces Speedy SLA 3D Printer

Prusa Research significantly updated their SL1 MSLA 3D printer.

Design of the Week: Mechanical Wall Clock

Design of the Week: Mechanical Wall Clock

This week’s selection is the Mechanical Wall Clock by designer Harald Andersson.

Who’s The Biggest In 3D Printing: June 20, 2021

Who’s The Biggest In 3D Printing: June 20, 2021

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

Volkswagen To Increase 3D Printing of Vehicle Parts

Volkswagen To Increase 3D Printing of Vehicle Parts

Volkswagen announced a collaboration with Siemens and HP to enable production of complex 3D printed parts for future vehicles.

3D LifePrints Announces New ISO Certification

3D LifePrints Announces New ISO Certification

This week, UK-based 3D LifePrints announced a new certification that further validates its patient-specific medical 3D printing focus.

Complementary 3D Printers Is The Only Way To Go

Complementary 3D Printers Is The Only Way To Go

Do you have complementary 3D printers? Don’t know what that is? Read on!

Prusa Releases New Firmware, But How Much More Can Be Done?

Prusa Releases New Firmware, But How Much More Can Be Done?

Prusa Research released version 3.10.0 firmware for their flagship line of 3D printers.

Whirlpool, Supply Chain, And 3D Printing

Whirlpool, Supply Chain, And 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding examines how Whirlpool's use of 3D printing for parts on demand might expand across appliance suppliers.

Launcher Taps VELO3D and Ansys to 3D Print Rocket Engine Components

Launcher Taps VELO3D and Ansys to 3D Print Rocket Engine Components

Rocket company Launcher has teamed up with 3D printer VELO3D and simulation software provider Ansys to overhaul the design and manufacture of its liquid oxygen (LOX) turbopump, a critical component of…

Satellite 3D Printing For Digital Inventory

Satellite 3D Printing For Digital Inventory

The idea of satellite 3D printing might be new to you.

Shaping 3D Printing: Meet The New Head Of HP MJF

Shaping 3D Printing: Meet The New Head Of HP MJF

Guayente Sanmartin, the new Global Head & General Manager of the HP 3D Multi Jet Fusion Business, shares insights into the latest structuring and strategies in MJF.

The Fatal Flaw In Every 3D Print Process

The Fatal Flaw In Every 3D Print Process

There are more 3D printing processes available today than ever, but each has at least one major challenge.

The 3D Printing Company Mandating Vaccination

The 3D Printing Company Mandating Vaccination

VELO3D is back up and running an in-person business thanks to the CEO’s vaccination policy.

3D Printing: Helping Just-In-Time Be On Time

3D Printing: Helping Just-In-Time Be On Time

Charles R. Goulding and Preeti Sulibhavi consider how 3D printing can contribute to the evolution of just-in-time inventory strategies.

Automotive 3D Printing For The Assembly Line

Automotive 3D Printing For The Assembly Line

A recent case study reminds us that industrial 3D printing doesn’t just mean large industrial equipment.

Has Industry Finally Discovered 3D Printing?

Has Industry Finally Discovered 3D Printing?

I’m seeing evidence that 3D printing has truly taken hold in advanced manufacturing, at least in some industries.

Ford’s Integrated Tether System To Unleash 3D Printed Creativity

Ford’s Integrated Tether System To Unleash 3D Printed Creativity

Ford introduced a new feature on their upcoming 2022 Maverick truck that could be of significant interest to 3D printer operators.

Exploring Relativity Space’s Machine Learning 3D Printing Patent

Exploring Relativity Space’s Machine Learning 3D Printing Patent

Relativity Space owns what could become a key patent for additive manufacturing.

Ashley Alleyne: “Don’t Let Anyone Ever Tell You That You Can’t Do Something”

The Key To Scaling Additive Manufacturing: Upskilling

The Key To Scaling Additive Manufacturing: Upskilling

A recent survey across manufacturers supports the need for major upskilling focus to scale up industrial additive manufacturing.

Hands-On With Apple’s New Object Capture

Hands-On With Apple’s New Object Capture

We managed to do an initial test of Apple’s new Object Capture feature.

Increased Hospital Merger Activity And Its Impact On 3D Printing

Increased Hospital Merger Activity And Its Impact On 3D Printing

Charles R. Goulding examines 3D printing opportunities arising from a huge increase in hospital system mergers and acquisitions.

Stratasys Announces Two PolyJet 3D Printers

Stratasys Announces Two PolyJet 3D Printers

Stratasys announced two new color 3D printers, the J35 Pro and the J55 Prime, along with some improved software tools.

Book of the Week: Getting Started with 3D Printing

Book of the Week: Getting Started with 3D Printing

This week’s selection is “Getting Started with 3D Printing” by Liza Wallach Kloski and Nick Kloski.

3D Printing For Tokyo 2020

3D Printing For Tokyo 2020

Olympians and Paralympians at this summer’s Tokyo games will be awarded atop beautiful podiums 3D printed from recycled plastics.

Relativity Space Reveals Fully 3D Printed Reusable Rocket

Relativity Space Reveals Fully 3D Printed Reusable Rocket

Relativity Space revealed Terran R, their fully 3D printed reusable rocket.

Organovo New Senior Management And New Business Strategy

Organovo New Senior Management And New Business Strategy

Charles R. Goulding digs into recent significant business changes at storied bioprinting-turned-drug-discovery company Organovo.

Multi-Material Body Implant 3D Printing Technique Developed

Multi-Material Body Implant 3D Printing Technique Developed

Researchers at the University of Nottingham have made a breakthrough in healthcare 3D printing.

Design of the Week: Used Battery Container

Design of the Week: Used Battery Container

This week’s selection is the Used Battery Container by Thingiverse contributor Elite Worm.

Who’s The Biggest In 3D Printing: June 13, 2021

Who’s The Biggest In 3D Printing: June 13, 2021

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

Greater Customization Of 3D Printed Scaffolds Now Possible With New Bioink

Greater Customization Of 3D Printed Scaffolds Now Possible With New Bioink

Charles R. Goulding and Arianna Coger consider new advances that could lead to great strides forward in bioprinting capabilities.

COBOD’s Construction 3D Printer Powers Habitat For Humanity Project

COBOD’s Construction 3D Printer Powers Habitat For Humanity Project

COBOD revealed one of their construction 3D printers is being used on a Habitat for Humanity project.

INTAMSYS’ FUNMAT PRO 610 HT Unlocks The Potential Of Industrial-Grade 3D Printing At TCT Asia 2021

New Biocompatible PEEK 3D Printer Filament

New Biocompatible PEEK 3D Printer Filament

Evonik announced a new PEEK material that could be used for new healthcare applications.